Cleanup Win 2000?

[Guest Bob Newman]

I am interested in "cleaning" up an old bogged down computer's Windows 2000

system. Things like old inactive registry entries, even new one not being

used, or anything else along these lines. It is a borrowed laptop I am

getting ready to give back therefore anything I do must be 100% safe for the

system. One mistake I made, this computer has VERY limited resources so I

installed several programs to an external drive to save HD space and have

since disconnected the HD (I still have it). I was using add/remove

programs to remove some that I installed. When I would try to remove one of

the programs that was installed on the now disconnected HD add/remove told

me "the program is not present, should I remove it from the programs list?"

Without thinking I said yes. Now the program it not on the list to remove

(I can reconnect the HD) but I'm sure it left garbage in the registry &

maybe else ware. Since this program was used relatively recently would a

"cleanup" program detect the leftover files?

 

Thanks for any help you can give.

PS Is there another newsgroup that may be better suited for this type of

question?

 

Thanks... Bob

>

> Thanks in advance... Bob

 

 

 

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Thanks... Bob

[Guest DL]

Re: Cleanup Win 2000?

 

The safest method would be to use the Laptop recovery cd's to put it back to

factory spec

 

ccleaner might help with orphaned entries

 

"Bob Newman" <bobnewman@cox.net> wrote in message

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>

> I am interested in "cleaning" up an old bogged down computer's Windows

> 2000 system. Things like old inactive registry entries, even new one not

> being used, or anything else along these lines. It is a borrowed laptop I

> am getting ready to give back therefore anything I do must be 100% safe

> for the system. One mistake I made, this computer has VERY limited

> resources so I installed several programs to an external drive to save HD

> space and have since disconnected the HD (I still have it). I was using

> add/remove programs to remove some that I installed. When I would try to

> remove one of the programs that was installed on the now disconnected HD

> add/remove told me "the program is not present, should I remove it from

> the programs list?" Without thinking I said yes. Now the program it not

> on the list to remove (I can reconnect the HD) but I'm sure it left

> garbage in the registry & maybe else ware. Since this program was used

> relatively recently would a "cleanup" program detect the leftover files?

>

> Thanks for any help you can give.

> PS Is there another newsgroup that may be better suited for this type of

> question?

>

> Thanks... Bob

>>

>> Thanks in advance... Bob

>

>

>

> --

> Thanks... Bob

[Guest tex shalter]

Re: Cleanup Win 2000?

 

you might find some unwanted programs in your registry by using free

"hijackthis"

 

a clean install is obviously the best way to speed it up, though

 

"DL" <address@invalid> wrote in message

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> The safest method would be to use the Laptop recovery cd's to put it back

to

> factory spec

>

> ccleaner might help with orphaned entries

>

> "Bob Newman" <bobnewman@cox.net> wrote in message

> news:fVnTi.35$gk2.14@newsfe24.lga...

> >

> > I am interested in "cleaning" up an old bogged down computer's Windows

> > 2000 system. Things like old inactive registry entries, even new one

not

> > being used, or anything else along these lines. It is a borrowed laptop

I

> > am getting ready to give back therefore anything I do must be 100% safe

> > for the system. One mistake I made, this computer has VERY limited

> > resources so I installed several programs to an external drive to save

HD

> > space and have since disconnected the HD (I still have it). I was using

> > add/remove programs to remove some that I installed. When I would try

to

> > remove one of the programs that was installed on the now disconnected HD

> > add/remove told me "the program is not present, should I remove it from

> > the programs list?" Without thinking I said yes. Now the program it not

> > on the list to remove (I can reconnect the HD) but I'm sure it left

> > garbage in the registry & maybe else ware. Since this program was used

> > relatively recently would a "cleanup" program detect the leftover files?

> >

> > Thanks for any help you can give.

> > PS Is there another newsgroup that may be better suited for this type

of

> > question?

> >

> > Thanks... Bob

> >>

> >> Thanks in advance... Bob

> >

> >

> >

> > --

> > Thanks... Bob

>

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