What are you doing about the registry in Vista?

I have searched this forum and cannot find more than one post with "registry" in the title, which I find remarkable all by itself.

I know that PC Tools' Registry Mechanic 7.0 only offers "basic support in Vista." I have run my current 6.0 infrequently and had to roll back my system several times because it screwed things up.

But I know the registry is degrading, just by the feel of things. How are you folks coping with registry degradation?

 

CCleaner here.

 

I am going to use TuneUp Utilities 2007. Designed for Vista and excellent at keeping registry cleaner than it would be without.

 

Advanced windows care and ccleaner.

 

http://www.ccleaner.com/
http://www.tweaknow.com/RegCleaner.html
http://www.macecraft.com/
http://www.tune-up.com/

 

I use CCleaner, and registry repair, along with registry defrag to keep my system fast noi matter how many programs i test out.

 

I have that too and use it as well.

Let us know how it works out!

Thanks, I will check out these other utilities, I find that CCleaner is not totally effective. I'm noticing that Firefox now works slowly, particularly typing this text, big lag.

 

You haven't considered just leaving it alone?

It's not like it really makes a difference anyway.

 

Yeah CCleaner is kinda crap itself when it comes to cleaning the registry. it was made for temporary files and that's only what it's good for. The other utilities will help you a lot, just like they sped up FF and my whole machine for me.

 

Windows registry doesn't degrade that much as you think.

Only when you install/unistall too many programs, you can do a registry clean.
Ccleaner, windows one care safety scanner all do the job well.

 

I think you should leave it alone until you understand it better.

 

I used Registry Repair and it found 283 errors!

I'm going to restart and see it if perks up the system.

 

That's not an unreasonable number, even for a fresh install of XP or Vista. Be wary of cleaning up ActiveX errors (IMHO ActiveX is almost an error all by itself, but that's a different topic).

I use a couple of Reg Cleaners (see my website), but still recommend that those who do not understand the ramifications of using them to leave them alone.

A sluggish system is unlikely to be registry-related. It is far more likely to be related to Indexing, Recovery Points, Disk Fragmentation, Virus Infection, Trojan Infestation, SpyWare Infestation, or some offending software the user has installed.

 

So is the registry.

Anyway, the registry consists of hundreds of thousands of keys. How much of a slowdown do you think 283 extra ones could cause?

The registry is to blame too. But not because it needs "cleaning", and running any of these programs won't improve the matter.

 

It will. Tell us how fast your system gets. Also, don't forget that if you have problems you can always revert back to your old registry settings.

 

I use Registry Clean Expert and it fixed a lot of weird problems on my XP system. I also defragged the registry but I didn't notice a performance boost.

 

I downloaded Registry Repair 2.5 and did a scan. It shows 48727 problems found.......what should I do ?

 

^Nothing. Theres a 99% chance that the majority of those problems aren't really problems.

Delete the wrong ones and you mind as well poor water on your laptop. Well not really, but you know what I'm saying.

If your really concern with the registry and don't really know much about it, then just use CCleaner. Very basic.

 

CCleaner is also no good......messed up my registry twice....!!

How am I to recognize which is good and which is bad ?

 

Again, The answer is that if you don't know what you are doing in the registry you should not be there doing it.

CCleaner did not mess it up; you did.

 

Registry cleaners don't even clean up all of the invalid registry entries anyway. I'm starting to see that there's not that point in using them.

 

I like using them to clean out the MRU (most recently used) histories and the like.

 

Sad, but probably true. As has been pointed out, you've got to be sure about what you're doing when dealing with the Registry. I usually use a Mac, or Linux, so don't fool with the Registry very often. I like CCleaner and also RegSeeker, though, and so far have never had issues with either app.

 

Well,
I must admit I like RegVac Registry Cleaner- he(Ray Geide) did a great job when he wrote this and keeps it updated. I also like Tuneup Utilities 2007, esp. some of the extra features that come w/ it- start up manager, etc. The 2008 version is soon to be out. Email me if you need RegVac.......

 

2008? No it's not, 2007 was only released a few months ago

 

Well, it was certainly due to the Registry. My system feels much more responsive now. You can tell when the Registry starts to degrade, because the lag in scrolling, typing, etc. Now Windows open quickly and the entire system feels much better.

I have a very clean system, have never had a virus. I used to defrag regularly too, but have run into the same problem with Diskeeper not being totally reliable under Vista. May try the Vista version again soon.

 

I'm also impressed with Registry Cleaner, it has worked beautifully so far, no problems after running it.

 

Looks shady. The website and program look like spyware and it's not free. Not saying it's bad, i just say what i see.

 

Hm, CNET says that the software is "Tested spyware free." Are you saying that's not true?