Which vista registry cleaner is best????

Soichiro Jr. · 02-17-2008, 06:15 PM

Hello everybody. I'm very new to computers and would like some help/advice as to which registry cleaner is the best/safest. My laptop runs Vista Home Premium BTW. I'm thinking of installing cCleaner or TweakNow RegCleaner both of which are free(download.com), but I'm afraid they might delete a registry entry that is needed for my computer to work. Any input/advice/insight/info that anyone could provide would be very much appreciated. Thank you(s)!

shyneclinton · 02-17-2008, 08:42 PM

I have vista home premium and ccleaner rocks. i use the registry cleaner all the time its perfectly safe.

Soichiro Jr. · 02-17-2008, 09:12 PM

Welcome to 8th shyneclinton!

You've picked a fine forum to join. Thank you for the response, I really appreciate it. A friend of mine told me about cCleaner, but she has a XP pc not a Vista pc. Your comment increases my confidence in cCleaner. Thanks again. Anyone else care to chime in, with your experiences?

FunkPnut · 02-18-2008, 02:03 AM

Regardless of what registry cleaner you use, backup your registry first!

BTW, do you feel you really need to clean up your registry?

yoshiod9 · 02-18-2008, 02:13 AM

i have and use registy purify and registry clean expert. they were available on my torrent site and i like them enough to use them once every other week or so.

Soichiro Jr. · 02-18-2008, 05:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FunkPnut

Regardless of what registry cleaner you use, backup your registry first!

BTW, do you feel you really need to clean up your registry?

Well, my laptop has slowed a bit since new, and I have uninstalled about 5-6 programs & installed 3-4 programs. I also had a trojan virus(ActiveX) that I successfully removed with the free starter version of Spyware Doctor from the Google Pack.... Now to answer your question, I don't know!,lol

.... I just figured that the laptops been through a lot and could use a good clean up. I'm open to other suggestions, if anyone has any. I've had the computer for about 7 months, and I'm online nearly everyday. I have defrag'd it with the defragger that came with Vista, but I've heard that I should get the Auslogics(?) Defrag program. I've never ran a disc clean-up, though. Is there anything to worry about when doing a disc clean-up(using the Vista provided clean-up tool)???? Thanks again, to anyone helping me out here,

. Peace!

jonesthewine · 02-18-2008, 05:58 AM

Why not look in the registry and clean it yourself? Just back it up before you do...

Stay away from torrents and any free software, as malware is often installs with FREE programs from the web.

Vista defrags when it needs to, in the background. The built-in disk clean up tool works well, no worries there as you tell it what to scan for and remove. Vista is not Win98 or even XP...it takes care of itself fairly well so the need for third-party utilities is much reduced.

I'll say it again...watch where you go on the web, only download things that you know are safe, keep Vista updated (enable automatic updates), use a security suite and keep it updated and many problems will never materialize.

20strong · 02-18-2008, 06:23 AM

CCleaner is fantastic, I run it and a Spybot cleaner and a Virus scan every time I shut my Laptop down.

Soichiro Jr. · 02-18-2008, 06:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonesthewine

Why not look in the registry and clean it yourself? Just back it up before you do...

Thank you very much for the direct answers/info jonesthewine

!

I was afraid that I'd screw something up in the registry, if I did it myself. If I back-up the registry first, I guess theres no need to worry; except I don't know how to back it up,lol.... Could I use System Restore(I know how to do that) to recover, if I f up in the registry? Thanks again. Peace.

20strong · 02-18-2008, 06:46 AM

CCleaner will give you the option to back up the registry before you clean it the first time.

Soichiro Jr. · 02-18-2008, 06:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 20strong

CCleaner is fantastic, I run it and a Spybot cleaner and a Virus scan every time I shut my Laptop down.

Another one for cCleaner, thanks for the input 20strong!

Does cCleaner clean-up with just the push of a button, or do you have to configure it first and tell it what to do? After it's done cleaning, how do you know which items to get rid of, without f'n something up??? Thanks again, 20.

Soichiro Jr. · 02-28-2008, 04:28 PM

Is there anything in the registry that if deleted, would prevent my computer from booting up(to where I couldn't recover)?

FunkPnut · 03-03-2008, 05:35 PM

Yes, but don't know what.

When dealing with registry, always backup before making changes.

Safe Mode and restoring the registry or System Restore can fix these registry corruption problems as long as you can boot into these.

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Soichiro Jr. Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 150 Mike iTrader: 0 / 0%	Which vista registry cleaner is best???? Hello everybody. I'm very new to computers and would like some help/advice as to which registry cleaner is the best/safest. My laptop runs Vista Home Premium BTW. I'm thinking of installing cCleaner or TweakNow RegCleaner both of which are free(download.com), but I'm afraid they might delete a registry entry that is needed for my computer to work. Any input/advice/insight/info that anyone could provide would be very much appreciated. Thank you(s)!

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Soichiro Jr. Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 150 Mike iTrader: 0 / 0%	Welcome to 8th shyneclinton! You've picked a fine forum to join. Thank you for the response, I really appreciate it. A friend of mine told me about cCleaner, but she has a XP pc not a Vista pc. Your comment increases my confidence in cCleaner. Thanks again. Anyone else care to chime in, with your experiences?

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FunkPnut Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Minneapolis, MN Age: 25 Posts: 250 @ndy iTrader: 1 / 100%	Regardless of what registry cleaner you use, backup your registry first! BTW, do you feel you really need to clean up your registry?

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jonesthewine Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Mexico Age: 44 Posts: 417 Carlos Castaneda iTrader: 0 / 0%	Why not look in the registry and clean it yourself? Just back it up before you do... Stay away from torrents and any free software, as malware is often installs with FREE programs from the web. Vista defrags when it needs to, in the background. The built-in disk clean up tool works well, no worries there as you tell it what to scan for and remove. Vista is not Win98 or even XP...it takes care of itself fairly well so the need for third-party utilities is much reduced. I'll say it again...watch where you go on the web, only download things that you know are safe, keep Vista updated (enable automatic updates), use a security suite and keep it updated and many problems will never materialize.

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20strong Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Desert Posts: 2,290 Marcus iTrader: 0 / 0%	CCleaner is fantastic, I run it and a Spybot cleaner and a Virus scan every time I shut my Laptop down.

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FunkPnut Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Minneapolis, MN Age: 25 Posts: 250 @ndy iTrader: 1 / 100%	Yes, but don't know what. When dealing with registry, always backup before making changes. Safe Mode and restoring the registry or System Restore can fix these registry corruption problems as long as you can boot into these.