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[You Know Who ~]

Hi
I frequently install and un-install programs, often five or six at a time,
so manually editing the registry is labor intensive (I review audio programs
for a magazine). Would you recommend a suite of programs which will help me
clear stuff out of the registry and defrag. I realize I can get seperate
programs for that, but it would be nice to have something comprehensive.
thanks
b

[Leonard Grey]

The registry does not require 'cleaning' or other kinds of maintenance.
If you are concerned that some of the programs you are installing do not
uninstall properly, you may be able to obtain manual removal
instructions from the vendor. Otherwise you would be well advised to
leave the registry alone.

On a personal note: If I were in your position, where I had to review
new software, I would (1) not use my personal computer, but a separate
computer setup just for reviews; and (2)wouldn't bother uninstalling
software, unless the uninstall process is part of your review. Otherwise
I would simply restore a known good image of my system after every review.

The reason for(1)is that new software can have an unpredictable effect
on a computer, and I wouldn't want to put my computer at risk. The
reason for (2) is to be sure that you are testing all programs on the
same system.

---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

[You Know Who ~]

You would be amazed how many programs leave references in the registry, not
all of them benign. I just uninstalled several programs and both Roxio and
WaveLab still had a lot of entries including checks for updates! you might
take a look sometime... And obviously, I cannot plan to review a new version
of software down the road without completely un-installing the old version
first.

While I appreciate your telling me how to earn my living, and I am sure you
are more expert at reviewing software than I am, I still would have
preferred to have a simple answer to what I thought was a rather simple
question...

--
ykw~
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"Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and
some people have mediocrity thrust upon them." Joseph Heller

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[Nil]

On 04 Apr 2007, "You Know Who ~" <you.kn...@att.net> wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize:

> While I appreciate your telling me how to earn my living, and I am
> sure you are more expert at reviewing software than I am, I still
> would have preferred to have a simple answer to what I thought was
> a rather simple question...

If the answer is so simple why don't you do your own research instead
of asking friendly strangers to do your work for you?

When you ask for free help in a public forum, you don't get to choose
the answers you're offered. If you don't like 'em, go elsewhere.

[Leonard Grey]

I don't know why, but I'll try again...

Don't waste your time and money or risk the proper functioning of your
computer. Learn about disk imaging and restore a good image after every
review is in the can. Restoring an image takes minutes and you never
have to give your registry a second thought.

On the other hand, if you insist on doing it /your/ way I'm afraid I am
unable to assist you. Not because I'm being an a**...because I wouldn't
do that to my own computer so why would I recommend that course of
action to you?

---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

[mikeyhsd]

cccleaner is sometimes recommended.

but caution is always needed as they are not super intelligent on what to remove.

you need to force backups before running and check all the results before allowing removal.

 

 

mike...@comcast.net

 

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[You Know Who ~]

thanks

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YKW ~
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"I've wrestled with reality for thirty-five years,
and I'm happy to state that I've finally won out over it."
Elwood P. Dowd in "Harvey"
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[You Know Who ~]

well, its sort of like asking someone about sailing and being told to stay
away from the water. I might recommend a good harbor even if I personally
don't use it.

I have been working with windows since version 3.1 came out and have been
editing registries since win95. Sometimes folks do know what they are
doing, even if it doesn't agree with you.

--
YKW~

"When the fifteen dwarves had dwindled to eight.....
everyone became very suspicious of Hungry."
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[Leonard Grey]

I wish you the best.

---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

[peter]

Leonard has a point here
Why spend 1/2 hour running a reg cleaner that might remove 95% of the old
entries when you can image the drive before hand and once finished testing
whatever restore the image in 1/2 the time.This way you would actually be
100% certain that NO old Reg entries are interfering with your new test
sofware.
You do wish to be accurate in your evaluations ..dont you??
So that all test software is run from the same base system......from the
same base settings....with the same base audio settings.
after all how can you compare apples to apple when your starting with a
lemon
peter
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[Stan Brown]

Thu, 5 Apr 2007 21:27:59 -0400 from You Know Who ~
<you.kn...@att.net>:

> well, its sort of like asking someone about sailing and being told to stay
> away from the water.

And when the person seems likely to come to grief, that's good
advice.

When you're on the wrong road, it is *not* helping you to tell you
how to go faster.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/