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I know that Spybot S&D has a function that protects registries from changes. But I would like to know if there's any good and free programs that can do the same thing.
And talking about registry fixers, I believe I already have CCleaner to fix (erase) them. But for a real fixer, I'm not quite sure of that.
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with fixing the registry? And with erasing it?
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Is your registry broken?
And erasing it is a sure way to force a total reinstall of Windows, IMO.
Kees
I'm not sure what you mean by "Spybot S&D has a function that protects registries from changes". It doesn't as far as I can see. I can make changes to my registry and Spybot stays silent.
What it does do, is to protect certain areas of the registry that hold things like Run or Run Once, or it can stop the IE Home Page from being hijacked. But only if it is running in the background, (its Tea Timer service).
So, is that what you are looking for, or do you want something else.
In my view SpywareBlaster from http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html would do a better job. Its downloaded definitions "immunises" the registry from changes without running in the background. it is not even a scanner. Just keep it updated. SpywareBlaster does not need to remain open for its protection to be active!
Another utility I use, which is very small and unintrusive, is Startup Monitor from http://www.mlin.net/StartupMonitor.shtml
It is only 60kb and checks for any programs/applications that try to set themselves to "run at startup". It's very useful for those apps like Real Player, IM's or other things that try to flood your startup list with entries, and is also useful against trojans or any malware that attempt to set themselves to Run, or RunOnce, or load on startup. It works on all Windows except it has not been tested on Vista.
I hope that helps.
Mark
Hi,
In past i also used Ccleaner..it works fine but the prob is.. it only cleans the regs..& it hink Optimization also requied for regs..As u r looking for registry fixer... u can try this one Regclean pro....provided by Systweak..It cleans and optimize registries..which are affecting badly..to ur PC as these registries takes a big space in background..& affect the whole system..its a best registry cleaner i used so far..!It helps in improving my performance of my PC..!!
U can download it 4m systweak site.
Firstly you are posting to a 2007 discussion. The decision has been made by now.
But in any case we never recommend Registry Cleaners in these forums. The reports and posts we see from users who have used such and ended up with non-working operating systems are too numerous to list.
RegClean appears to be one of the culprits.
Mark
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