I have been informed that these two programmes will not necessary be perfect in sorting out registry problems?

If this is so what other methods are available that definitely do work please?

regards

grimerz

im not saying you should use it but i use DaRO Registry Fixer.
i bought it when i was in america so dont know if they sell it in england where you and i come from.

try this website see if there is any on there that will do the job
http://www.bestfixpc.net/Registry%2DFix/

you are better of waiting for the pros to come on later

Thank you pc-guy for the information

regards

grimerz

Used RegSeeker and RegScrub, for many years never had a problem. RegSeeker is a little more advanced and has a tool to tweak your system, both excellent registry programs and now they have a version for Vista.

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/regseeker.html

http://www.sofotex.com/RegScrubXP-download_L7528.html

Originally Posted by Winnipeg

Used RegSeeker and RegScrub, for many years never had a problem. RegSeeker is a little more advanced and has a tool to tweak your system, both excellent registry programs and now they have a version for Vista.

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/regseeker.html

http://www.sofotex.com/RegScrubXP-download_L7528.html

you are probably better of listening to this guy than me as most of the time i fix my problems manually i only use programs when i really need to

The Registry is constantly changing as you use your computer. Many temporary settings are recorded so having a recurrence of errors is not uncommon. Rather it is common. Unused file extensions or MRU entries will always recur.

That being said: the first time that you ever use a cleaner you will probably get several hundred hits.

If you cleanup regularly you will always find some.

Cleaners vary on how deep they dig.

I use this freeware which is a moderate digger:

RegSeeker

A deep digger is jv 16 PowerTools

The current version needs to be purchased but you can still get the old freeware version here:

http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=jv16

Before using any cleaner you should back up your registry.

ERUNT is a great free tool for that:

[ERUNT] Registry Backup and Restore for Windows
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/


[ERUNT Download URLs]
http://www.aumha.org/downloads/erunt.zip
http://www.aumha.org/downloads/erunt-setup.exe


[Installing & Using ERUNT]
http://www.winxptutor.com/regback.htm
http://www.silentrunners.org/sr_eruntuse.html
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-on...runt/erunt.txt


Hope this helps.

CCleaner, the great disk cleaning program, has an excellent registry cleaner as well. I've been using it for years and have never had a problem. That said, just in case, ensure you follow the prompts to backup the Registry before making changes to it (this advice should be followed before making any changes with any cleaner/editor). It is often necessary to scan for issues 2 or 3 times until it reports, "No issues were found".

Thank you jephree and Digerati for your suggestions.

regards

grimerz

Like I said in my eariler post, I use RegSeeker and RegScrub to maintain the registry and they are good programs, but they do have their faults. When deleting a program in Add & Remove Programs or using the uninstaller that came with that program the uninstallers most of the time don't remove the registry entry, so manually editing the registry is the only way to remove the bits and pieces that the uninstaller doesn't do.

Their have been times when manually editing the registry, I have found entries from programs that were deleted in 2003 and if you are a person who downloads a lot of programs and then uninstalls them for whatever reason the registry over the years can become quite bloated.

The registry is not a place to play around in and using registry programs to clean the registry should be used by people who are comfortable working in the registry or you might end up having to reinstall Windows. I would never tell someone to use a registry program unless they were comfortable working in the registry.