registry cleaner/repair

[jlaak5]

Has anybody out there purchased registry cleaner/repair software?  If so Which of the products would you recommend, and did it work to your satisfaction?

Thanks!

[GX44]

Download Ccleaner (it's free) and install without the Yahoo! Toolbar.

It's a great little program.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

In my experience, after you scanned and fixed the registry with CCleaner, scan it again and you might find some more entries that can be fixed or deleted.
CCleaner also comes with a tool that deletes cookies and temp files to make your computer run faster.

Here's a link to the download:
http://www.filehippo.com/download/9838386a743262a2d7aaedfb3b432ae2/download/

It's a great little program.

Without a doubt

[GX44]

Ah... Sorry I forgot to post a link for you... Thanks Carbon.

Yeah run it a couple times, I've had that happen sometimes as well.

[GX1_Man]

Change your signature please. Inappropriate for the youngsters. 

[jlaak5]

What is inappropriate about my signature?

[Calum]

Not yours, it was another person who has removed his post now.

[GX44]

Was it my old signature?

I thought you were talking about mine and changed it 

[Calum]

I don't think it was you either.
Hmm . . . not sure who it was now . . .

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

So....Have you tried CCleaner yet?

[jlaak5]

Yes, I did d-load Ccleaner and ran it.   I ran the "issues" tab and came up with several items.   I backed up the all the changes prior to fixing.  Is it recommended that I back up changes each time before I select the "fix" option?

[GX44]

Usually always a good idea to back something up before you change it 

[soybean]

Yes, I did d-load Ccleaner and ran it.   I ran the "issues" tab and came up with several items.   I backed up the all the changes prior to fixing.  Is it recommended that I back up changes each time before I select the "fix" option?

I always backup the registry after the first Issues scan but, if I do an immediate repeat scan and CCleaner finds more items, I usually do not backup the registry before that second fix.  If I needed to restore the registry, I would just go back to the one before the first CCleaner fix. 

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Yeah, when I first used CCleaner, I had to scan the registry several times before it found no errors.

[Jonas Wauters]

With my experiences of Ccleaner I see that it never repairs the registry it only removes items who doesn't belong there (anymore).
In some way that's also repairing but...
And I've never used the backup although I know it can be riscy but sow-far I never had problems with it.
I think I'm going to start with making a backup because it is indeed a bit stupid if you do not make a backup.
And I also want to say that it is indeed a very good porg.

Jonas