mothergoose729
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I just got done with the painfull process of backing up all my data and moving it to another OS when Registry Cure killed my windows xp operating system. I ran the application and it slowed down my boot time for a full minute, then when I restored registry deletes it rendered my OS completley unusable. The "all programs" part of my start bar refused to load, applications no longer worked, coudn't install programs, it was a nightmare. I scanned my computer for spyware and antivirus and nothing came up. Firefox stopped working and IE wouldn't let me download any files (like another registry cleaner to fix the mess). Now I have Windows Vista 64bit installed and I don't want to make the same mistake.
I read online that registry cleaners cause more harm then they do good. I also read in another place that most are based of an outdated opensource program the doesn't effectively clean registries the way they should be. Is it better that I go without a registry cleaner, or is there actually one that does the right job? Where could I go to learn about cleaning my own registry, manually if that is the best way?
I read online that registry cleaners cause more harm then they do good. I also read in another place that most are based of an outdated opensource program the doesn't effectively clean registries the way they should be. Is it better that I go without a registry cleaner, or is there actually one that does the right job? Where could I go to learn about cleaning my own registry, manually if that is the best way?