dave
Premium,MVM
join:2000-05-04
not in ohio | reply to Mr Fancy Pants
Re: Registry fixing programs...
Before you talk about 'fixing' something, you ought to explain what is 'broken' about it.
There seems to be some panic about "OMFG! There's an entry in the registry that nobody uses. Aieee!". |
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hpguru
Curb Your Dogma
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join:2002-04-12
| said by dave  :Before you talk about 'fixing' something, you ought to explain what is 'broken' about it. Exactly. It is those batch registry/file "cleaners" which are very likey to put a PC in a state of needing to be fixed.
As for CCleaner I have reinstalled Windows twice for a friend who used it twice. I told him if he uses it again he's on his own.
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KachiWachi
join:2004-02-12
PA, USA
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said by dave :Before you talk about 'fixing' something, you ought to explain what is 'broken' about it. There seems to be some panic about "OMFG! There's an entry in the registry that nobody uses. Aieee!". Very true @"what is 'broken' about it".
What bothers me about all this is that even "mature" applications still write "garbage" to the registry.
Sigh.
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Anav
Sarcastic Llama? Naw, Just Acerbic
Premium
join:2001-07-16
Dartmouth, NS
| Isn't it better to run that program that looks for bad install items (malware etc) (hijack log)??? and then tackle those problems?
In other words, cleaning a registry for neatness sake seems to be more dangerous than its worth, compared to lets say compacting the hard drive and plain ole deleting old files and removing old and unused software. |
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hpguru
Curb Your Dogma
Premium
join:2002-04-12
| reply to KachiWachi
said by KachiWachi :What bothers me about all this is that even "mature" applications still write "garbage" to the registry. The human genome looks like garbage too. Take away just 4% of that garbage and you become a chimpanzee.
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