I never use these because they seem to create more problems
than they are supposed to fix. If your registry is that messed
up, you're probably better off reformatting.
To edit, I just do it the old way by "Run" then "regedit" and
do it that way. Before you do ANYTHING though, use ERUNT. It
I use Easycleaner from Toniarts
http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/ecleane.htm
Peter Kaulback
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Are there any good registry tools for clean up and
editing that are freeware?
I have run an older version of RegClean and also
The latest (6.0) version of Registry Mech
you can try jv16 power tools or registry healer
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Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 7:31 PM
Subject: PCWorks: registry
Are there any good registry tools for clean up and
editing that are freeware?
I have run an older vers
Are there any good registry tools for clean up and
editing that are freeware?
I have run an older version of RegClean and also
The latest (6.0) version of Registry Mechanic.
After running Registry Mechanic, RegClean found
over 30Kb of material still to be removed.
After running both of them, when
I didn't say a checkbox that "setup of the registry", I said:
"'IE Privacy Keeper' and ***check the box for Recent
documents*** to have them automatically cleaned."
Sometimes clearing Recent Documents works, sometimes it does
not. Yet another strange quirk of Windows.
Like I said, "SpyBot and
Thank you, Clint. MRU Blaster did and does the job. IE Privacy Keeper didn't;
I don't see any check-off box there that refers to the setup of the registry.
I use the Classic Start menu too and using the "Clear" button in the Classic
Start menu clears he Run window but does not put the Registry back
This is a form of "recent documents" (MRU's). They can be
cleared several ways: "IE Privacy Keeper" and check the box
for "Recent documents" to have them automatically cleaned.
"MRU Blaster" will do it (among many other things), SpyBot and
AdAware probably will, as will many other utilities t
There is RegSeeker http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm, but be sure to
backup your registry before using these tools.
Peter Kaulback
In the hour of 05:54 AM 6/10/2004, Dale E. Heltzer spoke this:
Hi,
Sorry for the question that I'm sure has been asked a thousand times
before ... but
Is there a
th the registry can totally hose your system! Leave it
alone if you don't feel comfortable making changes in
there.
Good Luck,
Marlene
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E. Heltzer
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 4:54 AM
To: PC Wo
I like Registry First Aid. It does a good job of cleaning without
disabling things as some other cleaners do. It creates a backup of the
registry for xp before beginning and a backup of what is removed at the
end. There are a number of areas of the registry that it cleans and
does not take an
EasyCleaner 2.0 by ToniArts. You can do a google search and find
the download site. It is free and I have used it for a few years and it
works great.
Rocky
On 10 Jun 2004 at 4:54, Dale E. Heltzer wrote:
Hi,
Sorry for the question that I'm sure has been asked a thousand times
before ... but
Hi,
Sorry for the question that I'm sure has been asked a thousand times
before ... but
Is there a Regcleaner for XP that anyone can recommend that's safe and
effective?
Thanks in advance.
---
Dale E. Heltzer
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Don't be humble; you are not that great.
-- Golda Meir
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rsday, February 05, 2004 1:23 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: PCWorks: Registry problem..
Thanks for the help, Ben...
Still doesn't work after the first reboot.
I followed all these instructions, several times, used tweakUI in XP power
tools, even set a password in
case that would. It works the
repair.net
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From: "Ben Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 9:34 AM
Subject: RE: PCWorks: Registry problem..
The auto logon reverts back to 0? Have you put the logon info in Tweakui?
Do you have the mo
ble, 1=enable)
Ben
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Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 8:47 AM
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Subject: Re: PCWorks: Registry problem..
Thanks Ben,
Same thing, it works the first time, then rever
Thanks Ben,
Same thing, it works the first time, then reverts back to "0".
Jeff Dougherty
Intrepid Video TV/VCR
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From: "Ben Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Why don't you use Tweakui to auto logon rather than a registry tweak?
Ben Moore
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Fro
reboot for your changes to take effect.
Ben Moore
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Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 8:32 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: PCWorks: Registry problem..
Good day.
I did a tweak to the registry
Good day.
I did a tweak to the registry to force "autologon" for Windows XP.
It works the first time I start my computer, than the value reverts back to 0.
Also, when clicking links in OE I would have new window open each time and that goes
away once in a while.
I wonder if one of my programs lik
l
solve that problem more effectively.
But I know you are going to try it anyway. ;-)
Ben
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From: "Harold B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "PCWorks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 6:47 PM
Subject: PCWorks: Registry & DNS entries
Hello again,
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it" never was a favorite of
mine. I like to make things better all the time, disaster
notwithstanding. Note that Lockergnome's advice below seems to
be for I.E. and I use Netscape.
Before a Web page (webpage?) can fully load, your browser must
first reso
Harold:
How about 20 seconds for the whole
backup operation..
Also, if the registry is so corrupted that the computer
will not boot, then you can restore the System.dat and
User.dat files from a DOS prompt with a boot disk.
Create a Batch file to zip both files to a folder and place
th
At 10:36 PM 1/21/2003 -0500, Harold B wrote the following:
[snip]
Regarding my original question on the effectiveness of "older" backups,
I know from using registry cleaners (EasyCleaner and RegCleaner) that
changes are constantly taking place in the registry. Does restoring such
a registry *afte
Greetings again,
Regarding using System.dat and User.dat to to backup and restore the
registry, and doing it all in DOS, why would that be necessary if all
one has to do to backup the registry is open regedit, and export the
registry to any designated folder. As an aside, when I do that, I name
th
You run a 'scanreg' from DOS. Then it will ask you if you
want to backup the registry, or restore to a previous version.
If you restore a previous version, it negates all you have
installed prior to that. This is why one would want to
restore an older version of registry; to fix problems and
reve
Harold,
Actually, that is the main reason FOR backing up your registry, so you
have a registry that was working and of known values when it happens.
For example, one of the BIGGEST reasons to backup the registry is right
before doing a new program/driver/etc install on your system - to that
point
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On
Behalf Of Harold B
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 10:31 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: PCWorks: Registry backups
Hi again,
Speaking of problems, backing up the re
Hi again,
Speaking of problems, backing up the registry and then reinstalling it (if necessary
after a problem is noted) always puzzled me.
How can one reinstall an older version of the registry *after* changing
configurations, and making all kinds of installs and deletes (doing whatever one do
I tried that before, it kept crashing my PC's. I found it
not to work very well. It would only end a few programs and
for most that typical window would pop up saying "program not
responding, you want to wait, end, or cancel"? I've always
have VERY few things running in the BG, all I have to cl
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote:
> I don't know since I don't use XP. I can't speak for it. In
> 98, I always just cont-alt-del out of everything since every
> time I start in safe mode, my desktop gets all screwed up
> when it restarts in normal mode. -Clint
Rather than Ctrl-Alt-Del out of everyth
If you use EzDesk from
http://users.aol.com/EzDesk95/
Then when you finish in safe mode, it will ask if you want to restore
the desktop. Puts all the icons back in place. It reads Win 95, but is
good up through at least NT4 (and probably higher).
Keith Thompson
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nn Parker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 2:43 PM
Subject: Re: PCWorks: Registry question
Clint, why can't I do that the regular way with XP? It has a "none" thing
to click on. I haven't tried it, as I always start in
I don't know since I don't use XP. I can't speak for it. In
98, I always just cont-alt-del out of everything since every
time I start in safe mode, my desktop gets all screwed up
when it restarts in normal mode.
-Clint
God Bless Us All
Clint Hamilton, Owner
http://OrpheusComputing.com ©
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Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 5:43 PM
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Subject: Re: PCWorks: Registry question
Clint, why can't I do that
arker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 2:43 PM
Subject: Re: PCWorks: Registry question
Clint, why can't I do that the regular way with XP? It has a "none" thing
to click on. I haven't tried it, as I always start in
Clint, why can't I do that the regular way with XP? It has a "none" thing
to click on. I haven't tried it, as I always start in safe mode when I
defrag and that seems to cut off screen savers and most everything else.
Ann Parker
Jeff, what OS is this? If it's 98xx and not XP, why not do
it th
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Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 12:37 AM
Subject: Re: PCWorks: Registry question
Jeff, what OS is this? If it's 98xx and not XP, why not do
it the regular way? Go to display properties, then open the
'screen saver' tab. Set that to 'none', then click
'sett
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Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 12:38 AM
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Subject: Re: PCWorks: Registry question
Jeff,
Jeff, what OS is this? If it's 98xx and not XP, why not do
it the regular way? Go to display properties, then open the
'screen saver' tab. Set that to 'none', then click
'settings', then set monitor to never power down.
-Clint
God Bless Us All
Clint Hamilton, Owner
http://OrpheusComputing.com
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/1119/
I tried to follow the instructions on this link to disable screen saver during
defrag, but not all the information matches what I see.
In registry editor, right column, I only have two columns.
Name and data. columns..no value column.
Here is wha
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Subject: PCWorks: Registry back up
How do you back up your registry. I used to use Norton utilities to do
it but when I had to reformat my hard drive recently I decided not to
reinstall Norton since it caused as many problems as it fixed. Now I
don't know how to do it. I tr
How do you back up your registry. I used to use Norton utilities to do
it but when I had to reformat my hard drive recently I decided not to
reinstall Norton since it caused as many problems as it fixed. Now I
don't know how to do it. I tried to check out the archives but for some
reason I'm un
At 10:17 PM 7/9/01 -0400, Mark Fraleigh wrote the following:
> My daughter keeps getting an error message when she boots her computer. I
>have found out how to get rid of the error but I don`t understand what they
>mean. The instructions say to follow your registry to a certain registry
>key whi
Hi Everyone,
My daughter keeps getting an error message when she boots her computer. I
have found out how to get rid of the error but I don`t understand what they
mean. The instructions say to follow your registry to a certain registry
key which I can do . Then it says to resolve the issue, remov
In the wee hour of 02:35 PM 6/25/01 -0700, Richard Thomas bequeathed such
tales as these:
>While installing a printer on my personal computer that was just loaded two
>days earlier, the registration wizard came up and had a foreign name in the
>box that mine should be in. I changed it to mine the
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Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 6:05 PM
Subject: Re: PCWorks: Registry name
> If there was some installed software when you bought the machine, its
> not uncommon for the shop to use a master disk (not really a master,
> just keep using the same one), then they include the new bl
If there was some installed software when you bought the machine, its
not uncommon for the shop to use a master disk (not really a master,
just keep using the same one), then they include the new blank with your
machine. But in the course of installing this, they will use a default
name and other
While installing a printer on my personal computer that was just loaded two
days earlier, the registration wizard came up and had a foreign name in the
box that mine should be in. I changed it to mine then the next page had a
unfamiliar phone number in it. I went to regedit and checked for install
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