Re: Registry Fix

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

On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:34:00 -0800, F. Lawrence Kulchar
<FLawrenceKulchar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I bought and I am actively using RegCure to scan my computer and maintain all
sorts of stuff...

My question is...

Is the use of a Registry cleaner a very good thing, a good thing, a 'not
so good' thing, or useless?


None of the above. It is a very dangerous thing.

I strongly suggest you avoid using any registry cleaning program.
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.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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