Registry cleaner

Gadget · Post by **Gadget** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:50 pm

Anyone know of a genuine 'free' Registry Cleaner?

Foggy · Post by **Foggy** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 4:06 pm

http://www.ccleaner.com/

probably the best known one

Hoovie · Post by **Hoovie** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 4:25 pm

that is what I was gonna put

Foggy · Post by **Foggy** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 4:56 pm

too slow Hoovie :bs

Gadget · Post by **Gadget** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:28 pm

Thanks chaps!

antomac1001 · Post by **antomac1001** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 1:19 pm

Hey Gadget et al, my IT tutor told me that he finds CCleaner sometimes doesn't do a great job of cleaning the User Assist key, which logs online/offline activity. You can read about that and the 'Count Keys' here -http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v29/vic29.htm

You can safely delete the entire UserAssist key as it will be recreated (whether you like it or not) when you reboot.

To delete the key:
Click Start>Run, type regedit and click Ok to launch the registry editor.

Make your way to this key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Explorer\UserAssist
Right click the UserAssist key and choose Delete.

HTH

DIY_Johnny · Post by **DIY_Johnny** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 1:05 pm

Make sure you back your registery up first. A corrupted registery can be a nightmare as windows can fail to boot up. Also be careful what you choose to do as a registery cleaner can suggest removing entries which are needed.

As Hoovie said CCleaner is a good one and I think it has a registery back up facility included

asinine · Post by **asinine** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:07 pm

Easy Cleaner is the best by far!!! Much better than CCleaner for the registry.