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How does one clean the registry?

December 7th, 2012 Leave a comment Go to comments

In the registry there are strings that one can’t change or touch, what are they to do with? Also the registry cleaners are they worth while or most a scam, as sometime one gets an automatic message saying hey you have such and such registry errors clean them now hmm..?

Listen to the rabbit…
Glary Utilities is a really useful utility program.
However, when you perform the registry scan, you should manually go through the registry items that you are going to be "repairing" and uncheck any that are questionable to you. For instance, when I run a scan, I get lots of entries for Adobe products. I have SC4 installed and it works perfectly, so I uncheck all of those entries that I come across.
I generally only run the registry clean-up tool once a month, or even longer.

You can also run MalwareBytes and SuperAntiSpyware to check for any malware/spyware entries in your registry…

  1. Andy Plater
    December 7th, 2012 at 06:25 | #1

    download a program like "eusing free registry cleaner" or "ccleaner"

    Your right, if there is an invalid registry entry found by one of these programs, sometimes windows will just put it right back after you delete it, in these cases you cant clean them, but most invalid entries are from programs, these can be cleaned up, and that will improve your performance a lot.
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  2. Ashurii Usagi
    December 7th, 2012 at 06:31 | #2

    I can’t answer your first question but "Glary utilities" Is a great registry cleaner, it’s free and it’s not a scam, nagware or one of those registry scanners that will scan your computer and only clean it if you pay them.
    References :
    http://www.glarysoft.com/products/utilities/glary-utilities/

  3. The Vampire Muffin Man
    December 7th, 2012 at 07:07 | #3

    Listen to the rabbit…
    Glary Utilities is a really useful utility program.
    However, when you perform the registry scan, you should manually go through the registry items that you are going to be "repairing" and uncheck any that are questionable to you. For instance, when I run a scan, I get lots of entries for Adobe products. I have SC4 installed and it works perfectly, so I uncheck all of those entries that I come across.
    I generally only run the registry clean-up tool once a month, or even longer.

    You can also run MalwareBytes and SuperAntiSpyware to check for any malware/spyware entries in your registry…
    References :
    Glary Utilities > http://www.glaryutilities.com/
    MalwareBytes > http://www.malwarebytes.org/
    SuperAntiSpyware > http://www.superantispyware.com/index.html

  4. Sly_Old_Mole
    December 7th, 2012 at 07:33 | #4

    A lot of registry cleaners are scams.

    as sometime one gets an automatic message saying hey you have such and such registry errors clean them now hmm – this is a malware scam, run free malwarebytes.
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    You have to say to yourself what program is stating you have registry errors ? window would not do this & if its not a program you have downloaded then its malware (a rogue program).

  5. Pall Mall
    December 7th, 2012 at 08:13 | #5

    snake oils apps like advanced system care
    if it is that bad do a cd boot repair or just install again , they in general do more harm than good ; a big waste of time and money
    well i have to agree with bill a little on ccleaner it is less intrusive
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  6. Mark
    December 7th, 2012 at 08:50 | #6

    nope i have messed many OS’s by doing that –i use the cd that came with my pc and do a boot repair –just like pmall said – if not than after a few years i just re-install the OS this happens form loading programs uninstalling the improperly ( add / remove – this worst way ) . i test a lot of stuff and had learned the hard way if anything i just use ccleaner ; clean and simply

    and by the way this is not a security question it is a software issue ! .. thought i’d pass that on
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  7. GameDay
    December 7th, 2012 at 09:35 | #7

    Bill M gave you a great answer
    Ccleaner is an excellent free registry cleaner.
    http://majorgeeks.com/CCleaner_Slim_d4191.html
    has a video tutorial

    hope this helps
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  8. Punsel
    December 7th, 2012 at 10:04 | #8

    Ccleaner has a registry cleaner, and it is safe. I’ve been using it for years.

    http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/
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