Re: What is the best registry repair utility?

Tech-Archive recommends: Fix windows errors by optimizing your registry

On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:59:02 -0800, Dennis_S
<DennisS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I am looking for a good reliable registry repair utility. Preferrably free.

Anyone heard of RegCure available at cleanerror.com?


Registry cleaning programs are *all* snake oil. Cleaning of the
registry isn't needed and is dangerous. Leave the registry alone and
don't use any registry cleaner. Despite what many people think, and
what vendors of registry cleaning software try to convince you of,
having unused registry entries doesn't really hurt you.

The risk of a serious problem caused by a registry cleaner erroneously
removing an entry you need is far greater than any potential benefit
it may have.

Read http://www.edbott.com/weblog/archives/000643.html


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