Hi,
I am new to this group.. I baught Vista Home premium ver. Previously
was using XP Pro media center 2005..
My question is .. is ther any benifit of using Registry Repair Program
for ... Vista versions.. BTW how about
Spyware and malware programs... Thanks in advance.. (for Xp I was using
those programs..)

Ahmed

you wont need any of those. i recommend microsoft onecare though as an anti
virus and stronger firewall. vista is alot more secure than xp and has
windows defender built in. you should be fine without any added registry
repair things and they're probably not even be compatible.

-jeff
"Ahmed" <msnews@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I am new to this group.. I baught Vista Home premium ver. Previously
> was using XP Pro media center 2005..
> My question is .. is ther any benifit of using Registry Repair Program
> for ... Vista versions.. BTW how about
> Spyware and malware programs... Thanks in advance.. (for Xp I was using
> those programs..)
>
> Ahmed[/color]

thanks Jeff .. promt reply. appreciate
"Jeff" <honda@hondas.hon> wrote in message
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> you wont need any of those. i recommend microsoft onecare though as an
> anti virus and stronger firewall. vista is alot more secure than xp and
> has windows defender built in. you should be fine without any added
> registry repair things and they're probably not even be compatible.
>
> -jeff
> "Ahmed" <msnews@microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:eO1GvF%23mHHA.3888@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> Hi,
>> I am new to this group.. I baught Vista Home premium ver. Previously
>> was using XP Pro media center 2005..
>> My question is .. is ther any benifit of using Registry Repair
>> Program for ... Vista versions.. BTW how about
>> Spyware and malware programs... Thanks in advance.. (for Xp I was
>> using those programs..)
>>
>> Ahmed[/color]
>[/color]

I would stay away from registry repair programs in both XP and Vista. They
can cause more problems than they solve. You will need an antivirus and
possibly an antispyware program. I use nod32 for antivirus and the built in
Windows Defender for antispyware.

--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
[url]http://www.vistahelp.ca[/url]


"Ahmed" <msnews@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:eO1GvF%23mHHA.3888@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Hi,
> I am new to this group.. I baught Vista Home premium ver. Previously
> was using XP Pro media center 2005..
> My question is .. is ther any benifit of using Registry Repair Program
> for ... Vista versions.. BTW how about
> Spyware and malware programs... Thanks in advance.. (for Xp I was using
> those programs..)
>
> Ahmed[/color]

I'll definitely second that on registry repair programs -- they DO cause more
problems than they solve.


"Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message
news:OJUN7z%23mHHA.4424@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
>I would stay away from registry repair programs in both XP and Vista. They can
>cause more problems than they solve. You will need an antivirus and possibly an
>antispyware program. I use nod32 for antivirus and the built in Windows
>Defender for antispyware.
>
> --
> Kerry Brown
> Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
> [url]http://www.vistahelp.ca[/url]
>
>
> "Ahmed" <msnews@microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:eO1GvF%23mHHA.3888@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> Hi,
>> I am new to this group.. I baught Vista Home premium ver. Previously was
>> using XP Pro media center 2005..
>> My question is .. is ther any benifit of using Registry Repair Program
>> for ... Vista versions.. BTW how about
>> Spyware and malware programs... Thanks in advance.. (for Xp I was using
>> those programs..)
>>
>> Ahmed[/color]
>[/color]

Ahmed wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi,
> I am new to this group.. I baught Vista Home premium ver. Previously
> was using XP Pro media center 2005..
> My question is .. is ther any benifit of using Registry Repair
> Program for ...[/color]


No, No, a thousand times, No!

Why do you think your registry needs to be repaired?

What specific *problems* are you actually experiencing (not some
snake oil program's bogus listing of imaginary problems) that you think
can be fixed by using a registry cleaner? If you do have a problem that
is rooted in the registry, it would be far better to simply edit (after
backing up, of course) only the specific key(s) and/or value(s) that are
causing the problem. After all, why use a chainsaw when a scalpel will
do the job? Additionally, the manually changing of one or two registry
entries is far less likely to have the dire consequences of allowing an
automated product to make multiple changes simultaneously.

The registry contains all of the operating system's "knowledge" of
the computer's hardware devices, installed software, the location of the
device drivers, and the computer's configuration. A misstep in the
registry can have severe consequences. One should not even turning
loose a poorly understood automated "cleaner," unless he is fully
confident that he knows *exactly* what is going to happen as a result of
each and every change. Having seen the results of inexperienced people
using automated registry "cleaners," I can only advise all but the most
experienced computer technicians (and/or hobbyists) to avoid them all.
Experience has shown me that such tools simply are not safe in the hands
of the inexperienced user.

The only thing needed to safely clean your registry is knowledge
and Regedit.exe. If you lack the knowledge and experience to maintain
your registry by yourself, then you also lack the knowledge and
experience to safely configure and use any automated registry cleaner,
no matter how safe they claim to be.

Further, no one has ever demonstrated, to my satisfaction, that the
use of an automated registry cleaner, particularly by an untrained,
inexperienced computer user, does any real good. There's certainly been
no empirical evidence offered to demonstrate that the use of such
products to "clean" WinXP's registry improves a computer's performance
or stability.

I always use Regedit.exe. I trust my own experience and judgment
far more than I would any automated registry cleaner. I strongly
encourage others to acquire the knowledge, as well.


--

Bruce Chambers

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In general, registry repair problems are hawked as being designed to repair
errors and remove orphan entries in your registry.
If your machine is working, there is no reason what-so-ever to use them.

I have seen websites that advertise a 'free registry scan' or popup messages
saying, we have found 237 errors in your registry, click here to fix them.
Then they want you to spend $20-50 for a program that may well cause
problems where there weren't any.
Think Snake Oil, that is all they are selling!
As far as malware/spyware, Defender is built in, but there are others
available. Most of the differences are in personal preference.
Spybot Search & Destroy is one of my favorites, though the immunize feature
has caused some problems with Vista.
I like the Antivirus software from [url]http://free.grisoft.com[/url], though many here
use Avast.
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"Ahmed" <msnews@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I am new to this group.. I baught Vista Home premium ver. Previously
> was using XP Pro media center 2005..
> My question is .. is ther any benifit of using Registry Repair Program
> for ... Vista versions.. BTW how about
> Spyware and malware programs... Thanks in advance.. (for Xp I was using
> those programs..)
>
> Ahmed[/color]

"Ahmed" <msnews@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:eO1GvF%23mHHA.3888@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Hi,
> I am new to this group.. I baught Vista Home premium ver. Previously
> was using XP Pro media center 2005..
> My question is .. is ther any benifit of using Registry Repair Program
> for ... Vista versions.. BTW how about
> Spyware and malware programs... Thanks in advance.. (for Xp I was using
> those programs..)
>
> Ahmed[/color]


No, registry cleaners are intrinsically evil.

Not by virtue of what they do, or whether they've been written by a
competent or incompetent programmer, but simply by virtue of their name.

Registry Cleaner = bad. Simple.

If you carry out registry repairs manually using regedit then that is
perfectly ok, but if a program does exactly the same task in a fraction of
the time it would have taken you, then that is certainly not good. Why?
Because Registry Cleaners are inherently bad. Everyone knows that.

--
Jon