JG Seven Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 Hello all, Pretty straightforward: are the following issues safe to fix? I know I can make backups before actually attempting to fix the issues, but I'd rather ask here first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethec Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 No offense intended, but if you are asking here something about the Registry Cleaner, you shouldn't use it. "Useless" reg keys won't degrade performance or whatever, unless you have serious problems (e.g. a program that failed to uninstall) Piriform French translator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishi Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 Make a system restore point prior to the cleaning and make a backup of the registry using a program called Erunt. I do believe that useless or corrupt registry keys degrade the computer's performance in contrary to Aethec but with only a few of them, its almost impossible to tell that removing them would improve performance. However many more useless or corrupt registry keys would in deed slow down the performance to an extent. I love computer maintenance tasks. Some of my favorite programs: Wordpad -basic word processing Notepad - temporary clipboard and basic scripting module Windows Media Player 12- video, music and online radio player Windows Media Center - live TV, local FM radio CCleaner- handy computer maintenance tool If something fails to work after using the registry cleaner, use SYSTEM RESTORE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethec Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 Make a system restore point prior to the cleaning and make a backup of the registry using a program called Erunt. I do believe that useless or corrupt registry keys degrade the computer's performance in contrary to Aethec but with only a few of them, its almost impossible to tell that removing them would improve performance. However many more useless or corrupt registry keys would in deed slow down the performance to an extent. Unless the said reg keys are really corrupt (i.e. they should contain valid data, have programs wanting for them, but don't have any valid data in them) and not simply "forgotten" after an uninstall or something, it won't degrade the computer's performance. Piriform French translator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted May 1, 2010 Moderators Share Posted May 1, 2010 If Skype is still installed I'd ignore those registry issues, otherwise you might very well have to reinstall Skype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JG Seven Posted May 1, 2010 Author Share Posted May 1, 2010 Thanks for the replies, everyone. I think I'll just ignore those entries (add to the exclude list) like Andavari suggested. I'd rather not risk messing it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishi Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Unless the said reg keys are really corrupt (i.e. they should contain valid data, have programs wanting for them, but don't have any valid data in them) and not simply "forgotten" after an uninstall or something, it won't degrade the computer's performance. There is no absolute claim that it will or will not degrade the computer's performance. I love computer maintenance tasks. Some of my favorite programs: Wordpad -basic word processing Notepad - temporary clipboard and basic scripting module Windows Media Player 12- video, music and online radio player Windows Media Center - live TV, local FM radio CCleaner- handy computer maintenance tool If something fails to work after using the registry cleaner, use SYSTEM RESTORE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwillener Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 There is no absolute claim that it will or will not degrade the computer's performance. Unused, forgotten, left-over, orphan registry keys may make the registry files a few KB larger, but they have no effect whatsoever on the computer's, or Windows, or applications performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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