Re: Uniblue Registry Booster and registry scans.

rq wrote:
> I am using this program to clean up my registry and it seems to work fine except the errors keep coming back. I can do a scan, clean up all the errors and then shut down and start up and I have a new 20 registry error list and most or all of the errors relate to "bad path for the value" and its windows files that seem to be at fault.
> I don't understand why Microsoft operating system would create registry errors on a startup, before anything has been installed etc.
>
> Any ideas on this, is RegistryBooster misleading me or what. I am running win 7 but it did the same thing on vista home premium so I think the question is valid for this group.
> Thanks.
>
>
> qq
>


Of course, it's "misleading" you. Like all registry "cleaners," it's
pure Snake Oil. Also, in this case, it's just another scam to separate
the gullible from their money.

Why do you even think you'd ever need to clean your registry? What
specific *problems* are you actually experiencing (not some program's
bogus listing of imaginary problems) that you think can be fixed by
using a registry "cleaner?"

If you do have a problem that is rooted in the registry, it would
be far better to simply edit (after backing up, of course) only the
specific key(s) and/or value(s) that are causing the problem. After
all, why use a chainsaw when a scalpel will do the job? Additionally,
the manually changing of one or two registry entries is far less likely
to have the dire consequences of allowing an automated product to make
multiple changes simultaneously. The only thing needed to safely clean
your registry is knowledge and Regedit.exe.

The registry contains all of the operating system's "knowledge" of
the computer's hardware devices, installed software, the location of the
device drivers, and the computer's configuration. A misstep in the
registry can have severe consequences. One should not even turning
loose a poorly understood automated "cleaner," unless he is fully
confident that he knows *exactly* what is going to happen as a result of
each and every change.

Having repeatedly seen the results of inexperienced people using
automated registry "cleaners," I can only advise all but the most
experienced computer technicians (and/or hobbyists) to avoid them all.
Experience has shown me that such tools simply are not safe in the hands
of the inexperienced user. If you lack the knowledge and experience to
maintain your registry by yourself, then you also lack the knowledge and
experience to safely configure and use any automated registry cleaner,
no matter how safe they claim to be.

More importantly, no one has ever demonstrated that the use of an
automated registry "cleaner," particularly by an untrained,
inexperienced computer user, does any real good, whatsoever. There's
certainly been no empirical evidence offered to demonstrate that the use
of such products to "clean" WinXP's registry improves a computer's
performance or stability. Given the potential for harm, it's just not
worth the risk.

Granted, most registry "cleaners" won't cause problems each and
every time they're used, but the potential for harm is always there.
And, since no registry "cleaner" has ever been demonstrated to do any
good (think of them like treating the flu with chicken soup - there's no
real medicinal value, but it sometimes provides a warming placebo
effect), I always tell people that the risks far out-weigh the
non-existent benefits.

I will concede that a good registry *scanning* tool, in the hands
of an experienced and knowledgeable technician or hobbyist can be a
useful time-saving diagnostic tool, as long as it's not allowed to make
any changes automatically. But I really don't think that there are any
registry "cleaners" that are truly safe for the general public to use.
Experience has proven just the opposite: such tools simply are not safe
in the hands of the inexperienced user.

A little further reading on the subject:

Why I don't use registry cleaners
http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=643

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Bruce Chambers wrote:
> rq wrote:
>> I am using this program to clean up my registry and it seems to work
>> fine except the errors keep coming back. I can do a scan, clean up
>> all the errors and then shut down and start up and I have a new 20
>> registry error list and most or all of the errors relate to "bad path
>> for the value" and its windows files that seem to be at fault.
>> I don't understand why Microsoft operating system would create
>> registry errors on a startup, before anything has been installed etc.
>>
>> Any ideas on this, is RegistryBooster misleading me or what. I am
>> running win 7 but it did the same thing on vista home premium so I
>> think the question is valid for this group.
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>> qq
>>
>
>
> Of course, it's "misleading" you. Like all registry "cleaners,"
> it's pure Snake Oil. Also, in this case, it's just another scam to
> separate the gullible from their money.
>
> Why do you even think you'd ever need to clean your registry? What
> specific *problems* are you actually experiencing (not some program's
> bogus listing of imaginary problems) that you think can be fixed by
> using a registry "cleaner?"
>
> If you do have a problem that is rooted in the registry, it would be
> far better to simply edit (after backing up, of course) only the
> specific key(s) and/or value(s) that are causing the problem. After
> all, why use a chainsaw when a scalpel will do the job? Additionally,
> the manually changing of one or two registry entries is far less likely
> to have the dire consequences of allowing an automated product to make
> multiple changes simultaneously. The only thing needed to safely clean
> your registry is knowledge and Regedit.exe.
>
> The registry contains all of the operating system's "knowledge" of
> the computer's hardware devices, installed software, the location of the
> device drivers, and the computer's configuration. A misstep in the
> registry can have severe consequences. One should not even turning
> loose a poorly understood automated "cleaner," unless he is fully
> confident that he knows *exactly* what is going to happen as a result of
> each and every change.
>
> Having repeatedly seen the results of inexperienced people using
> automated registry "cleaners," I can only advise all but the most
> experienced computer technicians (and/or hobbyists) to avoid them all.
> Experience has shown me that such tools simply are not safe in the hands
> of the inexperienced user. If you lack the knowledge and experience to
> maintain your registry by yourself, then you also lack the knowledge and
> experience to safely configure and use any automated registry cleaner,
> no matter how safe they claim to be.
>
> More importantly, no one has ever demonstrated that the use of an
> automated registry "cleaner," particularly by an untrained,
> inexperienced computer user, does any real good, whatsoever. There's
> certainly been no empirical evidence offered to demonstrate that the use
> of such products to "clean" WinXP's registry improves a computer's
> performance or stability. Given the potential for harm, it's just not
> worth the risk.
>
> Granted, most registry "cleaners" won't cause problems each and
> every time they're used, but the potential for harm is always there.
> And, since no registry "cleaner" has ever been demonstrated to do any
> good (think of them like treating the flu with chicken soup - there's no
> real medicinal value, but it sometimes provides a warming placebo
> effect), I always tell people that the risks far out-weigh the
> non-existent benefits.
>
> I will concede that a good registry *scanning* tool, in the hands of
> an experienced and knowledgeable technician or hobbyist can be a useful
> time-saving diagnostic tool, as long as it's not allowed to make any
> changes automatically. But I really don't think that there are any
> registry "cleaners" that are truly safe for the general public to use.
> Experience has proven just the opposite: such tools simply are not safe
> in the hands of the inexperienced user.
>
> A little further reading on the subject:
>
> Why I don't use registry cleaners
> http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=643
>
> AumHa Forums • View topic - AUMHA Discussion: Should I Use a Registry
> Cleaner?
> http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099
>
>

Well if you don't know what the problem is in the registry then a
diagnostic tool could help, but it is exactly as you said, the registry
knows all about your computer, your operating system and your users,
that's what it does. It "Learns" what you and other users install and
remove. How could a registry cleaner know about a program you wrote
yourself, so run the cleaner and oops, your program no longer works.

I don't do much of this at work now, in fact I seem to have been
"Promoted" to the guy who cleans the carpets and unblock plugged
toilets, but they still pay me the same so who cares, but all of the
machine that have given trouble in the past boil down to things that
registry cleaning will not fix, if anything it will make it worse
because information is lost.

What I would say is if you feel you must use one then get one that
guarantees to remember what it it did and in the event that Windows
fails to start be able to restore what it did. Remember all these things
are worthless to you if you cant get back to point and click "Put it all
back status" and if you can't point and click to put it all abck then
point and click to remove it is hazardous.

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Please post back if you find the solution, it helps others. Thanks.

Charlie Tame

Max Secure Registry Cleaner offers an easy user interface that provides an effective registry scanner with a wide variety of scanning options. Users can freely choose between manual or automatic scan, and standard or deep scan, depending on what the system requires. Max also has data backup capabilities that feature registry restoration.