Vista - registry cleaner

I've read in some posts that a registry cleaner isn't recommended for Vista,
primarily because some can install malware instead of getting rid of it.
But I've got some issues with Vista and I swear it's from leftover software
installations - such as SQL 2008 beta. I don't want to reinstall Vista
because it's a pain in the butt. Are there any registry cleaners that are
recommended as safe?

Andre

On Thu, 6 Aug 2009 13:07:03 -0700, "Andre" <andre@xxxxxx> wrote:

Right.


That's not the reason. See below.

And cleaning the registry won't get rid of malware, anyway.


No. 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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Although I am not really a fan of registry cleaners, if you absolutely want to use one, I recommend CCleaner. It is absolutely safe and the download site below is rock solid: Download CCleaner 2.22.968 - FileHippo.com It can also be used to cleanup all your temporary files and the cookie folder.

CCleaner - Home

I've used ccleaner for a couple of years now. It may/may not be necessary,
but I've had no problems as a result of it.

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Bruce Chambers <bchambers@xxxxxx> wrote in
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Lets look at things differently here. Registry cleaners are good for
cleaning crap out if they work (but 99% of the time they dont). But if you
take care on what you use you wont ever need a cleaner anyway. If your
running beta software on your main partition then your asking for trouble.
I only use beta software on a virtual machine as that way its easier to get
rid of crap without effecting my main machine.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/vir...s/default.aspx

Setting up a virtual machine is easy as ABC and has saved me from lots of
problems with beta and RC software.

Conclusion - dont use reg cleaners just use your head when using software.

Have you tried using jv16 power tools??

On Thu, 6 Aug 2009 20:54:20 -0400, "rak" <rakess@xxxxxx> wrote:

Four points:

1. CCleaner is one of the safer registry cleaners. That, however, does
*not* mean that it's risk free.

2. It, like all registry cleaners, is completely unnecessary. It does
nothing of value. Taking any risk for zero value is a very bad choice.

3. For its other, non-registry-cleaning functionality, CCleaner is an
excellent program.

4. Neither I nor anybody else here has ever claimed that every use of
a registry cleaner will cause a problem. If that were so, all the
makers of registry cleaners will go out of business immediately. The
issue is not one of certain problems if you run them, it's an issue of
risk. You run a serious risk every time you use it. If you hadn't had
any problems with it, I'm glad to hear it, but consider yourself
lucky.


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