Re: Should I use Registry Cleaners and Auto Fixers for my windows?
- From: "D.Currie" <dmbcurrie.nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 23:33:51 -0600
"News" <someone@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "bumtracks" <lost@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>I use RegSeeker .. really it's quite a decent one Do look at each entry
>>here for cleaning and selectively exclude items as for me it is not mapped
>>drive/network share aware. Probably 'somewhat safe to delete all items
>>RegSeeker marks as safe to delete but you should still read each - windows
>>is easy to format/install even if you let it screw you, which I think
>>would be difficult even for a just do it now type impatient teeny bopper.
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>
> Hai
> Herein lies the problem! If you are a general user like me and don't have
> serious knowledge about registries or how they work then the whole idea of
> using a one stop click is not for ease of use or for impatience but it is
> so that we can do it safely. Without needing specialist knowledge or
> behidn the scenes technical experience.
>
> If we have to check the registry for what we are uninstalling then is
> their any point to using it? We can surely make the mistake by manually
> doing it probably more so than the machine!! Thats my point.
>
> So if you are saying you have to create Backups, then what is the point?
> The very definition of a backup is incase something is done wrong, and the
> fact people suggest that users should manually inspect just to be on the
> safe side, means their is a degree of error. So it seems that their is a
> degree of error especially for the people like me who know nothing about
> registries or how they work.
>
> Kind Regards
>
If you don't know what you're deleting, don't delete it. If you have no idea
how to fix the problems the registry cleaner may cause, don't use it.
Registry backups are a fine idea, but what would you do if Windows didn't
start? How would you go about repairing your broken registry?
If you want to take the risks involved, feel free. It's a fine way to learn
more about computers. But if you want to use the computer and not spend all
your time tweaking and playing and repairing, you'd probably be best off not
removing things unless you're really sure you don't need them.
A "normal" user isn't going to get that much clutter in the registry that
really needs to be cleaned. If you install and uninstall programs like a
madman, then you may end up with a lot of junk left behind. But most people
don't do that sort of installing/uninstalling. They get the computer set up
with what they want, occasionally add some games, programs, or updates, and
that's about it. Cleaning the registry isn't going to make nearly as much
impact on the computer's operation as keeping it spyware-free and blowing
the dust out of it now and then.
People who do that sort of installing/uninstalling usually know what they're
up to, and they can look at a registry cleaner's suggestions and know
whether the suggestions are valid or not.
And using a registry cleaner made for Win98 on an XP computer is just a bad
idea, from the get-go.
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