cleaning the registry

i have been trying to increase the performance upon start up and after removing some things from add/remove progs i want to do more by clearing up any wasted values on the registry - and with a whole bunch of spyware i have had lately i am sure that there is loads.

I have looked at a couple of the freeware registry cleaners and am thinking about downloading one. i was wondering which is a good one to try and also how to make a backup of the registry and how to use that backup if a registry cleaner messed things up.

any advice would be usefull......

thanks

 

You might want to just reinstall your OS. Start with a clean slate. .02. I just put all my music and stuff on the C:drive and did a partial reinstall, and it cleared up all manner of crappy problems I'd been having. Don't ask me how, though. I called Dell and cried like a little baby.

 

i was hoping to not have to go as far as that - seems a bit extreme but if it comes to it......

i dont have any real problems other than i frustratingly slow start up.... not even sure if a registry cleaner is going to help but every time i switch on i go make a coffee and come back when its finshed starting up five mins later!

ccleaner comes up with a whole bunch of issues on the registry but i havent fixed any yet (bottled it) - any idea if i should?

 

only with a WHOLE bunch of help...

 

Hi Drinking Fish
I have been using RegSeeker for a year or more. I used the v 1.2 beta and now the v1.35 beta. It is free download just over 1 MB. It is very user friendly.
TinmanPhilbert

 

Just was going down through the topics, and spotted this. Mabye not now, but in case the registry thing goes south. For reinstall.

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=48538

 

If you have windows 98, there are 2 microsoft free downloads that helped my computer.reg clean 4.1a and a root register cleaner.if you need the links.post again ill go find em

 

If it's not too much trouble, I'd like to see them. I'd feel better about it if it were windows. That way it seems less likely they'd delete something important. thx

 

I use RegCleaner and Registry Defragmenter from Elcor software..

 

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download458.html cant find d/l site for other one ill keep looking. ive used this one for over a year http://www.majorgeeks.com/download460.html