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Anyone know of a genuine 'free' Registry Cleaner?

http://www.ccleaner.com/

probably the best known one

that is what I was gonna put

too slow Hoovie :bs

Thanks chaps!

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

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

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