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Author: Gordon StephensGordon Stephens Date: Apr 18, 2008 03:20
Does anyone have good personal experience of a free registry cleaner that
they would be prepared to recommend?
I have a laptop that I have upgraded to XP recently with a clean install,
but there are still worrying legacies in the registry of the original user.
I have ferreted out quite a bit with Spybot S&D and CCleaner, and have run
both AVG and SuperAntiSpyware with nothing found, but there are still things
left that I feel uneasy about. The original user is not shown as an identity
anywhere, but is still to be seen under Documents and Settings. I have
deleted all of the files and folders except one which would not permit
deletion as it said it was in use.
Any ideas would be welcome.
TIA
--
Gordon
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Author: philophilo Date: Apr 18, 2008 05:56
"Gordon Stephens" nospamvirgin.net> wrote in message
news:RB_Nj.47355$4f4.46707@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...> Does anyone have good personal experience of a free registry cleaner that
> they would be prepared to recommend?
>
> I have a laptop that I have upgraded to XP recently with a clean install,
> but there are still worrying legacies in the registry of the original
> user. I have ferreted out quite a bit with Spybot S&D and CCleaner, and
> have run both AVG and SuperAntiSpyware with nothing found, but there are
> still things left that I feel uneasy about. The original user is not shown
> as an identity anywhere, but is still to be seen under Documents and
> Settings. I have deleted all of the files and folders except one which
> would not permit deletion as it said it...
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Author: Mike Hall - MVPMike Hall - MVP Date: Apr 18, 2008 06:19
"Gordon Stephens" nospamvirgin.net> wrote in message
news:RB_Nj.47355$4f4.46707@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...> Does anyone have good personal experience of a free registry cleaner that
> they would be prepared to recommend?
>
> I have a laptop that I have upgraded to XP recently with a clean install,
> but there are still worrying legacies in the registry of the original
> user. I have ferreted out quite a bit with Spybot S&D and CCleaner, and
> have run both AVG and SuperAntiSpyware with nothing found, but there are
> still things left that I feel uneasy about. The original user is not shown
> as an identity anywhere, but is still to be seen under Documents and
> Settings. I have deleted all of the files and folders except one which
> would not permit deletion as it said it was in use.
>
> Any ideas would be welcome.
> TIA
> --
> Gordon
>
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Date: Apr 18, 2008 07:00
If their are remnants of an old user you didn't clean install
"Gordon Stephens" nospamvirgin.net> wrote in message
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Author: Gordon StephensGordon Stephens Date: Apr 18, 2008 14:52
Well. it wasn't following a complete reformat I have to admit, but it was
after one upgrade install, a cleanout of everything not needed and then a
fresh install from scratch that was supposed to get rid of previous
settings. Interesting if XP leaves behind whatever it finds when doing a
fresh install - and even includes it as part of the new setup.
--
Gordon
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Author: Ken Blake, MVPKen Blake, MVP Date: Apr 18, 2008 19:34
On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:20:33 GMT, "Gordon Stephens"
nospamvirgin.net> wrote:
> Does anyone have good personal experience of a free registry cleaner that
> they would be prepared to recommend?
>
> I have a laptop that I have upgraded to XP recently with a clean install,
> but there are still worrying legacies in the registry of the original user.
> I have ferreted out quite a bit with Spybot S&D and CCleaner, and have run
> both AVG and SuperAntiSpyware with nothing found, but there are still things
> left that I feel uneasy about. The original user is not shown as an identity
> anywhere, but is still to be seen under Documents and Settings. I have
> deleted all of the files and folders except one which would not permit
> deletion as it said it was in use.
There is no such thing as a good registry cleaner, free or otherwise.
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.
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Author: Gordon StephensGordon Stephens Date: Apr 19, 2008 06:35
"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message
news:abmi041ju3hhclniitorc8q35puccisuho@4ax.com...> On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:20:33 GMT, "Gordon Stephens"
> nospamvirgin.net> wrote:
>>> Does anyone have good personal experience of a free registry cleaner that
>> they would be prepared to recommend?
>>
>> I have a laptop that I have upgraded to XP recently with a clean install,
>> but there are still worrying legacies in the registry of the original
>> user.
>> I have ferreted out quite a bit with Spybot S&D and CCleaner, and have
>> run
>> both AVG and SuperAntiSpyware with nothing found, but there are still
>> things
>> left that I feel uneasy about. The original user is not shown as an
>> identity
>> anywhere, but is still to be seen under Documents and Settings. I have
>> deleted all of the files and folders except one which would not permit
>> deletion as it said it was in use. ...
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Author: RDCTX1RDCTX1 Date: May 28, 2008 21:56
I have been using a Registry cleaner called Lexun RegScrubXP 3.25. It safely
cleans junk out of the Windows 2000/XP system registry. All changes made to
the registry are fully restorable to it's original condition. You can make an
exclusion list of registry entries that RegScrubXP will not display as
problems. You can sift through a list of file extensions, company names, run
upon startup programs, Internet Explorer history, and uninstall programs to
delete what you think is junk. Tweak the registry with the easy to use
tweaker! Additional Tips & Tweaks help file with dozens of XP tweaks!
RegScrubXP is freeware! Fred Langa liked it better than any of the other
registry cleaners, including jv16 power tools! It's featured on TechTV in
Australia! People are using it all over the...
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Author: Ken Blake, MVPKen Blake, MVP Date: May 29, 2008 11:47
On Wed, 28 May 2008 21:56:00 -0700, RDCTX1
discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I have been using a Registry cleaner called Lexun RegScrubXP 3.25. It safely
> cleans junk out of the Windows 2000/XP system registry.
*No* registry does anything anywhere near safely. And the junk that
they clean out doesn't hurt you at all if left there.
> All changes made to
> the registry are fully restorable to it's original condition.
If the result of using the registry cleaner is an unbootable computer,
it is far from "completely restorable."
My standard post on Registry Cleaners:
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.
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