cleaning my Register

[Jim]

I know XP must do it I am trying to clean my Register with
out having to go out and buy a 3rd Party softwear.

[Skip Knoble]

Jim, What you really are asking is how can I do the following to the
registry:
1) backup; 2) clean; 3) compress.
The following give web pages for that.
Skip Knoble, Penn State

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)
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"Jim" > wrote in message
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> I know XP must do it I am trying to clean my Register with
> out having to go out and buy a 3rd Party softwear.