I am a bit skeptical of registry cleaners. They will determine and
remove entries that reference files and/or folders that no longer exist.
They may remove duplicate entries. But the fact is that the amount of
stuff they remove, relative to the whole registry, is extremely small.
Most of the registry is used to store operating system settings that
seldom change or should be changed; actual extraneous entries removed
likely will be less than 1-2 percent of the registry if even that much.
Spyware entries can be removed with spyware removal programs.
Personally, I think this registry performance issue is greatly overblown
in most cases. I used to use regclean back in Win98 days and saw it did
clean stuff. But never a lot. And I don't see any studies actually
showing these reg cleaners do anything for performance (before and
after), just that they can pick out what looks like a lot of entries. A
search on the Internet shows little to substantiate or refute what I am
saying, mostly because the bulk of what I found are reg cleaner sales
pitches that sidestep performance comparisons but try this link below on
the topic to see what I am saying:
http://www.reimage.com/blog/2008/12/21/the-truth-about-registry-cleaners
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If you really want a clean system, just do a fresh install or new
computer every 3-5 years depending on your time and finances.
David Councill
67 BGT
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-----Original Message-----
From: mgs-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:mgs-bounces@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Paul Root
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 1:40 PM
To: Barrie Robinson
Cc: MG List
Subject: Re: [Mgs] AOL and Team.Net
How does it know what to clean?
I suppose they help.
On Jul 13, 2009, at 10:03 AM, Barrie Robinson wrote:
> Paul,
>
> Is there no absolute efficient registry cleaner? I use Glary and
> EasyClean
>
> At 09:52 AM 7/13/2009, Paul Root wrote:
>> The Registry is the main reason for Windows poor reliability and
>> performance.
>>
>> When you uninstall ANYTHING that has written to the registry, those
>> entries stay.
>>
>> That's why Windows gets slower over time, because that thing is
>> getting bigger and searching in it takes longer.
>>
>> Don't blame the App for the OS's failings.
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