Registry Defragger and Compacter

I used ERUNT and NTREGOPT in XP. Nice little tool. But I can't get it to run
in Vista. Is there any program specific to this for Vista that anyone knows
of? Thanks.

The registry is resilient to fragmentation. There's no real reason t
use a registry defragger and the risk of borking your system is alway
there. Defragging the registry doesn't really improve performance an
either. If you want to simply remove obsolete registry entries wil
generally little risk to your system, use CCleaner

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What happens if you run ERUNT elevated? (right-click and choose "Run as
Administrator")

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Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
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"Steve Turner" <> wrote in message
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>I used ERUNT and NTREGOPT in XP. Nice little tool. But I can't get it to
>run in Vista. Is there any program specific to this for Vista that anyone
>knows of? Thanks.

"Steve Turner" <> wrote in message news:u#...
> I used ERUNT and NTREGOPT in XP. Nice little tool. But I can't get it to run
> in Vista. Is there any program specific to this for Vista that anyone knows
> of? Thanks.
>

You have to run them as Administrator, (right-click run as administrator).
The daily registry backup option will only work if you have UAC turned off.

"Dave-UK" <> wrote in message
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> "Steve Turner" <> wrote in message
> news:u#...
>> I used ERUNT and NTREGOPT in XP. Nice little tool. But I can't get it to
>> run in Vista. Is there any program specific to this for Vista that anyone
>> knows of? Thanks.
>
> You have to run them as Administrator, (right-click run as administrator).
> The daily registry backup option will only work if you have UAC turned
> off.
>
Thanks to everyone for the info! What is UAC. I know it's User Account
Control, but how much of a risk am I under if I turn it off?

A lot of risk is involved in turing it off. UAC prevents applications from
altering protected system folders, part of the protection mechanism employed
in Vista. Programs in Vista should be virtualized and run within the user
environment and not the system environment as it was with previous versions
of Windows. Older software often does not comply with virtualization,
causing the prompt for you to allow it to run. Disabling UAC will allow any
program to alter a system folder or file without the consent of the user,
including malware. Utilities like Erunt, by their very nature, manipulate
system folders and will always require elevated privileges to run properly.

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"Steve Turner" <> wrote in message
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> "Dave-UK" <> wrote in message
> news:Td6dnZwc_aoVSxPVnZ2dnUVZ8v-...
>>
>> "Steve Turner" <> wrote in message
>> news:u#...
>>> I used ERUNT and NTREGOPT in XP. Nice little tool. But I can't get it to
>>> run in Vista. Is there any program specific to this for Vista that
>>> anyone knows of? Thanks.
>>
>> You have to run them as Administrator, (right-click run as
>> administrator).
>> The daily registry backup option will only work if you have UAC turned
>> off.
>>
> Thanks to everyone for the info! What is UAC. I know it's User Account
> Control, but how much of a risk am I under if I turn it off?
>
>

On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:07:19 -0700, "Steve Turner"
<> wrote:

> I used ERUNT and NTREGOPT in XP. Nice little tool. But I can't get it to run
> in Vista. Is there any program specific to this for Vista that anyone knows
> of? Thanks.


ERUNT runs fine in Vista (I run it every day), but you have to run it
elevated.

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"Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
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>A lot of risk is involved in turing it off. UAC prevents applications from
>altering protected system folders, part of the protection mechanism
>employed in Vista. Programs in Vista should be virtualized and run within
>the user environment and not the system environment as it was with previous
>versions of Windows. Older software often does not comply with
>virtualization, causing the prompt for you to allow it to run. Disabling
>UAC will allow any program to alter a system folder or file without the
>consent of the user, including malware. Utilities like Erunt, by their very
>nature, manipulate system folders and will always require elevated
>privileges to run properly.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Thanks Rick. This is what I suspected and I don't want to do this! I can't
tell you how many times I had to redo my XP because I'd been hijacked or
whatever. If I disable UAC I think I'll just be defeating the whole point of
having Vista!

On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:53:24 -0700, "Steve Turner"
<> wrote:

>Thanks Rick. This is what I suspected and I don't want to do this! I can't
>tell you how many times I had to redo my XP because I'd been hijacked or
>whatever. If I disable UAC I think I'll just be defeating the whole point of
>having Vista!

Sounds like you need to step back and examine your online activities.
If you've had a lot of problems as you say, you are definitely doing
something you shouldn't be doing.