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Register Cleaners (no way)
Today I opened my inbox, low and behold McAfee sent me an email wanting
to sell me their Register Cleaner!! I remember the one they sent me to clean out their product and it cleaned out other things that were needed to run some programs. I then tried to re-install their VirusScan and could not. I was lucky that I had backed up my computer using Drive Image that came with my computer. I would never use a register cleaner because it does not determine the good from the bad register files. It is better to use Gary's Clean Boot instructions. I am planning on using it again soon. Angel |
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Register Cleaners (no way)
sigh Some of 'em /do/ listen after all, GAry! Bless their hearts.
Angel wrote: Today I opened my inbox, low and behold McAfee sent me an email wanting to sell me their Register Cleaner!! I remember the one they sent me to clean out their product and it cleaned out other things that were needed to run some programs. I then tried to re-install their VirusScan and could not. I was lucky that I had backed up my computer using Drive Image that came with my computer. I would never use a register cleaner because it does not determine the good from the bad register files. It is better to use Gary's Clean Boot instructions. I am planning on using it again soon. Angel |
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Register Cleaners (no way)
Keep it up, Angel, and you'll be answering questions instead of asking them,
s. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.org/articles/cleanboot.htm http://grystmill.org/articles/security.htm Angel wrote: Today I opened my inbox, low and behold McAfee sent me an email wanting to sell me their Register Cleaner!! I remember the one they sent me to clean out their product and it cleaned out other things that were needed to run some programs. I then tried to re-install their VirusScan and could not. I was lucky that I had backed up my computer using Drive Image that came with my computer. I would never use a register cleaner because it does not determine the good from the bad register files. It is better to use Gary's Clean Boot instructions. I am planning on using it again soon. Angel |
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Register Cleaners (no way)
OMG, yes, that's what happened to me! You must be omniscient, GAry!
Gary S. Terhune wrote: Keep it up, Angel, and you'll be answering questions instead of asking them, s. Angel wrote: Today I opened my inbox, low and behold McAfee sent me an email wanting to sell me their Register Cleaner!! I remember the one they sent me to clean out their product and it cleaned out other things that were needed to run some programs. I then tried to re-install their VirusScan and could not. I was lucky that I had backed up my computer using Drive Image that came with my computer. I would never use a register cleaner because it does not determine the good from the bad register files. It is better to use Gary's Clean Boot instructions. I am planning on using it again soon. Angel |
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Register Cleaners (no way)
ROFL!!!
And do we have a first-born son ready to present, yet? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.org/articles/cleanboot.htm http://grystmill.org/articles/security.htm PA Bear wrote: OMG, yes, that's what happened to me! You must be omniscient, GAry! Gary S. Terhune wrote: Keep it up, Angel, and you'll be answering questions instead of asking them, s. Angel wrote: Today I opened my inbox, low and behold McAfee sent me an email wanting to sell me their Register Cleaner!! I remember the one they sent me to clean out their product and it cleaned out other things that were needed to run some programs. I then tried to re-install their VirusScan and could not. I was lucky that I had backed up my computer using Drive Image that came with my computer. I would never use a register cleaner because it does not determine the good from the bad register files. It is better to use Gary's Clean Boot instructions. I am planning on using it again soon. Angel |
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Register Cleaners (no way)
Angel wrote:
Today I opened my inbox, low and behold McAfee sent me an email wanting to sell me their Register Cleaner!! I remember the one they sent me to clean out their product and it cleaned out other things that were needed to run some programs. I then tried to re-install their VirusScan and could not. I was lucky that I had backed up my computer using Drive Image that came with my computer. I would never use a register cleaner because it does not determine the good from the bad register files. It is better to use Gary's Clean Boot instructions. I am planning on using it again soon. Good work, Angel! I know very little about registry cleaners. I do occasionally use RegCleaner (the older version recommended by Shep) after uninstalling apps. I specifically search for instances of remnants of the recently uninstalled apps. Of course I back up the registry before making any changes. I have a feeling this is a different type of registry cleaner; perhaps the others overreach and don't allow the user to manually select? I've never had a problem with my method. What do others think about this issue? -- Dave |
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Register Cleaners (no way)
I use them (including the one you mention), primarily for the same purpose,
though I'm not fanatic about it. More in the event of anamolies noticed after uninstalls of such things as McAfee, Norton, etc., or on a system that someone else has royally trashed by installing/uninstalling stuff improperly, and in the same way -- looking at each entry that's flagged and evaluating it carefully. But the rule is, "If in doubt, leave it alone." By the way, the same goes for anti-spyware stuff. Even AdAware, probably the best that's out there, has on a few occasions returned false positives for me, mostly when there was a new app or Windows Update involved that AdAware had yet to account for, and most of that has been due to relatively recent added security hand-holding functions (better described as hand-wringing!) Fortunately, most if not all of these entreis are automatically restored and simply show up on the next AdAware scan again. That's how I noticed them. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.org/articles/cleanboot.htm http://grystmill.org/articles/security.htm Daave wrote: Angel wrote: Today I opened my inbox, low and behold McAfee sent me an email wanting to sell me their Register Cleaner!! I remember the one they sent me to clean out their product and it cleaned out other things that were needed to run some programs. I then tried to re-install their VirusScan and could not. I was lucky that I had backed up my computer using Drive Image that came with my computer. I would never use a register cleaner because it does not determine the good from the bad register files. It is better to use Gary's Clean Boot instructions. I am planning on using it again soon. Good work, Angel! I know very little about registry cleaners. I do occasionally use RegCleaner (the older version recommended by Shep) after uninstalling apps. I specifically search for instances of remnants of the recently uninstalled apps. Of course I back up the registry before making any changes. I have a feeling this is a different type of registry cleaner; perhaps the others overreach and don't allow the user to manually select? I've never had a problem with my method. What do others think about this issue? |
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Register Cleaners (no way)
Hi,
When McAfee sent me their cleaner that was only to uninstall all if the McAfee VirusScan automatically, it cleaned out a lot more and did not clean out all McAfee VirusScan. I had to go to my backup. Then I had to do the Clean Boot in order to get rid of it McAfee so I could install Avast! McAfee was giving me all kinds of problems with Windows 98. I do not know much about other register cleaners. I still do not trust them. A business man I know who works with computers said he never would use them because they cannot determine the difference between a good or bad registry entry. So he cleans out his manually. There are so many shared files and he won't get touch them. He calls his friend for help with some of his computer stuff, he says he is not an expert on programing Angel. "Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message ... I use them (including the one you mention), primarily for the same purpose, though I'm not fanatic about it. More in the event of anamolies noticed after uninstalls of such things as McAfee, Norton, etc., or on a system that someone else has royally trashed by installing/uninstalling stuff improperly, and in the same way -- looking at each entry that's flagged and evaluating it carefully. But the rule is, "If in doubt, leave it alone." By the way, the same goes for anti-spyware stuff. Even AdAware, probably the best that's out there, has on a few occasions returned false positives for me, mostly when there was a new app or Windows Update involved that AdAware had yet to account for, and most of that has been due to relatively recent added security hand-holding functions (better described as hand-wringing!) Fortunately, most if not all of these entreis are automatically restored and simply show up on the next AdAware scan again. That's how I noticed them. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.org/articles/cleanboot.htm http://grystmill.org/articles/security.htm Daave wrote: Angel wrote: Today I opened my inbox, low and behold McAfee sent me an email wanting to sell me their Register Cleaner!! I remember the one they sent me to clean out their product and it cleaned out other things that were needed to run some programs. I then tried to re-install their VirusScan and could not. I was lucky that I had backed up my computer using Drive Image that came with my computer. I would never use a register cleaner because it does not determine the good from the bad register files. It is better to use Gary's Clean Boot instructions. I am planning on using it again soon. Good work, Angel! I know very little about registry cleaners. I do occasionally use RegCleaner (the older version recommended by Shep) after uninstalling apps. I specifically search for instances of remnants of the recently uninstalled apps. Of course I back up the registry before making any changes. I have a feeling this is a different type of registry cleaner; perhaps the others overreach and don't allow the user to manually select? I've never had a problem with my method. What do others think about this issue? |
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Register Cleaners (no way)
Eww, /that/ would be one scary-lookin' SOB!
Gary S. Terhune wrote: ROFL!!! And do we have a first-born son ready to present, yet? PA Bear wrote: OMG, yes, that's what happened to me! You must be omniscient, GAry! Gary S. Terhune wrote: Keep it up, Angel, and you'll be answering questions instead of asking them, s. Angel wrote: Today I opened my inbox, low and behold McAfee sent me an email wanting to sell me their Register Cleaner!! I remember the one they sent me to clean out their product and it cleaned out other things that were needed to run some programs. I then tried to re-install their VirusScan and could not. I was lucky that I had backed up my computer using Drive Image that came with my computer. I would never use a register cleaner because it does not determine the good from the bad register files. It is better to use Gary's Clean Boot instructions. I am planning on using it again soon. Angel |
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Register Cleaners (no way)
Assuming it was yours...
-- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm "PA Bear" wrote in message ... Eww, /that/ would be one scary-lookin' SOB! Gary S. Terhune wrote: ROFL!!! And do we have a first-born son ready to present, yet? PA Bear wrote: OMG, yes, that's what happened to me! You must be omniscient, GAry! Gary S. Terhune wrote: Keep it up, Angel, and you'll be answering questions instead of asking them, s. Angel wrote: Today I opened my inbox, low and behold McAfee sent me an email wanting to sell me their Register Cleaner!! I remember the one they sent me to clean out their product and it cleaned out other things that were needed to run some programs. I then tried to re-install their VirusScan and could not. I was lucky that I had backed up my computer using Drive Image that came with my computer. I would never use a register cleaner because it does not determine the good from the bad register files. It is better to use Gary's Clean Boot instructions. I am planning on using it again soon. Angel |
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