I’ve downloaded a couple of registry cleaners of their initial trial version. Both of them said my pc had more than 300 error that need to be fixed.

My computer is running slow and I didn’t want to get trial version stuff anymore (nor have I wanted to buy something that screws up registry deletions and makes me have to reformat my computer every time). Best answer with a legitimately free registry cleaner gets 10 points!

It started several months ago, my system 32 files pop up @ startup-so I ran a free scan of my registry and it shows over a thousand errors-the free downloads only fix a few of them in the trial version-I DO have a windows xp recovery disk, but I am afraid I will do more damage that good. I have tried to use the restore feature, but the only dates it will let me select are for this month only-the pc is 3 years old…I tried to toggle back a year or so, but the month on the calendar is stuck on December. (I was under the impression that restore points auto-set when new programs are added ???)
If I attempt to install flash on my secondary user accounts, I get errors saying a system 32 file can’t be found.
I have used the uninstall program from adobe and reinstalled it then ran c-cleaner, cleared cookies, I have rebooted, adjusted all user accounts to have admin. privledges, tried everything I can find online with no luck. Can someone help, please?

Out of idle curiosity, I’ve been playing around with these "60 minute trial version" games you can download.

I set a System Restore Point, saved the registry (File –> export…) and then installed the game. Played it for 60 minutes, let it tell me the time was up, uninstalled it, then restored back to the system restore point.

Installed the game again – it still knows its trial time is up 🙂

Ok, I have some troubles with my computer which is Xp Professional. There are several errors that my registry cleaner had detected so far, but since its a trial version it cannot fix those issues. There are still more than 200 registry errors, many of them are these temporary file shortcuts. Is there a way to get rid of them manually without using a registry cleaner? Its hard to find them on the registry editor.
I have been using CCleaner for some time now. But it cannot detect much of the errors.