Registry Repair Tool

"Steve " <> wrote in message
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> Is there a reliable registry repair tool for Vista???


No. Just as with XP, they are all unneeded and potentially dangerous. I
recommend staying away from them.

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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> How about Registry Mechanic by PC Tools? Thanks.

Steve wrote:
> My interest in a Registry repair tool is as follows: I loaded a very
> old program into Vista. It actually ran fine, but later when I rebooted
> I found a problem. I uninstalled the program, but the problem
> remained. When Vista starts up, it goes looking for something that it
> cannot find, and it takes some 20 seconds doing it. Once it gives up,
> it proceeds to load but gives me a message to remove reference to " "
> from the registry. Using regedit, I searched for any such empty
> notation, or for any reference to the uninstalled software, but found none.
>


Look in the C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Start Menu\Programs\Start Up and C:\Documents and
Settings\username\Start Menu\Programs\Start Up folders, and in the
system registry, primarily in the
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run keys. You can also
use RegScanner from http://www.nirsoft.net to search the registry
without fear of it making any changes.

How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP (but
applies to Vista, as well)
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;310560


> Maybe my next step should be to try the built-in "startup repair."
>


No, that's mostly designed for real (i.e., boot) start up problems.


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I have personal experience in using 'startup repair' in vista.

I was told to remove a couple of registry keys, winsock, in order to
reinstall them to fix a connection issue. Anyway, I ended up having to do
sys restore from the cd, when it wouldn't work from the os. Then I did a
startup repair from the cd and it apparently fixed the registry issues, and
solved ALL the problems. Interestingly enough, the startup repair found no
problems until I did the sys restore from the cd, then it found a startup
problem and did the startup repair on its own.

Interesting discussion on registry cleaners. I guess I will avoid them,
except startup repair.

Richard

"Ken Blake" wrote:

> "Steve " <> wrote in message
> news:...
>
> > Is there a reliable registry repair tool for Vista???
>
>
> No. Just as with XP, they are all unneeded and potentially dangerous. I
> recommend staying away from them.
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
> > How about Registry Mechanic by PC Tools? Thanks.
>
>
>