John
Mon Jan 01 07:05:07 CST 2007
These days, Windows has so many backups you hardly need to back up. Using
'last known good' if its a fatal change and system restore pretty much
protects against registry goofs.
"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote in message
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> spammersuck@nowhere.net wrote:
>> Is there susch a thing for XP64? I am trying to clean my registry in XP64
>> and can't find anything. Used System Mechanic for XP32 which worked
>> rather well however, it won't work for x64.
>
>
> .... which is a good thing.
>
> Why would you think you need to clean your registry?
>
> What specific problems are you *actually experiencing* (not some snake
> oil program's bogus listing of imaginary problems)?
>
> If you do have a problem that is rooted in the registry, it would be
> far better to simply edit (after backing up, of course) only the specific
> key(s) and/or value(s) that are causing the problem. After all, why use a
> chainsaw when a scalpel will do the job? Additionally, the manually
> changing of one or two registry entries is far less likely to have the
> dire consequences of allowing an automated product to make multiple
> changes simultaneously.
>
> The registry contains all of the operating system's "knowledge" of the
> computer's hardware devices, installed software, the location of the
> device drivers, and the computer's configuration. A misstep in the
> registry can have severe consequences. One should not even turning loose
> a poorly understood automated "cleaner," unless he is fully confident that
> he knows *exactly* what is going to happen as a result of each and every
> change. Having seen the results of inexperienced people using automated
> registry "cleaners," I can only advise all but the most experienced
> computer technicians (and/or hobbyists) to avoid them all. Experience has
> shown me that such tools simply are not safe in the hands of the
> inexperienced user.
>
> The only thing needed to safely clean your registry is knowledge and
> Regedit.exe. If you lack the knowledge and experience to maintain your
> registry by yourself, then you also lack the knowledge and experience to
> safely configure and use any automated registry cleaner, no matter how
> safe they claim to be.
>
> Further, no one has ever demonstrated, to my satisfaction, that the
> use of an automated registry cleaner, particularly by an untrained,
> inexperienced computer user, does any real good. There's certainly been
> no empirical evidence offered to demonstrate that the use of such products
> to "clean" WinXP's registry improves a computer's performance or
> stability.
>
> On those rare occasions when I suspect there might be a problem in the
> registry, I always use Regedit.exe. I trust my own experience and
> judgment far more than I would any automated registry cleaner. I strongly
> encourage others to acquire the knowledge, as well.
>
>
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>
> Bruce Chambers
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