Registry cleaners
 

My once fast Samsung RV520 is getting a bit slow. I have over 500G of free disk space and 8G of RAM.

Can anyone recommend a registry cleaner that can remove 2 years of rubbish, mostly uninstalled.

I have read good reviews of RegZooka and am prepared to pay for it if it works and won't trash my laptop.

Any recommendations appreciated.

TIA
WP

Re: Registry cleaners
 

CCleaner works fine for me : http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner and it doesn't cost you for the registry bit

Re: Registry cleaners
 

you do not need one

Re: Registry cleaners
 

Alternate suggestions appreciated then. But why don't I need one?

Re: Registry cleaners
 

I would recommend running a defrag too, download Defraggler from the same people who make CCleaner too.

Re: Registry cleaners
 

The registry is just a database text entries read almost instantly plus when called they know where they are anyway.

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http://pcsupport.about.com/od/regist...leaner-faq.htm

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001077.htm

Re: Registry cleaners
 

i use registry mechanic and works a treat.

Re: Registry cleaners
 

CCleaner and Auslogics registry cleaner. Auslogics registry defragger is not free AFAIK now, but you might find an older free version on the net. The Registry can become a bit full of invalid references, and that can slow access a bit, but we're probably talking microseconds and not whole seconds.

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Personally I agree with Tizme, although CCcleaner can help some, I never fully trust any of these apps.

Cleaning out your temp folders, browser cache (and various databases), deleting and re-making swap file and possibly defragging usually are enough to speed things up for a start. Usually suggest more RAM but you have plenty.

For temp folders, type this into the run bar: %temp%

Order the files/folders by date and select everything except files with todays date, as they could be locked and cause the deleting to fail.

Browser cache is dependent of your browser but its worth deleting everything if you can (in chrome make sure you choose the Forever option) although don't delete cookies if you can't remember your website logins.

Deleting and recreating the swap file can be done by turning it off, rebooting and turning it back on again. Personally I like to set it to a small size before disabling it and then making it back to near its original value after the reboot. Right click My computer>Properties>Advanced System Settings>Advanced Tab (performance)>Settings>Advanced>Virtual Memory>Change

No your right,YOU DONT..

But it makes it EASIER FOR YOUR COMPUTER if un-needed stuff is cleaned out.... Let me address this a different way for you..

You clean out the cabinets in your kitchen right? -- WHY?????


Exactly,to make it CLEANER and EASIER for you to obtain stuff from them!

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dude with all due respect your kitchen is not a text database. I have offered evidence from experts backing up my side also in the past I have provided evidence from a M$ code writer himself backing up my point of view. You then come and post a stupid irrelevant analogy that is totally meaningless,also has cleaning your kitchen ever stopped your kitchen from working?,.

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Hi Mark, do you really think that Registry junk left by uninstalled programs could severely slow down the computer? I would like to ‘hear’ your opinion.

The above is a quote from Mark Russinovich . If you do not know who he is and why we should listen to him Google his name. In short no one has needed a reg editor since win2k...

I know who he is mate but that doesnt mean he is right!!


I have seen improvements EVERYTIME i clear a bunch of stuff thats not needed from my reg!!

Re: Registry cleaners
 

I suspect your millage will vary depending on how much you stuff you put on your PC & what OS you use. I agree that with anything post XP that it's not so important per se... as it used to be, to defragment, reg clean up etc. But I wouldn't go so far to entirely discount the use of them either. I still use various utilities that do (for me) show a measurable benefit, but like I said, your mileage will vary by user.

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Even faced with documented evidence from someone very highly respected in the field people will still choose to fail to see the wood for the trees. As of course is your prerogative. One day the reg cleaner will screw your machine and I will laugh out loud :)

(Mark E. Russinovich is a Technical Fellow in the Platform and Services Division at Microsoft. He was a cofounder of software producers Winternals before it was acquired by Microsoft in 2006)

Re: Registry cleaners
 

I would expect that 98% of the times a registry cleaning app is run and gives improvements, it is down to the non-registry tasks the app also does, like cleaning temp files and caches.