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Registry Fix
Vista really hates this program. I ran it and then did a disk cleanup. When
cleaning it pretty much deleted all my programs and user settings. All the programs I had were removed from the start menu. All my personal directories were gone too. Live and learn. |
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Registry Fix
http://www.registryfix.com/
I actually emailed the manufacture and got a reply that it was Vista compatible. But it doesn't mention Vista on their page. "Mike Brannigan" Mike.Brannigan@localhost wrote in message ... "Greg" wrote in message ... Vista really hates this program. I ran it and then did a disk cleanup. When cleaning it pretty much deleted all my programs and user settings. All the programs I had were removed from the start menu. All my personal directories were gone too. Live and learn. What program and by who ?? Also is it certified for Vista or Vista compatible at least? Also why do you think you need to "fix" or "clean" your registry ? -- Mike Brannigan |
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Registry Fix
Greg,
I'm using CCleaner, and it works fine with my Vista Home Premium.... http://www.ccleaner.com/ "Greg" wrote in message ... http://www.registryfix.com/ I actually emailed the manufacture and got a reply that it was Vista compatible. But it doesn't mention Vista on their page. "Mike Brannigan" Mike.Brannigan@localhost wrote in message ... "Greg" wrote in message ... Vista really hates this program. I ran it and then did a disk cleanup. When cleaning it pretty much deleted all my programs and user settings. All the programs I had were removed from the start menu. All my personal directories were gone too. Live and learn. What program and by who ?? Also is it certified for Vista or Vista compatible at least? Also why do you think you need to "fix" or "clean" your registry ? -- Mike Brannigan |
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Registry Fix
Greg wrote:
http://www.registryfix.com/ I actually emailed the manufacture and got a reply that it was Vista compatible. But it doesn't mention Vista on their page. What happened is fairly typical, after using a registry "cleaner." Why did you think you need to "fix" your registry? What specific *problems* are you actually experiencing (not some program's bogus listing of imaginary problems) that you think can be fixed by using a registry cleaner? If you do have a problem that is rooted in the registry, it would be far better to simply edit (after backing up, of course) only the specific key(s) and/or value(s) that are causing the problem. After all, why use a chainsaw when a scalpel will do the job? Additionally, the manually changing of one or two registry entries is far less likely to have the dire consequences of allowing an automated product to make multiple changes simultaneously. The registry contains all of the operating system's "knowledge" of the computer's hardware devices, installed software, the location of the device drivers, and the computer's configuration. A misstep in the registry can have severe consequences. One should not even turning loose a poorly understood automated "cleaner," unless he is fully confident that he knows *exactly* what is going to happen as a result of each and every change. Having seen the results of inexperienced people using automated registry "cleaners," I can only advise all but the most experienced computer technicians (and/or hobbyists) to avoid them all. Experience has shown me that such tools simply are not safe in the hands of the inexperienced user. The only thing needed to safely clean your registry is knowledge and Regedit.exe. If you lack the knowledge and experience to maintain your registry by yourself, then you also lack the knowledge and experience to safely configure and use any automated registry cleaner, no matter how safe they claim to be. Further, no one has ever demonstrated, to my satisfaction, that the use of an automated registry cleaner, particularly by an untrained, inexperienced computer user, does any real good. There's certainly been no empirical evidence offered to demonstrate that the use of such products to "clean" WinXP's registry improves a computer's performance or stability. I always use Regedit.exe. I trust my own experience and judgment far more than I would any automated registry cleaner. I strongly encourage others to acquire the knowledge, as well. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand Russell |
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Registry Fix
Dave wrote:
Greg, I'm using CCleaner, and it works fine with my Vista Home Premium.... http://www.ccleaner.com/ CCleaner seems relatively benign, as long as you step through each detected "issue" one at a time, to determine if it really is an "issue" or not, and then decide whether or not to let the application "fix" it. In my experience, though, most of the reported "issues" won't be issues, at all. CCleaner's registry "tool" is a great source of false alarms. I tried the latest version on a brand-new OS installation with no additional applications installed, and certainly none installed and then uninstalled, and CCleaner still managed to "find" over a hundred allegedly orphaned registry entries and dozens of purportedly "suspicious" files. (CCleaner's main strength lies in its usefulness for cleaning up unused temporary files from the hard drive.) -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand Russell |
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Registry Fix
Greg
Never, ever trust a program that guarantees to fix everything that may be wrong with your PC. There can be no such program. Check to see if the program made a backup of the registry before "fixing" it. -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User "Greg" wrote in message ... http://www.registryfix.com/ I actually emailed the manufacture and got a reply that it was Vista compatible. But it doesn't mention Vista on their page. "Mike Brannigan" Mike.Brannigan@localhost wrote in message ... "Greg" wrote in message ... Vista really hates this program. I ran it and then did a disk cleanup. When cleaning it pretty much deleted all my programs and user settings. All the programs I had were removed from the start menu. All my personal directories were gone too. Live and learn. What program and by who ?? Also is it certified for Vista or Vista compatible at least? Also why do you think you need to "fix" or "clean" your registry ? -- Mike Brannigan |