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#1 Post by sarbin » Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:56 am

which do you like for winxp? dislike?

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#2 Post by jdhurst » Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:19 am

Registry First Aid works very well for me in XP Pro. I use it sparingly (once a month or less) and only after clearing out temporary files and recently accessed links, running checklinks and dsik cleanup. This significantly reduces the number of dead keys found.
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#3 Post by sarbin » Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:20 am

thanks!
i'm gonna check that one out.
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#4 Post by USSS » Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:23 pm

I've used jv16 PowerTools for more than 6 years with no issues. It is a complete suite, and is available as a trial.
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#5 Post by propellen » Sat Aug 16, 2008 2:18 am

I've been using http://www.ccleaner.com/ , great FREE application.
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#6 Post by sarbin » Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:07 pm

USSS wrote:I've used jv16 PowerTools for more than 6 years with no issues. It is a complete suite, and is available as a trial.
thx. looks interesting... decisions, decisions. :wink:
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#7 Post by sarbin » Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:08 pm

propellen wrote:I've been using http://www.ccleaner.com/ , great FREE application.
nice! really light-weight and straight-forward. seems pretty safe, too.
hmmm... 8)
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#8 Post by Paul Unger » Sat Aug 16, 2008 1:26 pm

Another vote for CCleaner.
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#9 Post by loyukfai » Sat Aug 16, 2008 5:08 pm

CCleaner and Regdefrag
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#10 Post by AIX » Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:42 am

I used to use RegClean (4.1a), a small application from Microsoft - but I'm not using it anymore.
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#11 Post by jdhurst » Sun Aug 17, 2008 11:57 am

RegClean from Microsoft is very dated and damages newer systems (you can guess how I know that). Don't use RegClean on anything newer than about Windows 95 / Office 95. ... JDH
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#12 Post by AIX » Sun Aug 17, 2008 2:35 pm

I used RegClean on Windows XP without problems. I quit using it after a Windows reinstallation, I don't know why - just quited. Of course, I will not recommend anyone to use RegClean - it's a (very) old application indeed (and probably outdated).
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