Re: Best Registry Cleaner for vista
Adam Albright wrote:
>
> Myth: All Registry Cleaners simply run wild and delete things without
> asking first. Totally false!
>
No one has made any such claim. You're using the typical troll
technique of setting up a straw man argument. Have you nothing better?
> Truth: Every Registry Cleaner I've tried and I've tired over a dozen,
> ALWAYS shows you a list of what it SUGGESTS you remove. Most
> allow you to view the details of each key and allow YOU to
> walk down the list and uncheck what you might not want to
> clean. Some even rank what they suggest you remove so you
> can avoid deleting keys you're not sure about.
>
And the average home PC user knows exactly how to tell which of these
hundreds of suggestions are valid? This statement simply supports my
contention that if one doesn't know enough to safely edit the registry
manually, then one doesn't know enough to use a safely registry cleaner.
> Myth: Since the Registry is just a text file, deleting a handful of
> invalid keys has minimal effect on reducing the size of the size
> of the Registry thus no value is realized.
>
While I wouldn't call the registry a simple text file, nor do I know
any competent technician who dows, this is essentially true. The
removal of a few orphans registry entries will have miminal impact upon
the sizer of the registry.
> Truth: Just a few orphaned keys can REALLY slow down the system
> because Windows will invest time trying to follow the
> instructions that no longer point to any valid file. How
> much impact this has on performance depends on WHAT kind of
> junk is left behind. So even removing just a few invalid
> keys while it has no impact on the size of the Registry
> can have a major impact on how fast Windows loads and how
> well the system runs.
>
Again, not necessarily or even usually so. The registry is database of
pointers to the locations of data and files. If there's no call for a
specific application or driver, then the pointer (the orphaned registry
key) won't be "read" and cannot therefore send the OS on a wild goose chase.
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