clean up registry

Posted by Ginnie on December 27, 2008, 2:46 pm

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I am using win xp - and have been told to clean up registry and yet other
people say to leave alone - Just curious as to what is best to do - Thanks
for any replies!!!!!

Posted by Jaime on December 27, 2008, 7:28 pm

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This is a Window Media Center forum, your question would be better posted on
an XP General newsgroup.

Cleaning and compacting a registry can fix some problems, speed up the
booting, and may give a *slight* performance boost, however, you also can
mess things up royally. There are are many registry cleaners for sale or
download for free, the ones that do the most aggressive cleaning also can
cause (if something goes wrong) the most problems. I have used Registry
Mechanic many times and never had a problem, but it seems to take a fairly
passive (and safe) attempt at cleaning. You should do some research before
running one of these programs
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James
Orlando (Goofy says "Hey!"), FL

> I am using win xp - and have been told to clean up registry and yet other

> people say to leave alone - Just curious as to what is best to do - Thanks

> for any replies!!!!!

Posted by S.Sengupta on December 27, 2008, 8:40 pm

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Leave alone.

Most of them cause driver instability.I shall suggest you to stick to
the in-buit System Restore.

regards,

Ginnie wrote:

> I am using win xp - and have been told to clean up registry and yet other

> people say to leave alone - Just curious as to what is best to do - Thanks

> for any replies!!!!!

Posted by Ginnie on December 31, 2008, 3:07 pm

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Thanks - but not sure what you mean by in-built System Restore!!!!

"S.Sengupta" wrote:

> Leave alone.

> Most of them cause driver instability.I shall suggest you to stick to

> the in-buit System Restore.

> regards,

> Ginnie wrote:

> > I am using win xp - and have been told to clean up registry and yet other

> > people say to leave alone - Just curious as to what is best to do - Thanks

> > for any replies!!!!!

Posted by CSM1 on January 1, 2009, 6:41 pm

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System Restore for Windows XP and Vista.

On Windows XP:
Start > Help and Support.

Under the Section PICK A TASK, choose Undo changes to your computer with
System Restore .

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> Thanks - but not sure what you mean by in-built System Restore!!!!

> "S.Sengupta" wrote:

>> Leave alone.

>> Most of them cause driver instability.I shall suggest you to stick to

>> the in-buit System Restore.

>> regards,

>> Ginnie wrote:

>> > I am using win xp - and have been told to clean up registry and yet

>> > other

>> > people say to leave alone - Just curious as to what is best to do -

>> > Thanks

>> > for any replies!!!!!

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