Vista - Auslogics Registry Defrag

Hello y'all,

I know that few of you bother with Restore Points.
It's something I play around with for the experience.
But I have found out through two reinstalls and more
BSODs than I can count that on "my" machine
SP1, Auslogics reg. defrag and System Restore just
don't play well together!

The only way I could get my system to not crash on boot
today was to start in safe, uninstall A.R.D. and restore
to the only point I had left.

I just thought I would give anyone interested a heads up!
I would like to hear from anyone about anything similar.


Later Ted

Bare Foot Kid. Your "Technophile Wannabe" staus is fadeing. You learn well. I have seen some of your postings and I admire your willingness to ask questions. You learned fast about ARD. I had no trouble with it when I tried it, but the NTFS file system really doesent need regisry cleaning or defraging.

Glad to hear your system didnt get totaly hosed.

Your smarter then even you think.

Thank you, joel406.


Later Ted

I use A.R.D. with vista business x64 sp1 with no problems. In fact I used it today. I've used versions 4.1.7.91 and the latest 4.1.9.96 since installing sp1. I know you were asking for input from people with similar experiences, but maybe A.R.D. isn't the culprit responsible, but only appears to be. Sorry to hear about your bad experiences nevertheless.

joel406,

What does NTFS have to do with whether or not a Windows Registry would need "cleaning"? NTFS is a file system and the Windows Registry is a database of settings and option for the OS and applications. They are independent of each other.

While NTFS has some self-healing properties, they do not extend to the Registry. The Registry does perform better with occasional "appropriate" cleaning and defragmenting. I feel that Auslogics is a little too aggressive in this regard. I prefer TuneUp Utilities 2008 for this task. It takes a more conservative approach to Registry cleaning and defragmenting.

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Hello JaxMacFL,

Thank you!
I am not sure of version numbers but I have had problems with both
the current version and the version before this one.
Are you running current "System Restore Points"?


Later Ted

No offense sidewinder. The registry in NTFS(modern)based sytems are usually not to prone to regisry bloat. Corruption usually manifest itself in the form of non responsive apps or a crashed system and usually a repair of the appropriate nature is in order to get things going again. Some times just repairing the app works as well.

I tried ARD a few times myself and I have a client who has to use it every other day to get his Vista basic system to defrost. As soon as he brings it to be to upgrage his RAM(from 512mb) and remove VHB for VHP he should'nt need it anymore.

I apoligise.

joel406,

Again, the Registry and file system are separate entities. The fact that NTFS is the file system does nothing to reduce the need for Registry cleaning. The Windows Registry could sit on top a NTFS or FAT32 file system and there would be no difference in how the Registry would be managed by the OS and there would be no difference in how clean or dirty the Registries would get.

Having used NTFS file systems for years with XP and now Vista, I can say with certitude that both the XP and Vista Registries will need "cleaning" from time to time for optimal system performance.

NTFS = File System
FAT32 = File System
Registry = File(s) on file system

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Bare Foot Kid,

You posted your "heads up"....what more were you trying to accomplish?

By the way, threads morph all the time....it's a part of life.

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