what is the best XP registry cleaner

[Epidemic]

Do they have a point and shoot product that requires little intervention... I hate when it asks me if
" would you like to keep this key which appears to be no longer in use 1234hb1243b234b00012340342412340123401234/0034029348l5hj083120250092345050/1234///234//////23434342!!"

Like I know wtf 1234hb1243b234b00012340342412340123401234/0034029348l5hj083120250092345050/1234///234//////23434342!! is

[NDC]

I use System Mechanic. Most reliable registry cleaner I've used yet regardless of Windows version. As for some other registry cleaners, I could not say the same. Hosed my registry too many times where certain applications would behave erratically or Windows would simply crash.

Give it a shot, they have a shareware version you can download

http://www.iolo.com/downloads.cfm

[shahani]

Any specific reasons you may have to clean your registry?

I means you check out lots of shareware or test stuff or just generally want to keep everything tweaked up?

(PS: How often you gets your truck tuned? Just curious.)

[shahani]

Another information linky

[NDC]

Because bloated registry can cause system errors....

[S.D.Willie]

regclean for older systems(not sure how good it is now)was very easy and straight forward. plus freeware which is always great. link for it here

sorry, just reread this post, about XP. duh.

[GroundZero3]

agree with NDC, i use system mechanic also. love it

[shahani]

I know what happens with bloated registry.

I was just wondering if member epidemic had an academic interest or if he was actually messing up his PC with shareware.......

[corey2444]

Quote:

I use System Mechanic. Most reliable registry cleaner I've used yet regardless of Windows version. As for some other registry cleaners, I could not say the same. Hosed my registry too many times where certain applications would behave erratically or Windows would simply crash.

this is affiliated with zone alarm. I use zone alarm and like it, but zone alarm advertises for anonymizer spyware remover which is ABSOLUTE garbage!. Trust me. I use ccleaner that finds anything anonymizer finds plus 3 times as much. I paid $30 for a year for anonymizer, that I ended up deleting after 6 months becuase it was just taking up space.

I would like to try system mechanic but I cannot find a trial version which leaves me reluctant to shell out $40.

So far I have tried Ace, Registry mechanic & System cleaner 4.9 trials versions, which all seem to have their strengths, each finding different resutls.

I also use ccleaner, hdcleaner, regcleaner.. honestly I don't think these are enough. They work fine for what they are.. Free shareware. With hdcleaner and regcleaner you can really screw something up if you are not carefull or don't know what you're doing.. Like me!

[elroy]

I'm currently using RegScrubXP which is free. Works good and I've never had any problems with it. Latest version is 3.25