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  #1  
Old November 4th 07, 08:00 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
D. Spencer Hines[_2_]
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Posts: 187
Default registry cleaner and back up

Nonsense...

CCleaner is safe as a Registry Cleaner....

And improves performance.

DSH

"Bruce Chambers" wrote in message
...

Why do you think you'd ever need to clean your registry? What specific
*problems* are you actually experiencing (not some program's bogus listing
of imaginary problems) that you think can be fixed by using a 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. After all, why use a
chainsaw 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. The only thing needed to safely clean your
registry is knowledge and Regedit.exe.

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 repeatedly 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. 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.

More importantly, no one has ever demonstrated that the use of an
automated registry cleaner, particularly by an untrained, inexperienced
computer user, does any real good, whatsoever. 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.
Given the potential for harm, it's just not worth the risk.

Granted, most registry "cleaners" won't cause problems each and every
time they're used, but the potential for harm is always there. And, since
no registry "cleaner" has ever been demonstrated to do any good (think of
them like treating the flu with chicken soup - there's no real medicinal
value, but it sometimes provides a warming placebo effect), I always tell
people that the risks far out-weigh the non-existent benefits.

I will concede that a good registry *scanning* tool, in the hands of
an experienced and knowledgeable technician or hobbyist can be a useful
time-saving diagnostic tool, as long as it's not allowed to make any
changes automatically. But I really don't think that there are any
registry cleaners that are truly safe for the general public to use.
Experience has proven just the opposite: such tools simply are not safe in
the hands of the inexperienced user.



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  #2  
Old November 4th 07, 08:11 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Bruce Chambers
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Posts: 6,208
Default registry cleaner and back up

D. Spencer Hines wrote:
Nonsense...

CCleaner is safe as a Registry Cleaner....



CCleaner's registry scanner seems relatively benign, as long as you
step through each detected "issue" one at a time, to determine if it
really is an "issue" or not, and then decide whether or not to let the
application "fix" it. In my testing, though, most of the reported
"issues" won't be issues, at all. I tried the latest version on a
brand-new OS installation with no additional applications installed, and
certainly none installed and then uninstalled, and CCleaner still
managed to "find" over a hundred allegedly orphaned registry entries and
dozens of purportedly "suspicious" files.

CCleaner's sole strength, and the only reason I use it, lies in its
usefulness for cleaning up unused temporary files from the hard drive;
as a registry "cleaner," it's not significantly better or worse than any
other snake oil product of the same type.



And improves performance.



Utterly untrue. *NO* registry "cleaner" has ever been proven to
improve performance; the actions they perform are not the sort that
could have any affect on a computer's performance.


--

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  #3  
Old November 4th 07, 08:39 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
D. Spencer Hines[_2_]
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Posts: 187
Default Registry Cleaner

Nope...

Bollixed Thinking...

I've run tests on several machines and CCleaner's Registry Cleaner has
improved performance on nine of them -- as compared to exactly identical
machines without CCleaner.

DSH

"Bruce Chambers" wrote in message
...

D. Spencer Hines wrote:


Nonsense...

CCleaner is safe as a Registry Cleaner....


CCleaner's registry scanner seems relatively benign, as long as you
step through each detected "issue" one at a time, to determine if it
really is an "issue" or not, and then decide whether or not to let the
application "fix" it. In my testing, though, most of the reported
"issues" won't be issues, at all. I tried the latest version on a
brand-new OS installation with no additional applications installed, and
certainly none installed and then uninstalled, and CCleaner still managed
to "find" over a hundred allegedly orphaned registry entries and dozens of
purportedly "suspicious" files.

CCleaner's sole strength, and the only reason I use it, lies in its
usefulness for cleaning up unused temporary files from the hard drive; as
a registry "cleaner," it's not significantly better or worse than any
other snake oil product of the same type.

And improves performance.

Utterly untrue. *NO* registry "cleaner" has ever been proven to improve
performance; the actions they perform are not the sort that could have any
affect on a computer's performance.



  #4  
Old November 4th 07, 08:56 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
John John
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Posts: 3,149
Default Registry Cleaner

That is an absurd claim, cleaning the registry does not improve performance.

John

D. Spencer Hines wrote:

Nope...

Bollixed Thinking...

I've run tests on several machines and CCleaner's Registry Cleaner has
improved performance on nine of them -- as compared to exactly identical
machines without CCleaner.

DSH

"Bruce Chambers" wrote in message
...


D. Spencer Hines wrote:



Nonsense...

CCleaner is safe as a Registry Cleaner....


CCleaner's registry scanner seems relatively benign, as long as you
step through each detected "issue" one at a time, to determine if it
really is an "issue" or not, and then decide whether or not to let the
application "fix" it. In my testing, though, most of the reported
"issues" won't be issues, at all. I tried the latest version on a
brand-new OS installation with no additional applications installed, and
certainly none installed and then uninstalled, and CCleaner still managed
to "find" over a hundred allegedly orphaned registry entries and dozens of
purportedly "suspicious" files.

CCleaner's sole strength, and the only reason I use it, lies in its
usefulness for cleaning up unused temporary files from the hard drive; as
a registry "cleaner," it's not significantly better or worse than any
other snake oil product of the same type.


And improves performance.


Utterly untrue. *NO* registry "cleaner" has ever been proven to improve
performance; the actions they perform are not the sort that could have any
affect on a computer's performance.




  #5  
Old November 4th 07, 09:36 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
D. Spencer Hines[_2_]
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Posts: 187
Default Registry Cleaner

Twaddle...

My experience proves otherwise.

DSH

"John John" wrote in message
...

That is an absurd claim, cleaning the registry does not improve
performance.

John

D. Spencer Hines wrote:

Nope...

Bollixed Thinking...

I've run tests on several machines and CCleaner's Registry Cleaner has
improved performance on nine of them -- as compared to exactly identical
machines without CCleaner.

DSH

"Bruce Chambers" wrote in message
...

D. Spencer Hines wrote:


Nonsense...

CCleaner is safe as a Registry Cleaner....

CCleaner's registry scanner seems relatively benign, as long as you
step through each detected "issue" one at a time, to determine if it
really is an "issue" or not, and then decide whether or not to let the
application "fix" it. In my testing, though, most of the reported
"issues" won't be issues, at all. I tried the latest version on a
brand-new OS installation with no additional applications installed, and
certainly none installed and then uninstalled, and CCleaner still
managed to "find" over a hundred allegedly orphaned registry entries and
dozens of purportedly "suspicious" files.

CCleaner's sole strength, and the only reason I use it, lies in its
usefulness for cleaning up unused temporary files from the hard drive;
as a registry "cleaner," it's not significantly better or worse than any
other snake oil product of the same type.

And improves performance.

Utterly untrue. *NO* registry "cleaner" has ever been proven to improve
performance; the actions they perform are not the sort that could have
any affect on a computer's performance.



  #6  
Old November 4th 07, 09:43 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
John John
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Posts: 3,149
Default Registry Cleaner

Bunk.

John

D. Spencer Hines wrote:

Twaddle...

My experience proves otherwise.

DSH

"John John" wrote in message
...


That is an absurd claim, cleaning the registry does not improve
performance.

John

D. Spencer Hines wrote:


Nope...

Bollixed Thinking...

I've run tests on several machines and CCleaner's Registry Cleaner has
improved performance on nine of them -- as compared to exactly identical
machines without CCleaner.

DSH

"Bruce Chambers" wrote in message
...


D. Spencer Hines wrote:

Nonsense...

CCleaner is safe as a Registry Cleaner....

CCleaner's registry scanner seems relatively benign, as long as you
step through each detected "issue" one at a time, to determine if it
really is an "issue" or not, and then decide whether or not to let the
application "fix" it. In my testing, though, most of the reported
"issues" won't be issues, at all. I tried the latest version on a
brand-new OS installation with no additional applications installed, and
certainly none installed and then uninstalled, and CCleaner still
managed to "find" over a hundred allegedly orphaned registry entries and
dozens of purportedly "suspicious" files.

CCleaner's sole strength, and the only reason I use it, lies in its
usefulness for cleaning up unused temporary files from the hard drive;
as a registry "cleaner," it's not significantly better or worse than any
other snake oil product of the same type.


And improves performance.


Utterly untrue. *NO* registry "cleaner" has ever been proven to improve
performance; the actions they perform are not the sort that could have
any affect on a computer's performance.




  #7  
Old November 4th 07, 09:47 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
D. Spencer Hines[_2_]
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Posts: 187
Default Registry Cleaner

Codswallop...

DSH

"John John" wrote in message
...

Bunk.

John

D. Spencer Hines wrote:

Twaddle...

My experience proves otherwise.

DSH

"John John" wrote in message
...


That is an absurd claim, cleaning the registry does not improve
performance.

John

D. Spencer Hines wrote:


Nope...

Bollixed Thinking...

I've run tests on several machines and CCleaner's Registry Cleaner has
improved performance on nine of them -- as compared to exactly identical
machines without CCleaner.

DSH

"Bruce Chambers" wrote in message
.. .


D. Spencer Hines wrote:

Nonsense...

CCleaner is safe as a Registry Cleaner....

CCleaner's registry scanner seems relatively benign, as long as you
step through each detected "issue" one at a time, to determine if it
really is an "issue" or not, and then decide whether or not to let the
application "fix" it. In my testing, though, most of the reported
"issues" won't be issues, at all. I tried the latest version on a
brand-new OS installation with no additional applications installed,
and certainly none installed and then uninstalled, and CCleaner still
managed to "find" over a hundred allegedly orphaned registry entries
and dozens of purportedly "suspicious" files.

CCleaner's sole strength, and the only reason I use it, lies in its
usefulness for cleaning up unused temporary files from the hard drive;
as a registry "cleaner," it's not significantly better or worse than
any other snake oil product of the same type.


And improves performance.


Utterly untrue. *NO* registry "cleaner" has ever been proven to
improve performance; the actions they perform are not the sort that
could have any affect on a computer's performance.



  #8  
Old November 4th 07, 10:50 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Rudy
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Default registry cleaner and back up

Hi..........Quite interesting opinion/statement on Reg Clrs. How about
"Uninstaller Programs"?? Having a problem w/ trying to uninstall "Zone
Alarm"(Free Version).
Error messages .......missing...." vsutil.dll" & when
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Thought you may shed some lite on this problem. Any
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"Bruce Chambers" wrote in message
...
D. Spencer Hines wrote:
Nonsense...

CCleaner is safe as a Registry Cleaner....



CCleaner's registry scanner seems relatively benign, as long as you
step through each detected "issue" one at a time, to determine if it
really is an "issue" or not, and then decide whether or not to let the
application "fix" it. In my testing, though, most of the reported
"issues" won't be issues, at all. I tried the latest version on a
brand-new OS installation with no additional applications installed, and
certainly none installed and then uninstalled, and CCleaner still
managed to "find" over a hundred allegedly orphaned registry entries and
dozens of purportedly "suspicious" files.

CCleaner's sole strength, and the only reason I use it, lies in its
usefulness for cleaning up unused temporary files from the hard drive;
as a registry "cleaner," it's not significantly better or worse than any
other snake oil product of the same type.



And improves performance.



Utterly untrue. *NO* registry "cleaner" has ever been proven to
improve performance; the actions they perform are not the sort that
could have any affect on a computer's performance.


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot


  #9  
Old November 4th 07, 10:51 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
db ´¯`·.. >
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Default Registry Cleaner

you are correct
about the performance
of the registry database
file and thousands would
agree as well as Microsoft.

in fact, microsoft invented
the first registry cleaner because
maintaining the database was
as critical then as it is now.

now microsoft certified technicians
not only redeveloped their registry
cleaner but wrote a whole page on
the subject:

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/a...leaner_why.htm

isn't humorous how
some believe that they are
more knowledgeable
on windows than
microsoft is???

don't spend too much
time debating the issue.
some of these guys are
habitual antagonist and
disruptive and enjoy
manipulation and a reason
to use name calling.

the facts are clear and
microsoft facts relating
to its registry is the final
word regarding this issue.

(you know that they are
likely hypocrites because
they likely used registry
cleaners themselves)

incidentally, you might
enjoy the newsgroup if
you use a killfile to filter
out the irritations.
--

db ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·..)))º`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸)))º¸.
)))º·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. )))º`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸)))º



..


"D. Spencer Hines" wrote in message
...
Twaddle...

My experience proves otherwise.

DSH

"John John" wrote in message
...

That is an absurd claim, cleaning the registry does not improve performance.

John

D. Spencer Hines wrote:

Nope...

Bollixed Thinking...

I've run tests on several machines and CCleaner's Registry Cleaner has
improved performance on nine of them -- as compared to exactly identical
machines without CCleaner.

DSH

"Bruce Chambers" wrote in message
...

D. Spencer Hines wrote:

Nonsense...

CCleaner is safe as a Registry Cleaner....

CCleaner's registry scanner seems relatively benign, as long as you step
through each detected "issue" one at a time, to determine if it really is
an "issue" or not, and then decide whether or not to let the application
"fix" it. In my testing, though, most of the reported "issues" won't be
issues, at all. I tried the latest version on a brand-new OS installation
with no additional applications installed, and certainly none installed and
then uninstalled, and CCleaner still managed to "find" over a hundred
allegedly orphaned registry entries and dozens of purportedly "suspicious"
files.

CCleaner's sole strength, and the only reason I use it, lies in its
usefulness for cleaning up unused temporary files from the hard drive; as a
registry "cleaner," it's not significantly better or worse than any other
snake oil product of the same type.

And improves performance.

Utterly untrue. *NO* registry "cleaner" has ever been proven to improve
performance; the actions they perform are not the sort that could have any
affect on a computer's performance.




  #10  
Old November 4th 07, 11:23 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Unknown
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Posts: 6,007
Default Registry Cleaner

What makes you think this is a Microsoft program?
" db ´¯`·.. )))º` .. ." databaseben.public.newsgroup.microsoft.com
wrote in message ...
you are correct
about the performance
of the registry database
file and thousands would
agree as well as Microsoft.

in fact, microsoft invented
the first registry cleaner because
maintaining the database was
as critical then as it is now.

now microsoft certified technicians
not only redeveloped their registry
cleaner but wrote a whole page on
the subject:

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/a...leaner_why.htm

isn't humorous how
some believe that they are
more knowledgeable
on windows than
microsoft is???

don't spend too much
time debating the issue.
some of these guys are
habitual antagonist and
disruptive and enjoy
manipulation and a reason
to use name calling.

the facts are clear and
microsoft facts relating
to its registry is the final
word regarding this issue.

(you know that they are
likely hypocrites because
they likely used registry
cleaners themselves)

incidentally, you might
enjoy the newsgroup if
you use a killfile to filter
out the irritations.
--

db ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·..)))º`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸)))º¸.
)))º·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. )))º`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸)))º



.


"D. Spencer Hines" wrote in message
...
Twaddle...

My experience proves otherwise.

DSH

"John John" wrote in message
...

That is an absurd claim, cleaning the registry does not improve
performance.

John

D. Spencer Hines wrote:

Nope...

Bollixed Thinking...

I've run tests on several machines and CCleaner's Registry Cleaner has
improved performance on nine of them -- as compared to exactly
identical machines without CCleaner.

DSH

"Bruce Chambers" wrote in message
...

D. Spencer Hines wrote:

Nonsense...

CCleaner is safe as a Registry Cleaner....

CCleaner's registry scanner seems relatively benign, as long as you
step through each detected "issue" one at a time, to determine if it
really is an "issue" or not, and then decide whether or not to let the
application "fix" it. In my testing, though, most of the reported
"issues" won't be issues, at all. I tried the latest version on a
brand-new OS installation with no additional applications installed,
and certainly none installed and then uninstalled, and CCleaner still
managed to "find" over a hundred allegedly orphaned registry entries
and dozens of purportedly "suspicious" files.

CCleaner's sole strength, and the only reason I use it, lies in its
usefulness for cleaning up unused temporary files from the hard drive;
as a registry "cleaner," it's not significantly better or worse than
any other snake oil product of the same type.

And improves performance.

Utterly untrue. *NO* registry "cleaner" has ever been proven to
improve performance; the actions they perform are not the sort that
could have any affect on a computer's performance.






  #11  
Old November 4th 07, 11:30 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
D. Spencer Hines[_2_]
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Posts: 187
Default Registry Cleaner

G

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/article/registry_cleaner_why.htm

Yes, they are not-too-smart, narrow-minded technicians who have seen pogues
misuse Registry Cleaners and want to proscribe them for ALL of us.

Bruce Chambers seems to be one of the worst of them.

I would certainly concur that an unguided Registry Cleaner in the hands of a
Naive Newbie is a dangerous weapon indeed.

But I've found the Registry Cleaner in CCleaner to be BOTH safe and
effective.

'Nuff Said.

DSH

" db ´¯`·.. )))º` .. ." databaseben.public.newsgroup.microsoft.com
wrote in message ...
you are correct
about the performance
of the registry database
file and thousands would
agree as well as Microsoft.

in fact, microsoft invented
the first registry cleaner because
maintaining the database was
as critical then as it is now.

now microsoft certified technicians
not only redeveloped their registry
cleaner but wrote a whole page on
the subject:

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/a...leaner_why.htm

isn't humorous how
some believe that they are
more knowledgeable
on windows than
microsoft is???

don't spend too much
time debating the issue.
some of these guys are
habitual antagonist and
disruptive and enjoy
manipulation and a reason
to use name calling.

the facts are clear and
microsoft facts relating
to its registry is the final
word regarding this issue.

(you know that they are
likely hypocrites because
they likely used registry
cleaners themselves)

incidentally, you might
enjoy the newsgroup if
you use a killfile to filter
out the irritations.
--

db ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·..)))º`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸)))º¸.
)))º·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. )))º`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸)))º



.


"D. Spencer Hines" wrote in message
...


Twaddle...

My experience proves otherwise.

DSH

"John John" wrote in message
...

That is an absurd claim, cleaning the registry does not improve
performance.

John

D. Spencer Hines wrote:

Nope...

Bollixed Thinking...

I've run tests on several machines and CCleaner's Registry Cleaner has
improved performance on nine of them -- as compared to exactly
identical machines without CCleaner.

DSH

"Bruce Chambers" wrote in message
...

D. Spencer Hines wrote:

Nonsense...

CCleaner is safe as a Registry Cleaner....

CCleaner's registry scanner seems relatively benign, as long as you
step through each detected "issue" one at a time, to determine if it
really is an "issue" or not, and then decide whether or not to let the
application "fix" it. In my testing, though, most of the reported
"issues" won't be issues, at all. I tried the latest version on a
brand-new OS installation with no additional applications installed,
and certainly none installed and then uninstalled, and CCleaner still
managed to "find" over a hundred allegedly orphaned registry entries
and dozens of purportedly "suspicious" files.

CCleaner's sole strength, and the only reason I use it, lies in its
usefulness for cleaning up unused temporary files from the hard drive;
as a registry "cleaner," it's not significantly better or worse than
any other snake oil product of the same type.

And improves performance.

Utterly untrue. *NO* registry "cleaner" has ever been proven to
improve performance; the actions they perform are not the sort that
could have any affect on a computer's performance.



  #12  
Old November 5th 07, 01:24 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Daave
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Posts: 3,568
Default Registry Cleaner

D. Spencer Hines wrote:

I've run tests on several machines and CCleaner's Registry Cleaner has
improved performance on nine of them -- as compared to exactly
identical machines without CCleaner.


Do you have test results you're willing to share? How did you measure
the improvement in performance? Did you control for the effect of
Ccleaner's primary function (clearing temp files)?

I have an open mind. But I would also like to see evidence.


  #13  
Old November 5th 07, 01:35 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
D. Spencer Hines[_2_]
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Posts: 187
Default Registry Cleaner

I ran careful tests.

Yes, I ran controls.

Run your own tests.

Don't just follow the lowing herd.

DSH

"Daave" wrote in message
...

D. Spencer Hines wrote:

I've run tests on several machines and CCleaner's Registry Cleaner has
improved performance on nine of them -- as compared to exactly
identical machines without CCleaner.


Do you have test results you're willing to share? How did you measure
the improvement in performance? Did you control for the effect of
Ccleaner's primary function (clearing temp files)?

I have an open mind. But I would also like to see evidence.



  #14  
Old November 5th 07, 01:56 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
HEMI-Powered
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Posts: 258
Default Registry Cleaner

D. Spencer Hines added these comments in the current discussion
du jour ...

Twaddle...

My experience proves otherwise.

DSH


I clean my Registry periodically with JV16 Powertools 100% only
to get rid of unnessary clutter such as obsolete or invalid keys,
leftover shortcuts and the like. Can't say I have ever seen a
performance increase, though.

"John John" wrote in message
...

That is an absurd claim, cleaning the registry does not
improve performance.

John

D. Spencer Hines wrote:

Nope...

Bollixed Thinking...

I've run tests on several machines and CCleaner's Registry
Cleaner has improved performance on nine of them -- as
compared to exactly identical machines without CCleaner.

DSH

"Bruce Chambers" wrote in message
...

D. Spencer Hines wrote:

Nonsense...

CCleaner is safe as a Registry Cleaner....

CCleaner's registry scanner seems relatively benign, as
long as you
step through each detected "issue" one at a time, to
determine if it really is an "issue" or not, and then
decide whether or not to let the application "fix" it. In
my testing, though, most of the reported "issues" won't be
issues, at all. I tried the latest version on a brand-new
OS installation with no additional applications installed,
and certainly none installed and then uninstalled, and
CCleaner still managed to "find" over a hundred allegedly
orphaned registry entries and dozens of purportedly
"suspicious" files.

CCleaner's sole strength, and the only reason I use it,
lies in its
usefulness for cleaning up unused temporary files from the
hard drive; as a registry "cleaner," it's not significantly
better or worse than any other snake oil product of the
same type.

And improves performance.

Utterly untrue. *NO* registry "cleaner" has ever been
proven to improve performance; the actions they perform are
not the sort that could have any affect on a computer's
performance.







--
HP, aka Jerry
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Old November 5th 07, 02:06 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
John John
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We ran our own tests with many registry cleaners and the results of our
tests are that cleaning the registry does absolutely nothing to improve
performance.

John

D. Spencer Hines wrote:

I ran careful tests.

Yes, I ran controls.

Run your own tests.

Don't just follow the lowing herd.

DSH

"Daave" wrote in message
...


D. Spencer Hines wrote:


I've run tests on several machines and CCleaner's Registry Cleaner has
improved performance on nine of them -- as compared to exactly
identical machines without CCleaner.


Do you have test results you're willing to share? How did you measure
the improvement in performance? Did you control for the effect of
Ccleaner's primary function (clearing temp files)?

I have an open mind. But I would also like to see evidence.




 




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