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PC utilities: Poll: Registry cleaners --has it helped your PC's performance?
- 6/19/09 3:12 PM
it helped , but defragmenting is needed afterwards.
by engelbert - 6/20/09 2:14 AM In reply to: Poll: Registry cleaners --has it helped your PC's performance? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I use EUSING products. It works well, and makes nice restoredefinitions, to retrieve a former registry is thingd go wrong. {it never did with me!!]. But it is wise to use a defragmenter afterwards. I use CCleaner afterwards. Before leaving the computer I use a PC-cleaner.
This combi prevents long periods of waiting, and also preventing the fearsome blue screen situation. I use my pC in a rather loose way, sometimes too quickly giving cmd's, but it seems that it remains a rathre --let me say- a virgin condition.
Rien Buter
Registry cleaners
by Spockva - 6/20/09 4:36 AM In reply to: Poll: Registry cleaners --has it helped your PC's performance? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I noticed some errors occurring on my computer, and slowing down over all, so I downloaded Advanced System Care, ran it, and all the errors and problems went away. This is with the use of the free version from Cnet. It occasionally tells me there are other errors remaining that can be fixed by the "pro" version, but it returned the computer to it's fast state and stopped the "glitches" that were occurring. Logically this leads to the conclusion that it indeed works, and I have since recommended it to a friend whose computer was "running terribly" and it restored her computer to how she felt it was running when she first got the machine. She willingly admits to be computer illiterate and had no idea what was causing her problems but the AWC did the trick.
registry cleaner
by bunnieslanding - 6/20/09 6:11 AM In reply to: Poll: Registry cleaners --has it helped your PC's performance? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I got rid of all registry cleaners. At one point it cleaned my registry so good, I had to have a computer guy put back on registries I had lost. So if you use one, be very careful what you are cleaning off your computer.
Registry Cleaners work? Yes, a noticeable difference.
by peterblaise - 6/20/09 6:53 AM In reply to: Poll: Registry cleaners --has it helped your PC's performance? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
1 - I ONLY use free registry cleaners, finding the tease-for-pay ones to be out and out liars, full of hyperbole! I test every registry cleaner I can find and compare them, settling on just a few, especially good ol' Microsoft's own REGCLEAN.EXE v4.1a build 7364.1 from December 30, 1997 (happy 10th birthday!), which, by the way, reorganizes the registry sequence, reading through it much faster on second and subsequent passes.
2 - I don't expect much, just two things:
-- remove references to gone software so I can reinstall without conflict - Jouni Vuorio's RegCleaner v4.3 build 780 from 2001 seems empowering for this, offering a check list by name and by author, others may have this.
-- compact / compress registry for smaller, faster boot and access, such as from IOBit.com Advanced System Care and others have this, too.
3 - Sysinternals.com PageDefrag, and Kessels.com JKDefrag makes my systems faster than any registry cleaner (first make the the Virtual Memory paging file size the same Initial and Maximum -- Recommended size may be fine -- and then reboot and run each a couple of times, rebooting in between).
Peter Blaise . com
Some Registry Cleaners Work
by tony.brown - 6/20/09 7:36 AM In reply to: Poll: Registry cleaners --has it helped your PC's performance? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Most of the time I use a non-aggressive registry cleaner in Norton Systems Works and this does a great job, over and over again. Whenever one of my computers runs into trouble Norton One Button Checkup fixes the problem. Except when the computer is 4+ years old and the operating system, say Windows XP, is due for replacement. I have used Uniblue registry cleaner on two computers and it really cleans things up and gives life to an aging computer. Than's my experience, for what its worth.
I use registry cleaners regularly
by Jgor01 - 6/20/09 7:46 AM In reply to: Poll: Registry cleaners --has it helped your PC's performance? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
My main computer is still running Windows 2000, and thanks to regular scrubbings with registry cleaners and defragmenting it hums along smoothly. Meanwhile, my kid's XP machine didn't get the same TLC and it's headed for the landfill. Different registry cleaners use different algorithms, which is why they find different stuff. I've used JV16 for years (now on the 3rd and most current version). This is usually my first cleaner, and I always check that I don't delete any red checks, which rarely show up anyway. Then I'll follow with Regbooster2, which I also trust, and then sometimes a third look with Registry Mechanic to see if anything was missed. Recently I tried out Advanced System Care Free, which seemed to get most of the bad entries (I did my regular cleaning after to check) and liked it enough to get the paid version which goes even deeper. ASC also does things like optimize the internet connection. Basically, my 8 year old computer has so many installed programs, it gets really "sticky" after awhile, and with regular cleanings, it feels like a new system. Basic procedures: I clean out caches, run antivirus and antispyware checks, clean the registry and then defragment the main drives. I do this weekly, otherwise the system isn't as smooth.
PC's Performance
by Jazzy_Gal - 6/20/09 8:44 AM In reply to: Poll: Registry cleaners --has it helped your PC's performance? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I not only use CCleaner I also use Revo Uninstaller, this program has more features to it like Optimzation and Track Cleaner.
I found that my computer was full of junk left over from all the files and programs that I had deleted over the years along with having my memory sucked up by an anti-virus program so I went with 'Windows Defender' that uses less memory, along with 'Evidence Remover' under the Track Cleaner that wipes all the junk off your C drive and leaves you with a clean slate.
Registry cleaners
by Rkmtt - 6/20/09 9:11 AM In reply to: Poll: Registry cleaners --has it helped your PC's performance? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I surely don`t understand why MSFT doesn`t add an upgrade to their software to correct registry errors, and therefore eliminate all the
2/3 rd party rip-offs....sure they could charge a mininmum rate and make a huge amount of money Rich
I would appreciate any responses via my Email rkmtt@yahoo.com
Somewhat helps
by spinnerman58 - 6/20/09 11:22 AM In reply to: Poll: Registry cleaners --has it helped your PC's performance? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
not sure your experience on updating software like video and audio editors (Roxio, Ulead, Pinnacle,). When I update I always uninstall the old version. But find uninstall does a bad job on cleaning these apps up. So before installing the new version, a registry cleaner usually finds the bits and pieces left behind by uninstall.
CCleaner
by francisco1de9jess46 - 6/20/09 5:09 PM In reply to: Somewhat helps by spinnerman58Ccleaner is one the best for uninstall anything. But sometimes there are a few softwares that left some files on your computer, so you have to delete it manually.
Stay far away from Reg Cleaners!
by activ64 - 6/20/09 11:28 AM In reply to: Poll: Registry cleaners --has it helped your PC's performance? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Unless you really know what you are doing, stay far away from the reg cleaners. Do not rely on the programs to safely remove and clean your registry. My last experience removed my MSI out,any programs using MSI to install/update programs now fail. Again it does depend on your computer level and program you are using. But better off not using one at all. The minor speed gain is really unnoticeable!
poll; registry cleaners
by nofret - 6/20/09 2:59 PM In reply to: Poll: Registry cleaners --has it helped your PC's performance? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Never again. I used a registry cleaner from the supposed `leader`in this tech. At first, there was no difference in performance. Then as the days slipped into weeks, months, little glitches in a variety of programs. then, after a while, some of the programs just became to unstable to use. Took me a week to straighten out all the problems.
After the dust settles... on registry cleaners....
by FinGif - 6/20/09 5:37 PM In reply to: Poll: Registry cleaners --has it helped your PC's performance? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I may be a little, hard core, but, I do a couple of tasks that ensure a cleaner registry up front (with or without resorting to a registry cleaner).
I run monitoring on the registry starting from install. After I do an install I save the registry before anything is installed. Raw iron install with only Win X. Then I save the registry. As I add software I monitor changes to the registry using diff tools.
This does two things, I have an evolving library of registry files, and it tells me what changes have been made so that I can back step if I have to manually (because I know what the changes were that took place) or using a tool without the fear of hammering my machine.
I also use restore and image my PCs periodically onto a DVD or CD set so that I can always backstep to a working system in an hour or so. Of course this requires me to seperate out my data and backup often.
Most people don't want to go through all this, but trust me, it pays off on those rare occasions when you computer takes a dump during a hot dead line when you are at the wire. I can't tell you how many times this has given me a second chance to pull my chestnuts out of the fire.
Agree, works sometimes
by jthelw - 6/20/09 6:27 PM In reply to: Poll: Registry cleaners --has it helped your PC's performance? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Just allowing for sheer volume of files that they clean up I'm kind of pleased. Computer seems to spped up for a while. Had one bad experience when printer failed to work.
Can be bad news
by rowal - 6/20/09 6:45 PM In reply to: Poll: Registry cleaners --has it helped your PC's performance? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I am not averse to altering the Registry on my machines, but only if it is necessary to fix a particular problem and I will never use a Registry Cleaner.
1. It is not necessary - Windows will toddle along quite happily with 1000s of stray entries.
2. All the ads promising amazing results and speed up are all BULL.
3. One mistake and your system can be rendered unbootable - why risk it. You can use a cleaner 999 times with no adverse effects and then, BOOM, an unusable computer. No thanks.
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