Registry cleaner for Vista

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Re: Registry cleaner for Vista

That's just urban legend left over from Win95. Anyway, the "left-over"
entries are on the hard drive, not in the dynamic hives in memory.

"TH34" <TH34@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C8FAD4EA-D293-4C30-BD34-49EB0A6BB4B9@microsoft.com...
> Isn't it true that as time goes on, the registry gets larger and larger,
> thus
> taking longer to load, consuming more memory, thus slowing a system down?
> I
> know it would be a difficult task, but shouldn't MS resolve this problem
> one
> of these days? At least they could try and resolve it. I do not enjoy
> doing a
> complete system reinstall every year.
>
> "Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:
>
>> ah, Carlos, you make me proud. :D
>>
>> --
>> Charlie.
>> http://msmvps.com/xperts64
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
>>
>>
>> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:061AE1E3-AAC8-44F6-B6A5-9D9B74FA3125@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi,
>> > It is the general consensus of the regulars in this NG that it is
>> > better
>> > to
>> > stay away from registry cleaners.
>> > There is no evidence that they do any good and its effects are more of
>> > a
>> > placebo than real improvements in performance.
>> > I was once a believer in registry cleaners but "I saw the light" and
>> > converted.
>> > :)
>> > Carlos
>> >
>> > "nalanirak" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I am using Vista Home Premium and have tried various registry cleaner,
>> >> all of
>> >> which have problems with the system. In trying to find a solution, I
>> >> have
>> >> read various discussions with regard to which is the best registry
>> >> cleaner or
>> >> wether to actually use one or not, and there doesn't any seem to be
>> >> any
>> >> answer that cannot be disputed in one way or another.
>> >> Is it not time that Microsoft made a statment as to wether a registry
>> >> cleaner should be used and if so which one. I'm sure there are lots of
>> >> people
>> >> out there doing damage to their systems and as a result Vista as an OS
>> >> is
>> >> getting the blame.
>> >> Maybe Microsoft should produce one for their own system!
>> >>
>> >> ----------------
>> >> This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
>> >> suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click
>> >> the
>> >> "I
>> >> Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button,
>> >> follow
>> >> this
>> >> link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and
>> >> then
>> >> click "I Agree" in the message pane.
>> >>
>> >> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/co...ec3&dg=microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general
>>
 
Re: Registry cleaner for Vista

If this is an urban legend, why did I have so many unused drivers loading
into windows each time I booted? That in itself is a problem. I had read a PC
World article, which suggested a way to remove these no longer needed drivers
and I did just that. After that I noticed a speedup in boot time. I have
plugged many devices into an older XP machine and after a while, I no longer
used them, but I am fairly certain the drivers were loaded into memory. I
guess there is only one way to prove this and that would be to log every
driver loaded when windows is started before and after removing old
unnecessary drivers. That would prove once and for all that as a windows
installation gets used, useless registry entries actually do or do not load
during a boot. Can you suggest a way to do that.

Believe me, cleaning the registry is not my favorite thing to do.

Regards,
Tom

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

> That's just urban legend left over from Win95. Anyway, the "left-over"
> entries are on the hard drive, not in the dynamic hives in memory.
>
> "TH34" <TH34@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C8FAD4EA-D293-4C30-BD34-49EB0A6BB4B9@microsoft.com...
> > Isn't it true that as time goes on, the registry gets larger and larger,
> > thus
> > taking longer to load, consuming more memory, thus slowing a system down?
> > I
> > know it would be a difficult task, but shouldn't MS resolve this problem
> > one
> > of these days? At least they could try and resolve it. I do not enjoy
> > doing a
> > complete system reinstall every year.
> >
> > "Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:
> >
> >> ah, Carlos, you make me proud. :D
> >>
> >> --
> >> Charlie.
> >> http://msmvps.com/xperts64
> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
> >>
> >>
> >> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:061AE1E3-AAC8-44F6-B6A5-9D9B74FA3125@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hi,
> >> > It is the general consensus of the regulars in this NG that it is
> >> > better
> >> > to
> >> > stay away from registry cleaners.
> >> > There is no evidence that they do any good and its effects are more of
> >> > a
> >> > placebo than real improvements in performance.
> >> > I was once a believer in registry cleaners but "I saw the light" and
> >> > converted.
> >> > :)
> >> > Carlos
> >> >
> >> > "nalanirak" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> I am using Vista Home Premium and have tried various registry cleaner,
> >> >> all of
> >> >> which have problems with the system. In trying to find a solution, I
> >> >> have
> >> >> read various discussions with regard to which is the best registry
> >> >> cleaner or
> >> >> wether to actually use one or not, and there doesn't any seem to be
> >> >> any
> >> >> answer that cannot be disputed in one way or another.
> >> >> Is it not time that Microsoft made a statment as to wether a registry
> >> >> cleaner should be used and if so which one. I'm sure there are lots of
> >> >> people
> >> >> out there doing damage to their systems and as a result Vista as an OS
> >> >> is
> >> >> getting the blame.
> >> >> Maybe Microsoft should produce one for their own system!
> >> >>
> >> >> ----------------
> >> >> This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
> >> >> suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click
> >> >> the
> >> >> "I
> >> >> Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button,
> >> >> follow
> >> >> this
> >> >> link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and
> >> >> then
> >> >> click "I Agree" in the message pane.
> >> >>
> >> >> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/co...ec3&dg=microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general
> >>
>
 
Re: Registry cleaner for Vista

If the uninstaller did its job properly, you wouldn't have
drivers left over from old program. I still have a couple
from Roxio that I deleted 2 years ago, but they're not
hurting anything right now.


TH34 wrote:
> If this is an urban legend, why did I have so many unused drivers loading
> into windows each time I booted? That in itself is a problem. I had read a PC
> World article, which suggested a way to remove these no longer needed drivers
> and I did just that. After that I noticed a speedup in boot time. I have
> plugged many devices into an older XP machine and after a while, I no longer
> used them, but I am fairly certain the drivers were loaded into memory. I
> guess there is only one way to prove this and that would be to log every
> driver loaded when windows is started before and after removing old
> unnecessary drivers. That would prove once and for all that as a windows
> installation gets used, useless registry entries actually do or do not load
> during a boot. Can you suggest a way to do that.
>
> Believe me, cleaning the registry is not my favorite thing to do.
>
> Regards,
> Tom
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>
>> That's just urban legend left over from Win95. Anyway, the "left-over"
>> entries are on the hard drive, not in the dynamic hives in memory.
>>
>> "TH34" <TH34@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:C8FAD4EA-D293-4C30-BD34-49EB0A6BB4B9@microsoft.com...
>>> Isn't it true that as time goes on, the registry gets larger and larger,
>>> thus
>>> taking longer to load, consuming more memory, thus slowing a system down?
>>> I
>>> know it would be a difficult task, but shouldn't MS resolve this problem
>>> one
>>> of these days? At least they could try and resolve it. I do not enjoy
>>> doing a
>>> complete system reinstall every year.
>>>
>>> "Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:
>>>
>>>> ah, Carlos, you make me proud. :D
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Charlie.
>>>> http://msmvps.com/xperts64
>>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:061AE1E3-AAC8-44F6-B6A5-9D9B74FA3125@microsoft.com...
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> It is the general consensus of the regulars in this NG that it is
>>>>> better
>>>>> to
>>>>> stay away from registry cleaners.
>>>>> There is no evidence that they do any good and its effects are more of
>>>>> a
>>>>> placebo than real improvements in performance.
>>>>> I was once a believer in registry cleaners but "I saw the light" and
>>>>> converted.
>>>>> :)
>>>>> Carlos
>>>>>
>>>>> "nalanirak" wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I am using Vista Home Premium and have tried various registry cleaner,
>>>>>> all of
>>>>>> which have problems with the system. In trying to find a solution, I
>>>>>> have
>>>>>> read various discussions with regard to which is the best registry
>>>>>> cleaner or
>>>>>> wether to actually use one or not, and there doesn't any seem to be
>>>>>> any
>>>>>> answer that cannot be disputed in one way or another.
>>>>>> Is it not time that Microsoft made a statment as to wether a registry
>>>>>> cleaner should be used and if so which one. I'm sure there are lots of
>>>>>> people
>>>>>> out there doing damage to their systems and as a result Vista as an OS
>>>>>> is
>>>>>> getting the blame.
>>>>>> Maybe Microsoft should produce one for their own system!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----------------
>>>>>> This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
>>>>>> suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> "I
>>>>>> Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button,
>>>>>> follow
>>>>>> this
>>>>>> link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and
>>>>>> then
>>>>>> click "I Agree" in the message pane.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/co...ec3&dg=microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general
 
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