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More info?)
My thanks to both Bruce and R, who make laudible explanations with regards
RegClean 4.1a.
I particularly like Bruce's annotation "Why use a shotgun when a scalpel
will do the job?" This could very well be a mantra for life! I may 'borrow'
the phrase from time to time - if that's okay with you, Bruce??
"Bruce Chambers" wrote:
> alba1314 wrote:
> > Is RegClean 4.1a suitable for Windows XP?
>
>
> No, it is not.
>
>
> > If not, is there an updated
> > version available from Microsoft that is suitable for WinXP??
>
>
> No. No such product is needed for WinXP, and most such utilities are
> downright dangerous in the hands of inexperienced users.
>
> 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.
>
> What specific problem are you experiencing that you *know* beyond
> all reasonable doubt will be fixed by using an automated registry
> cleaner? 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. Why
> use a shotgun 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.
>
> 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.
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Bruce Chambers
>
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>
> You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having
> both at once. - RAH
>
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