My computer running XP is slow to boot up and I noticed I have several
registry entries for programs that I have uninstalled from the "Add & Remove
Programs" in control panel. Would it help to delete these registry entries?
I have emptied my temp internet folder, deleted the cookies, defraged the
drive and it is still slow. Any suggestions?

try this

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/a...leaner_why.htm

and this

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/center/cleanup.htm

and this

http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-...c_cid=mscom_hp

- db

"nkg554" <nkg554@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DE478050-9E02-4D0C-A03A-355E65E6D147@microsoft.com...
> My computer running XP is slow to boot up and I noticed I have several
> registry entries for programs that I have uninstalled from the "Add &
> Remove
> Programs" in control panel. Would it help to delete these registry
> entries?
> I have emptied my temp internet folder, deleted the cookies, defraged
> the
> drive and it is still slow. Any suggestions?
>

NKG554,

Never use a registry cleaner

The only way to help speed up boot is to check what is running on startup

You can use a free application called 'autoruns' & look on the LOGON tab at the
RUN registry keys. The application can be found here:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys.../autoruns.mspx

To answer your other question:

These redundant entries aren't going to make a lot of difference so, leave them
be is my advice

--
Newbie Coder
(It's just a name)




"´¯`·.. > `" <)))ºdatabaseben.public.newsgroup.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ux0zeNgrHHA.3492@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>
> try this
>
> http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/a...leaner_why.htm
>
> and this
>
> http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/center/cleanup.htm
>
> and this
>
> http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-...c_cid=mscom_hp
>
> - db
>
> "nkg554" <nkg554@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:DE478050-9E02-4D0C-A03A-355E65E6D147@microsoft.com...
> > My computer running XP is slow to boot up and I noticed I have several
> > registry entries for programs that I have uninstalled from the "Add &
> > Remove
> > Programs" in control panel. Would it help to delete these registry
> > entries?
> > I have emptied my temp internet folder, deleted the cookies, defraged
> > the
> > drive and it is still slow. Any suggestions?
> >
>

I like the registry cleaner found on CCleaner
Download at www.ccleaner.com

Most people are against Registry Cleaners, and there is a good reason why.
Most of them aren't exactly what they should be. Editing the registry and
taking away files can severely damage your PC if you don't know what you are
doing.

The only registry cleaner I've ever liked other than the one I just
mentioned is Registry Mechanic. You can find it here
http://www.pctools.com/registry-mechanic/

There was one more registry cleaner that I used to use but I cannot think of
the name, but if you use these two you should be fine. I recommend only
running one at a time, and I suggest installing and running CCleaner first.


Hope this helps -
Matt





On 6/13/07 4:09 PM, in article
DE478050-9E02-4D0C-A03A-355E65E6D147@microsoft.com, "nkg554"
<nkg554@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> My computer running XP is slow to boot up and I noticed I have several
> registry entries for programs that I have uninstalled from the "Add & Remove
> Programs" in control panel. Would it help to delete these registry entries?
> I have emptied my temp internet folder, deleted the cookies, defraged the
> drive and it is still slow. Any suggestions?
>

"nkg554" wrote
> My computer running XP is slow to boot up and I noticed I have several
> registry entries for programs that I have uninstalled from the "Add &
> Remove
> Programs" in control panel. Would it help to delete these registry
> entries?
> I have emptied my temp internet folder, deleted the cookies, defraged the
> drive and it is still slow. Any suggestions?

I suggest you not use an automated registry cleaner. They can cause more
problems than they fix. The only way to use one is to scan but not fix
entries. Then look at what it flags and do some research on those issues to
see if they could be the cause. Make any changes manually. Unused/orphaned
entries in the registry do not, as a rule, cause problems.

Do some clean boot troubleshooting to see what's loading at startup to cause
the slowdown.

Clean Boot Troubleshooting

How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316434

How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310353

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

hmm...?,


>"Newbie Coder" <newbiecoder@spammeplease.com> wrote in message
>news:%23qpHlzgrHHA.1172@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> NKG554,
>
> Never use a registry cleaner

Obviously tou have been influenced with a myth. You should
evaluate your source of information and supporting facts against
the makers of the operating system and thier specialized program.

I have been using registry cleaners since they were first developed
many years ago and it won't be necessary to repeat what has already
been carved in stone by the experts:

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/a...leaner_why.htm



> The only way to help speed up boot is to check what is running on
> startup

Unfortunately, not true. There are other variables that can decrease
the speed of
booting. However, there are a number of ways to overcome this type of
degredation.



> You can use a free application called 'autoruns' & look on the LOGON
> tab at the
> RUN registry keys. The application can be found here:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys.../autoruns.mspx

Yes, it is a helpful program. However it may or may not prove to be
useful
to the o.p. because there may not be any invalid startups. But this
suggestion
is a pretty good one nonetheless, since it doesn't hurt to double check
for
other possibilties that can contribute to the issue. A better
suggestion you could
have provided would be PageDefrag, since the freeware specifically
addresses
another cause that adversely affects the registry hives system.



> To answer your other question:
>
> These redundant entries aren't going to make a lot of difference so,
> leave them
> be is my advice

Generally, it's never a good idea to keep anything that has absolutely
no value. Redundant
entries can imply 1 or more, 100 or more. The point is to remove
invalid keys that have
no use other than to contribute towards the corruption of the registry
file and the
system.

"A registry file that is precise and unfragmented is better than a
bloated and fragmented
registry that contains multitudes of invalid and unprecise keys".



> Newbie Coder
> (It's just a name)


>
>
>
>
> "´¯`·.. > `" <)))ºdatabaseben.public.newsgroup.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> news:ux0zeNgrHHA.3492@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>
>> try this
>>
>> http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/a...leaner_why.htm
>>
>> and this
>>
>> http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/center/cleanup.htm
>>
>> and this
>>
>> http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-...c_cid=mscom_hp
>>
>> - db
>>
>> "nkg554" <nkg554@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:DE478050-9E02-4D0C-A03A-355E65E6D147@microsoft.com...
>> > My computer running XP is slow to boot up and I noticed I have
>> > several
>> > registry entries for programs that I have uninstalled from the "Add
>> > &
>> > Remove
>> > Programs" in control panel. Would it help to delete these registry
>> > entries?
>> > I have emptied my temp internet folder, deleted the cookies,
>> > defraged
>> > the
>> > drive and it is still slow. Any suggestions?
>> >
>>
>
>

Thanks -- I did this a while back and couldn't remember what it was called.

"´¯`·.. ><)))º>`" wrote:

>
> try this
>
> http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/a...leaner_why.htm
>
> and this
>
> http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/center/cleanup.htm
>
> and this
>
> http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-...c_cid=mscom_hp
>
> - db
>
> "nkg554" <nkg554@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:DE478050-9E02-4D0C-A03A-355E65E6D147@microsoft.com...
> > My computer running XP is slow to boot up and I noticed I have several
> > registry entries for programs that I have uninstalled from the "Add &
> > Remove
> > Programs" in control panel. Would it help to delete these registry
> > entries?
> > I have emptied my temp internet folder, deleted the cookies, defraged
> > the
> > drive and it is still slow. Any suggestions?
> >
>
>

Thanks -- I'll read these and try it.



"Rock" wrote:

> "nkg554" wrote
> > My computer running XP is slow to boot up and I noticed I have several
> > registry entries for programs that I have uninstalled from the "Add &
> > Remove
> > Programs" in control panel. Would it help to delete these registry
> > entries?
> > I have emptied my temp internet folder, deleted the cookies, defraged the
> > drive and it is still slow. Any suggestions?
>
> I suggest you not use an automated registry cleaner. They can cause more
> problems than they fix. The only way to use one is to scan but not fix
> entries. Then look at what it flags and do some research on those issues to
> see if they could be the cause. Make any changes manually. Unused/orphaned
> entries in the registry do not, as a rule, cause problems.
>
> Do some clean boot troubleshooting to see what's loading at startup to cause
> the slowdown.
>
> Clean Boot Troubleshooting
>
> How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560
>
> How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316434
>
> How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310353
>
> --
> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
>
>

nkg554 wrote:
> My computer running XP is slow to boot up and I noticed I have several
> registry entries for programs that I have uninstalled from the "Add & Remove
> Programs" in control panel. Would it help to delete these registry entries?

Not so much that a human could notice any difference, no.


> I have emptied my temp internet folder, deleted the cookies, defraged the
> drive and it is still slow. Any suggestions?
>

How many applications/processes do you have running in the background?
Do you need all of them?


--

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Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand Russell

´¯`·.. ><)))º>` wrote:
>
> hmm...?,
>
>
>> "Newbie Coder" <newbiecoder@spammeplease.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23qpHlzgrHHA.1172@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> NKG554,
>>
>> Never use a registry cleaner
>

Agreed.

> Obviously tou have been influenced with a myth. You should
> evaluate your source of information and supporting facts against
> the makers of the operating system and thier specialized program.
>

No, he's obviously an experienced technician who isn't swayed by empty
marketing hype, unlike yourself.


> I have been using registry cleaners since they were first developed
> many years ago...


And I crossed a street without getting hit by a car.... So what?
Where's the proff that registry cleaners serve any purpose beyond
separating the gullible from their money?


.... and it won't be necessary to repeat what has already
> been carved in stone by the experts:
>
> http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/a...leaner_why.htm
>
>

Marketing "hype" is nothing to cite if you're trying to prove a point.
Why don't you cite *technical* experts, rather than advertising copy?
Instead, why don't you point out the test results from independent
laboratories that demonstrate that registry cleaners do any good? Oh,
wait; you can't. There are none.




--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
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They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand Russell

Matt Fowler wrote:
> I like the registry cleaner found on CCleaner
> Download at www.ccleaner.com
>


CCleaner's registry scanner seems relatively benign, as long as you
step through each detected "issue" one at a time, to determine if it
really is an "issue" or not, and then decide whether or not to let the
application "fix" it. In my testing, though, most of the reported
"issues" won't be issues, at all. I tried the latest version on a
brand-new OS installation with no additional applications installed, and
certainly none installed and then uninstalled, and CCleaner still
managed to "find" over a hundred allegedly orphaned registry entries and
dozens of purportedly "suspicious" files.

CCleaner's main strength, and the only reason I use it, lies in its
usefulness for cleaning up unused temporary files from the hard drive;
as a registry "cleaner," it's not significantly better or worse than any
other snake oil product of the same type.


> Most people are against Registry Cleaners, and there is a good reason why.
> Most of them aren't exactly what they should be. Editing the registry and
> taking away files can severely damage your PC if you don't know what you are
> doing.
>

Correct. 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.



> The only registry cleaner I've ever liked other than the one I just
> mentioned is Registry Mechanic. You can find it here
> http://www.pctools.com/registry-mechanic/
>

More Snake Oil, I'm afraid.




--

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safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand Russell

:-)

innocent by-standers having pc
issues because of a corrupted registry
were no more that wounded prey whereas
person's like yourself including several MVP use
to gang up for the kill, like rabid wolves.

Fortunately my experience and the backing
of Microsoft far (far) outweighs
your opinion on this subject.

I am confident that others won't
share your opinions when they are looking
for solutions (tangible solutions).

You are welcome to wallow in your intelligence.
But it would be prudent to do so under your
own sub thread....

- db


"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote in message
news:ufUuJeirHHA.1296@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> ´¯`·.. ><)))º>` wrote:
>>
>> hmm...?,
>>
>>
>>> "Newbie Coder" <newbiecoder@spammeplease.com> wrote in message
>>> news:%23qpHlzgrHHA.1172@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> NKG554,
>>>
>>> Never use a registry cleaner
>>
>
> Agreed.
>
>> Obviously tou have been influenced with a myth. You should
>> evaluate your source of information and supporting facts against
>> the makers of the operating system and thier specialized program.
>>
>
> No, he's obviously an experienced technician who isn't swayed by empty
> marketing hype, unlike yourself.
>
>
>> I have been using registry cleaners since they were first developed
>> many years ago...
>
>
> And I crossed a street without getting hit by a car.... So what?
> Where's the proff that registry cleaners serve any purpose beyond
> separating the gullible from their money?
>
>
> ... and it won't be necessary to repeat what has already
>> been carved in stone by the experts:
>>
>> http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/a...leaner_why.htm
>>
>>
>
> Marketing "hype" is nothing to cite if you're trying to prove a point.
> Why don't you cite *technical* experts, rather than advertising copy?
> Instead, why don't you point out the test results from independent
> laboratories that demonstrate that registry cleaners do any good? Oh,
> wait; you can't. There are none.
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Bruce Chambers
>
> Help us help you:
> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin
>
> Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand
> Russell

you're welcome.

others that i have used with confidence
are Eusing and RegSeeker.

you may find the above helpful
as well as interesting....

g.l.


"nkg554" <nkg554@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6BE2F616-ED81-4713-96DA-AEEFA9E205F7@microsoft.com...
> Thanks -- I did this a while back and couldn't remember what it was
> called.
>
> "´¯`·.. ><)))º>`" wrote:
>
>>
>> try this
>>
>> http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/a...leaner_why.htm
>>
>> and this
>>
>> http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/center/cleanup.htm
>>
>> and this
>>
>> http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-...c_cid=mscom_hp
>>
>> - db
>>
>> "nkg554" <nkg554@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:DE478050-9E02-4D0C-A03A-355E65E6D147@microsoft.com...
>> > My computer running XP is slow to boot up and I noticed I have
>> > several
>> > registry entries for programs that I have uninstalled from the "Add
>> > &
>> > Remove
>> > Programs" in control panel. Would it help to delete these registry
>> > entries?
>> > I have emptied my temp internet folder, deleted the cookies,
>> > defraged
>> > the
>> > drive and it is still slow. Any suggestions?
>> >
>>
>>

I run "msconfig" regularly -- that's the first place I go when my computer
gets slow, and I have my Norton AV , keyboard, mouse, systray & the only
other program I have starting is Office. I currently have the Realtek audio
file starting, but I'm going to uncheck that one and see if it makes any
difference.

I have in the past searched for all my temp files using *tmp and then
deleting them. I never had a problem when I did this on Win 98, but haven't
done it in XP. Is there any reason why I need the temp files -- if not, I'll
search for them and delete them.

Thanks for your help.
N Glenn

"Bruce Chambers" wrote:

> nkg554 wrote:
> > My computer running XP is slow to boot up and I noticed I have several
> > registry entries for programs that I have uninstalled from the "Add & Remove
> > Programs" in control panel. Would it help to delete these registry entries?
>
> Not so much that a human could notice any difference, no.
>
>
> > I have emptied my temp internet folder, deleted the cookies, defraged the
> > drive and it is still slow. Any suggestions?
> >
>
> How many applications/processes do you have running in the background?
> Do you need all of them?
>
>
> --
>
> Bruce Chambers
>
> Help us help you:
> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin
>
> Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand Russell
>

"nkg554" <nkg554@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DE478050-9E02-4D0C-A03A-355E65E6D147@microsoft.com...
> My computer running XP is slow to boot up and I noticed I have several
> registry entries for programs that I have uninstalled from the "Add &
> Remove
> Programs" in control panel. Would it help to delete these registry
> entries?
> I have emptied my temp internet folder, deleted the cookies, defraged
> the
> drive and it is still slow. Any suggestions?

How long does it take boot up?

Once booted up, is it still slow?

As others have said, orphanned registry entries will have *very* little,
if any, impact on boot time or performance.

Here's a good resource on speeding up a sluggish PC:

http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm