Does Windows XP have it's own Reg Cleaner?

December 30, 2003 3:17 PM from

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And if so how do I run it?

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Reply #1 December 30, 2003 3:52 PM from

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regedit.exe

Sorry, was joking. Answer to Your question : No.

Reply #2 December 30, 2003 3:57 PM from

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I thought I would make a joke about booting to the command line prompt and typing format c:\, but then I realised some innocent soul might read this thread and actually do it

I'm glad my brain clicked back into gear. Didn't Win98 have a regcleaner from MS?

Reply #3 December 30, 2003 4:01 PM from

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Yes, but it was an additional downloadable tool.

Some say it still works, but i never used it on XP though. I use TuneUp Utilities and Norton now.

Reply #4 December 30, 2003 6:40 PM from

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Spybot - Search and Destroy. All I use, aside from AdAware. Keeps things running smoothly, without annoying little gremlins.

http://www.safer-networking.org/

Reply #5 December 30, 2003 8:29 PM from

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System Mechanic 4 does an awesome job... http://www.iolo.com/sm/4/app/iolo.cfm?source=SM4ioloLogo

Reply #6 December 30, 2003 8:38 PM from

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no thanks but thanks anyways guys. Has to be Microsoft made because everything else is either to intrusive or messing things up. Norton is really bad.

Reply #7 December 30, 2003 8:47 PM from

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I've always had less than great luck with reg cleaners, but the tools in System Mechanic 4 are very safe, Kona......... It makes back ups, so even if it does cause a problem, you can do a restore. Try it, you might like it.

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Reply #8 December 30, 2003 8:51 PM from

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#6 by Kona0197 - 12/30/2003 8:38:57 PM
Has to be Microsoft made because everything else is either to intrusive or messing things up. Norton is really bad.

Usually the user, but Norton has its good side from time to time.

Anyway thought you were computer technician... from what you said in another thread

Reply #9 December 30, 2003 8:58 PM from

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yes, I work on Computers from time to time. Not my full time job. More like a thing on the side, like my ebay sales.

Anyways, thanks all. Much apreciated.

Reply #10 December 30, 2003 10:19 PM from

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Here's one that I use...has some decent features and I've had no problems with it at all.
http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm

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