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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. |
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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 trying to use ZA uninstall feature...........error message..........".Uninstall resources not available." Thought you may shed some lite on this problem. Any ideas/solutions are appreciated....................Thxxxx............. Rudy no spam "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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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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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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Are you saying you would rather not share with us your results? Since
you're making a claim, I wanted to give you the opportunity to back it up. Perhaps I will run my own tests some time in the future. But for now, I'd like to see evidence from someone who has experience. I don't see it as a matter of following any herd. Rather, it's an application of critical thinking and the scientific method. If the herd also shares my value of wanting to see evidence, then perhaps it's not such a bad herd to belong to. 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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I don't give a rat's rear end whether you believe me or not.
I'm not trying to sell anything. So, it's not worth my time and effort to post elaborate results of the tests I ran -- which will simply lead to a long thread of worthless back and forth caterwauling. I can use that time far better in other useful pursuits such as managing my stock portfolio, working on the car, writing a historical post or email or doing something nice for my wife -- not necessarily in that order. g I ran controlled tests on nine different machines with various configurations -- using the Registry Cleaner in CCleaner. Performance was improved on all of them -- fewer hangs and pauses, faster loading of applications, faster executions of commands and faster startups and shutdowns. No Glitches -- Removing Something That Should Not Have Been Removed -- No FUD. I have no experience of using other Registry Cleaners -- so I can't speak to them. I do, carefully, sometimes manually remove or make changes to the Registry. So, I'm not a barefoot empiricist. Your Mileage May Vary... So, Run Your Own Tests. Bonne Chance! DSH Lux et Veritas et Libertas |
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he is a sly one and
was just baiting you. if he had such an open mind, he could download the program and test it himself. -- db ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·..)))º`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸)))º¸. )))º·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. )))º`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸)))º .. "D. Spencer Hines" wrote in message ... I don't give a rat's rear end whether you believe me or not. I'm not trying to sell anything. So, it's not worth my time and effort to post elaborate results of the tests I ran -- which will simply lead to a long thread of worthless back and forth caterwauling. I can use that time far better in other useful pursuits such as managing my stock portfolio, working on the car, writing a historical post or email or doing something nice for my wife -- not necessarily in that order. g I ran controlled tests on nine different machines with various configurations -- using the Registry Cleaner in CCleaner. Performance was improved on all of them -- fewer hangs and pauses, faster loading of applications, faster executions of commands and faster startups and shutdowns. No Glitches -- Removing Something That Should Not Have Been Removed -- No FUD. I have no experience of using other Registry Cleaners -- so I can't speak to them. I do, carefully, sometimes manually remove or make changes to the Registry. So, I'm not a barefoot empiricist. Your Mileage May Vary... So, Run Your Own Tests. Bonne Chance! DSH Lux et Veritas et Libertas |
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yeh, that's an excellent
one. i remember chatting with him on a couple of occassions a few years ago - a humble genuis; he is. -- db ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·..)))º`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸)))º¸. )))º·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. )))º`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸)))º .. "HEMI-Powered" wrote in message ... 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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Registry Cleaner
No bait. You're the one who made the claim. I've used Ccleaner and have
only found the clearing of temp files to be beneficial. If you've done more extensive testing, good for you. But bear in mind that is was YOU who made the claim in the first place! And I still find it interesting you're unwilling to back it up. Belief and knowledge are two different things... "D. Spencer Hines" wrote in message ... Right! He just wants someone else to do his work for him. DSH " db ´¯`·.. )))º` .. ." databaseben.public.newsgroup.microsoft.com wrote in message news:%23duS% ... he is a sly one and was just baiting you. if he had such an open mind, he could download the program and test it himself. -- db ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·..)))º`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸)))º¸. )))º·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. )))º`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸)))º "D. Spencer Hines" wrote in message ... I don't give a rat's rear end whether you believe me or not. I'm not trying to sell anything. So, it's not worth my time and effort to post elaborate results of the tests I ran -- which will simply lead to a long thread of worthless back and forth caterwauling. I can use that time far better in other useful pursuits such as managing my stock portfolio, working on the car, writing a historical post or email or doing something nice for my wife -- not necessarily in that order. g I ran controlled tests on nine different machines with various configurations -- using the Registry Cleaner in CCleaner. Performance was improved on all of them -- fewer hangs and pauses, faster loading of applications, faster executions of commands and faster startups and shutdowns. No Glitches -- Removing Something That Should Not Have Been Removed -- No FUD. I have no experience of using other Registry Cleaners -- so I can't speak to them. I do, carefully, sometimes manually remove or make changes to the Registry. So, I'm not a barefoot empiricist. Your Mileage May Vary... So, Run Your Own Tests. Bonne Chance! DSH Lux et Veritas et Libertas |
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