is it true that registry mechanic….?

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1. ray_8128 says:

   May 12, 2010 at 1:56 pm

   Bogus site with bogus reviews.

   Anyone who spends $29.95/year for a registry cleaner deserves to be taken.

   Per McAfee Site Advisor:
   http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/6starreviews.com?domain=6starreviews.com&ref=safe&client_ver=FF_26.5_6175&locale=en-US&premium=false&client_type=FF&aff_id=0
   6starreviews.com

   Feedback from some users indicated this site engaged in one or more negative or undesired activities.

   Download.com reviews.
   http://www.download.com/Registry-Mechanic/3000-2094_4-10742905.html
   Without asking or any notification, PC Tools automatically renewed (charged my credit card) my subscription for another year.

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   Most of the performance claims made by companies that sell registry cleaners are pure fantasy. Removing the wrong key can leave you with a computer that will not run or a program that will not work. Using Windows Live OneCare "full scan" is probably the safest and good enough for all users.
   http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/default.htm

   Registry Cleaners
   Myth – "Registry Cleaners improve performance."
   http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/XPMyths.html

   Reality – "A few hundred kilobytes of unused keys and values causes no noticeable performance impact on system operation. Even if the registry was massively bloated there would be little impact on the performance of anything other than exhaustive searches."

   Notes – "Registry Cleaners can fix problems associated with traces of applications left behind due to incomplete uninstalls. So it seems that Registry junk is a Windows fact of life and that Registry cleaners will continue to have a place in the anal-sysadmin’s tool chest."
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   Free Registry Cleaners

   Windows Live OneCare (free)
   http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/default.htm
   Full scan: Backs up registry and then cleans registry, virus and spyware scan, disk cleanup, disk fragmentation (if needed), updates windows, and checks for open firewall ports.
   Clean up scan: Backs up registry and then cleans registry, updates windows.

   CCleaner: Do not install toolbar option
   http://www.ccleaner.com/
   http://www.download.com/CCleaner/3000-2144_4-10720990.html?tag=lst-0-1
   "Scan for Issues" function is the registry cleaner.
   Clean function deletes unused files, history, and tracking cookies.
   In options:
   Set to run (does not registry) when computer starts.
   Place cookies you want to save in the save list.

   AusLogics Registry Defrag
   http://www.auslogics.com/registry-defrag/
   http://www.download.com/Auslogics-Registry-Defrag/3000-2094_4-10694974.html
   Auslogics Registry Defrag is an extremely useful program to keep your registry as compact as possible. As a result of keeping the registry defragmented and as small as possible, your computer performance will be much improved.

   Not a registry cleaner but a registry defragmenter. My seat of the pants feeling was it did improve my performance.

   RegScrubXP 3.25
   http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Registry-Tweak/RegScrubXP.shtml
   http://www.sofotex.com/RegScrubXP-download_L7528.html

   Toni Art’s EasyCleaner(free)
   http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/ecleane.htm
   Separate scans for cleaning registry, find duplicate files, find bad shortcuts, unnecessary files, and more.

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   How to Use the Registry Editor
   http://www.helpdesk.umd.edu/topics/troubleshooting/os/windows_2000/555/

   How to back up, edit, and restore the registry in Windows XP
   http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756

   Safekeeping the Windows XP Registry
   http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/honeycutt_03march17.mspx

   How to recover from a corrupted registry that prevents Windows XP from starting
   http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545

   How to troubleshoot registry corruption issues
   http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822705

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