Guest jimb11 via WindowsKB.com Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 When I reformat my emachine I take all the crap off of it and then do a scan with regseeker to remove the left over entries in the registry. But if I do a search later for: Compuserve,Netscape,orICQ I still find entries in the registry. I don't understand why there are still entries after I cleaned the registry. Is it safe to delete the left over entries that I found when I did the searches? -- Message posted via WindowsKB.com http://www.windowskb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/windowsxp/200707/1
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: Regseeker "jimb11 via WindowsKB.com" <u25693@uwe> wrote in message news:75b72a56ee0b2@uwe... > When I reformat my emachine I take all the crap off of it and then do a > scan > with regseeker to remove the left over entries in the registry. But if I > do a > search later for: Compuserve,Netscape,orICQ I still find entries in the > registry. I don't understand why there are still entries after I cleaned > the > registry. > > Is it safe to delete the left over entries that I found when I did the > searches? > > -- > Message posted via WindowsKB.com > http://www.windowskb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/windowsxp/200707/1 > This is really a question about RegSeeker, not about Windows, hence you should check the RegSeeker FAQs. At the same time you might ask yourself why you should bother with removing unused registry entries. They require only a minute amount of disk space and their effect on the performance of Windows is the same as the effect of having a small text file located in some temp folder, namely nil. If you remain unconvinced, get your stopwatch and measure the time it takes for Windows to start up, both before and after a RegSeeker treatment. There will be no difference.
Guest Ron Badour Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: Regseeker When you say reformat, do you mean you are formatting the hard drive partition(s)? If so, when you reload the system, those items you mentioned are probably being installed by the system disk you are using. I suspect, however, that I don't understand what you are saying. -- Regards Ron Badour MS MVP 1997 - 2007 "jimb11 via WindowsKB.com" <u25693@uwe> wrote in message news:75b72a56ee0b2@uwe... > When I reformat my emachine I take all the crap off of it and then do a > scan > with regseeker to remove the left over entries in the registry. But if I > do a > search later for: Compuserve,Netscape,orICQ I still find entries in the > registry. I don't understand why there are still entries after I cleaned > the > registry. > > Is it safe to delete the left over entries that I found when I did the > searches? > > -- > Message posted via WindowsKB.com > http://www.windowskb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/windowsxp/200707/1 >
Guest Curt Christianson Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: Regseeker Hi, Before using Regseeker or any other Registry "cleaner" in the future, you may want to consider this excellent discussion on the subject: Discussion of Registry "Cleaners" http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099 -- HTH, Curt Windows Support Center http://www.aumha.org Practically Nerded,... http://dundats.mvps.org/Index.htm "jimb11 via WindowsKB.com" <u25693@uwe> wrote in message news:75b72a56ee0b2@uwe... | When I reformat my emachine I take all the crap off of it and then do a scan | with regseeker to remove the left over entries in the registry. But if I do a | search later for: Compuserve,Netscape,orICQ I still find entries in the | registry. I don't understand why there are still entries after I cleaned the | registry. | | Is it safe to delete the left over entries that I found when I did the | searches? | | -- | Message posted via WindowsKB.com | http://www.windowskb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/windowsxp/200707/1 |
Guest Vanguard Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: Regseeker "jimb11" wrote in message news:75b72a56ee0b2@uwe... > When I reformat my emachine I take all the crap off of it and then do > a scan > with regseeker to remove the left over entries in the registry. But if > I do a > search later for: Compuserve,Netscape,orICQ I still find entries in > the > registry. I don't understand why there are still entries after I > cleaned the > registry. > > Is it safe to delete the left over entries that I found when I did the > searches? If you don't understand how to edit the registry itself or how to track the interdependence of multiple keys in the registry to ensure one of them is truly orphaned (and it is NOT used under a different boot environment) then you should not be using an automated registry cleaner. Registry cleaners should only be used to automate what you yourself could do in the registry. If you don't know how to use an electric arc welder then any welds you create with it are suspect. I don't know RegSeeker. Does it show you what entries it considers suspect and what action it will take BEFORE it takes that action? Does it provide a backup for every time you have used it so you could back out of those changes? So just what are you trying to accomplish by deleting entries from the registry? Most likely is that you don't know. Unless you are deleting over 33MB of data from the registry to save 1 second, or less, of time for Windows to load, just leave the orphaned entries in the registry. They may not be orphaned at all.
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted July 26, 2007 Posted July 26, 2007 Re: Regseeker On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:14:46 GMT, "jimb11 via WindowsKB.com" <u25693@uwe> wrote: > When I reformat my emachine Why do you reformat it? Well-maintained computers should never need reformatting. > I take all the crap off of it and then do a scan > with regseeker to remove the left over entries in the registry. I don't understand this at all. If you reformat and reinstall, you have a fresh registry and there are *no* leftover entries. > But if I do a > search later for: Compuserve,Netscape,orICQ I still find entries in the > registry. I don't understand why there are still entries after I cleaned the > registry. > > Is it safe to delete the left over entries that I found when I did the > searches? First, I strongly suggest you avoid using Regseeker, or any registry cleaning program. Cleaning of the registry isn't needed and is dangerous. Leave the registry alone and don't use any registry cleaner. Despite what many people think, and what vendors of registry cleaning software try to convince you of, having unused registry entries doesn't really hurt you. The risk of a serious problem caused by a registry cleaner erroneously removing an entry you need is far greater than any potential benefit it may have. As far as what it missed, and whether it's safe to delete them manually, if you are very sure exactly what the entry in question is, and that it isn't needed for something other than what you think it's for, then yes it's safe. Because in practice, it's often very hard to be sure, and because there is *no* advantage to deleting the unused entries, I think it's far safer to leave them in place. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest peter Posted July 26, 2007 Posted July 26, 2007 Re: Regseeker Do you understand what "format" means?? To put it simply........when you format you are erasing/ deleting /getting rid of any and all informtaion on that hard drive.......it is EMPTY If its all gone how can there be any "leftover" entries in the registry......when the registry is no longer there???????????????? The registry gets recreated when you install XP.........or when you use the Emachines Recovery CD/Partition and it installs XP and all of those programs that the machine came with and you paid for. You are the one letting the crap onto the machine..........Emachine made money putting that crap into their installation routine...... Do a Google for CCLEANER................it stands for crapcleaner.Run it and uninstall the crap. peter "jimb11 via WindowsKB.com" <u25693@uwe> wrote in message news:75b72a56ee0b2@uwe... > When I reformat my emachine I take all the crap off of it and then do a > scan > with regseeker to remove the left over entries in the registry. But if I > do a > search later for: Compuserve,Netscape,orICQ I still find entries in the > registry. I don't understand why there are still entries after I cleaned > the > registry. > > Is it safe to delete the left over entries that I found when I did the > searches? > > -- > Message posted via WindowsKB.com > http://www.windowskb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/windowsxp/200707/1 >
Guest Daave Posted July 26, 2007 Posted July 26, 2007 Re: Regseeker Ken Blake, MVP wrote: > On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:14:46 GMT, "jimb11 via WindowsKB.com" > <u25693@uwe> wrote: >> I take all the crap off of it and then do a scan >> with regseeker to remove the left over entries in the registry. > > > I don't understand this at all. If you reformat and reinstall, you > have a fresh registry and there are *no* leftover entries. Not really. He's referring to all the junk programs that come along with a fresh emachine-branded OEM "install." Junk like AOL, McAfee or Norton, etc. So, after returning his emachines PC to its original anywhere-but-prisitine state (using a recovery disc or recovery partition method), he uninstalls all the junk he has no use for. And being anal-retentive :-), he wants to also rid his registry of any references to those programs. Although I agree with you that almost always these orphanned entries don't amount to a hill of beans, try telling that to an obsessive/compulsive!
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted July 26, 2007 Posted July 26, 2007 Re: Regseeker On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:03:44 -0400, "Daave" <dcwashNOSPAM@myrealboxXYZ.invalid> wrote: > Ken Blake, MVP wrote: > > On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:14:46 GMT, "jimb11 via WindowsKB.com" > > <u25693@uwe> wrote: > >> I take all the crap off of it and then do a scan > >> with regseeker to remove the left over entries in the registry. > > > > > > I don't understand this at all. If you reformat and reinstall, you > > have a fresh registry and there are *no* leftover entries. > > Not really. > > He's referring to all the junk programs that come along with a fresh > emachine-branded OEM "install." Junk like AOL, McAfee or Norton, etc. Well, I agree with you that that may be (or even probably is) what he means, it's not what he said, and I don't like making assumptions about what people mean, since that can often lead to giving them wrong advice. So, even if you're right, I'd like to hear it from him. > So, after returning his emachines PC to its original > anywhere-but-prisitine state (using a recovery disc or recovery > partition method), he uninstalls all the junk he has no use for. And > being anal-retentive :-), he wants to also rid his registry of any > references to those programs. > > Although I agree with you that almost always these orphanned entries > don't amount to a hill of beans, try telling that to an > obsessive/compulsive! > -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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