Regclean

[rohan]

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Is regclean version 4.1.7364.1 compatable with win xp sp1?

If not, what does microsoft reccommend?

[Nicholas]

A word to the wise.... the old Microsoft RegClean program is not
designed to work with Windows XP. If you use it, it may corrupt
your registry. You best bet is to use NO REGISTRY CLEANER
with Windows XP.

Only use a registry cleaner that was designed to be compatible with XP.=20
System Mechanic (www.iolo.com) has an excellent registry/optimizer =
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for use with XP.


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Nicholas

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"rohan" > wrote in message:
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[Skip Knoble]

Rohan:
1) Backup the Registry. Consider the free utility:
http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt;
or the commercial utility at:
http://www.zoneutils.com/regheal/help/restoreafullregistrybackupinxp.htm.
Also note that the
Windows XP System Restore utility, if activated properly, will restore
various Registry files.

2) Clean obsolete and invalid items from the Registry. There are several
commercial registry
cleaners; for example:
http://www.downloadsoftware.org/utilities/system_utilities/advanced_registry
_tracer.asp and
http://www.zoneutils.com/regheal/index.htm. A free Registry cleanear may be
downloaded at:
EasyCleaner: http://www.toniarts.com/ecleane.htm; read the companion FAQ
at:
http://www.toniarts.com/faq.htm. We recommend the commercial registry
cleaner; if you use the
free cleaner, be sure to make the "Skip List" be the following string:
norton,help,control,_restore,ValDID, msmsgs. We recommend a reboot
(Shutdown/Restart)
after cleaning the registry.

3) Compress the Registry and Page and Log Files. See the free utility:
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/pagedefrag.shtml. The functions
of this utility will
happen on a subsequent reboot (Shutdown/Restart)

Skip Knoble, Penn State


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> Is regclean version 4.1.7364.1 compatable with win xp sp1?
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> If not, what does microsoft reccommend?