No Username Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 About cleaning the registryI like to keep my registry clean and bought two programs to look after it. One is “Registry Clean Pro”, the other “PC Rescue”. Both programs seem to work equally well, and I have no problems. I have the latest version of both programs.Not long ago I downloaded an unregistered version of PConPoint. When I ran that program it found no less than 193 errors!Any ideas what’s going on here?O yes, needless to say PConPoint wants me to register (and pay) before it will get rid of the afore mentioned “problems”.I work with Windows XP. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sethook Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 Don't waste your money on those scams. There are millions of them on the web trying to catch people who don't know much about their PCs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Posted July 23, 2006 Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 Also, registry cleaners can be very dangerous. One mistake, and what they edit could kill your machine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bearskin Posted July 23, 2006 Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 type "RegSeeker" into google.it's free and does more than just clean the registry. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted July 23, 2006 Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 http://registry-repair-software-review.toptenreviews.com/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDoors Posted July 23, 2006 Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 (edited) What may be going on is the one that found hundreds more errors is either being far more particular (finding errors so minor the others don't bother with them, or they don't even define them as errors) or it's crying wolf (claiming it's finding hundreds of errors; Hurry! You better buy me now! Arrgghhh!). If it's the former, it might be more throrough than the others. If the latter, it's being deceptive and deserves to die ... err ... don't buy it.------ Oh yeah, there are some who think it's all a waste of time (and/or money). Cleaning the registry is one of the latest "tweaks." Throughout the history of PCs there have been dozens of tweaks that at one time may have been useful, but due to better hardware and software are no longer worth the time (and/or money). Some believe the time and effort (and/or money) spent tweaking the registry can never be recovered by any time or problems that may be saved. Windows may save a few milleseconds here and there by not having to read obsolete entries, but it takes FAR more than a few milleseconds to obtain, run, re-run, update and maintain those programs. Edited July 23, 2006 by JDoors Quote Link to post Share on other sites
No Username Posted July 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 Thanks for your help guys!I've removed that PCtoPoint program from my computer, and thanks to you I've grown a little wiser. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martymas Posted July 23, 2006 Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 jv16is a good cleaner. it is pretty ruthlessand there is a free versioni use regcleanerit is safer and not so ruthlessas another poster statedreg cleaners are dangerousand if used need to be studied firstpersonally my advice is leave well aloneor if you are going to use one studie it firstmarty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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