Is there a Microsoft licensed registry cleaner? I have heard horror stories about the unlicensed products available out there.

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My computer freezes sometimes and it is not as fast as it once was.

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On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:18:07 +0000, sublimus wrote:

ok, but what about a registry cleaner?

Stay away from them all!

Registry cleaning programs are all snake oil. Cleaning of the

registry isn't needed and is dangerous. Leave the registry alone and

don't use any registry cleaner. Despite what many people think, and

what vendors of registry cleaning software try to convince you of,

having unused registry entries doesn't really hurt you.

The risk of a serious problem caused by a registry cleaner erroneously

removing an entry you need is far greater than any potential benefit

it may have.

Read http://www.edbott.com/weblog/archives/000643.html

And also

http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2005/10/02/registry-junk-a-windows-fact-of-life.aspx

Let me point out that neither I nor anyone else who warns against the

use of registry cleaners has ever said that they always cause

problems. If they always caused problems, they would disappear from

the market almost immediately. Many people have used a registry

cleaner and never had a problem with it.

Rather, the problem with a registry cleaner is that it carries with it

the substantial risk of having a problem. And since there is no

benefit to using a registry cleaner, running that risk is a very bad

bargain.

Ken Blake

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The following link is Microsoft recommendations regarding registry cleaners which holds true for all versions of Windows:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Are-registry-cleaners-necessary

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Look to running a check for malware and avoid the use of registry cleaners..

Microsoft Security Essentials

SuperAntispyware - http://download.cnet.com/SuperAntiSpyware-Free-Edition/3000-8022_4-10523889.html

Windows Defender - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=435BFCE7-DA2B-4A6A-AFA4-F7F14E605A0D&displaylang=en

Malwarebytes - www.malwarebytes.org

WinPatrol.. This utility will warn if something is trying to sneak into start-up without you knowing. It will also allow you to manage start-up items much better than you can with MSCONFIG..

www.winpatrol.com

Mike Hall MVP - Windows Desktop Experience http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

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2010-11-25T22:05:46+00:00

I gave the thread another read and I concur with your post. I've marked it appropriately.

In the future if you disagree with how something has been marked, I'd suggest clicking the "Report As Abuse" button on the specific post or create a post in Feedback with a link to the thread. It's rare that we come back across older, answered threads like this one (I got lucky on this one!).

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2010-11-25T15:22:01+00:00

@DatabaseBen

There's currently a pilot in the Vista Networking and Gaming forums testing a new Answer Marking Policy. If you'd like to learn more about it and submit feedback concerning how you feel we should mark answers, I'd highly recommend visiting the following thread:

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/answersfeedback/thread/383f13ed-c705-49ea-9a55-6478cf070023

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thanks cody. however i am aware of the pilot program and the feedback forum. perhaps the problem is that the pilot program doesn't provide training and common sense.

a solution provided to me is to create threads on the feedback forum or elsewhere that scrutinizes the objectivity of any moderators or support engineers everytime time i see a decision that is not on the up n up. however, i think we all have the capacity to see the problems and the integrity to work on them together without using "embarrasment" as a tool or weapon.

keiths proposal as an answer is simply wrong. the question from the o.p. is specific, ie "Is there a Microsoft licensed registry cleaner?"

the answers are either "Yes" or "Microsoft's One Care Online Scanner". However, the response's can also be either "Yes, but...." or "No".

Please tell me how the "keith the support engineer" interpreted a response from Mike Hall referring a number of programs as the correct answer.

we must all be resolute and determine to maintain this forum for answers. Answers are the primary focus for this forum and opinions are secondary.

a moderator should reclassify Mike Halls posting as "helpful" and propose the Steve Winograd's post as the "exact answer" - regardless of opinions for the use of the utility or against it. Regardless, if it helped resolved the problem described and included with the original post but was not a question.

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