"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 139:09 -0000, "Quilljar" <not@home .today>
> wrote:
>
>> Is there a reliable free Windows 7 Registry cleaner?
>
>
> A common question here, and one that usually fosters all kinds of
> disagreement.
>
> My answer is no. Not only is there not a reliable free one, there is
> not even a reliable paid-for one. Here's my standard message on the
> subject:
>
> Registry cleaning programs are *all* snake oil. Cleaning of the
> registry isn't needed and is dangerous. Leave the registry alone and
> don't use any registry cleaner. Despite what many people think, and
> what vendors of registry cleaning software try to convince you of,
> having unused registry entries doesn't really hurt you.
>
> The risk of a serious problem caused by a registry cleaner erroneously
> removing an entry you need is far greater than any potential benefit
> it may have.
>
> Read http://www.edbott.com/weblog/archives/000643.html
>
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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I have to disagree with you on this due to experience with Vista. Fairly new
HP desktop, started having problems, (definitely related to my screwing
around with software of all kinds) don't remember specifics but they were
serious enough I called HP tech support. All they could say was do a restore
of original software. Since I had a new laptop I decided to use it for major
use instead, eventually got into the same situation with it. Did a
destructive restore on the laptop, took several hours doing that and getting
dozens of updates. Now the desktop, I had Wise Registry Cleaner 4, so I
thought since I had to do a destructive reinstall I had nothing to lose, if
it screwed up the registry then so what. Ran it, 10 minutes later it was
done and system performed flawlessly.
I don't know if Wise is compatible with Win7, but since I have both machines
converted now, if or when I have a problem I will definitely be looking at
it.
Just my 2cents,
Dave