OK, so where are the “Open Source” registry cleaners?
Can somebody Google that for me???
I’ve used ccleaner up until about a year ago and I liked it a lot, but I’ve made a switch to tweaknow regcleaner and I like it better.
Anybody ever try Little Registry Cleaner?
It is a project of SourceForge.net which
has a good reputation for creating good stuff
CCleaner owns naive registry cleaning, somehow superficially.
Mil Shield has good registry cleaning but still missing lots of options in this field.
Mil Shield is my daily cleaner, Ccleaner too.
Try Registry Mechanic.
Wow, you use Mil Shield, Ccleaner, Registry Mechanic all at the same time?
On another note, does Registry Mechanic work OK after it’s annual
subscription has expired? OR, does it not work too well after that?
You guys never heard of anyone using Little Registry Cleaner?
Seems like it would be more popular being a Sourge Forge project
Little Registry Cleaner? never heard of it.
I’m fan of mil shield, though . It supports even Opera cookie management… and popular browsers traces cleaning… and of course, a smart registry management…
And yes, I’m a woman but not necessarily a stupid woman 
Do you have to pay an annual fee for mil shield
or just a one time fee when purchased?
KM Richards, if you want something to keep your system running speedy, I recommend TuneUp Utilities, you do pay for new versions each year (the major releases) but after the initial version you get a heavy discount on the upgrades. It’s the best tool I’ve encountered for managing windows and has pretty much every kind of tool you can think of. Registry cleaning, disk cleaning, tweaks to startup and shutdown, defragging, (et all) - there’s around 30 tools in the thing and I’ve no complaints 
I’m thinking there should be some quality Open Source programs for this by now
since Windows needs the occasional tweaking.
I’m trying to stay away from progs that make you pay a fee each year…after all,
if I purchase their product I should be able to continue using it without an annual fee
There isn’t an open source product, but how about free?
http://www.glaryutilities.com/
Their free edition is mean’t to do a pretty decent job.
PS: It’s not technically an annual fee, most products only offer upgrades to minor versions. Do you say the same about Microsoft products? They get upgraded every now and again and you are required to pay for the new version, it’s pretty much the same, just Microsoft have a slower upgrade cycle.
I would have to agree the Glary Utilities is pretty solid as a registry cleaner, but I would ultimately recommend CCleaner. I have used a few programs that I had to pay for and CCleaner does just as much as they did, if not better! CCleaner is very thorough and by using it on a consistent basis you should notice a difference in how your PC operates.
Does this prog require an annual fee?
I’ve been using Registry Mechanic and I had to have my bank kill my credit card (had to get a new card number) because every year they would charge my card $29.95 and for what I don’t know.
The program still works, I think…but since I no longer pay, I cannot download their “updates” which I don’t even know if I need er not.
Windows is a little different as they don’t charge for updates. They do charge when they produce a whole new release (like Windows 7) but I can go on using XP for years if I want without having to pay an annual fee.
If I received something worth purchasing for the annual fee, I might consider it but I think Registry Mechanic is just trying to keep their hands in my pocket for their little game of pocket pool…and it doesn’t feel too good :goof:
CCleaner is a freeware program. No annual fees, no payment for anything. Download, install and use. The only “hitch,” if you want to call this that, is during the install it gives you the option to install the Yahoo toolbar. I always make sure to uncheck it. Some people don’t look for that nor do they realize what they are getting.
This comes highly recommended from many and it performs just as good as any paid program. Problem that I find with many of these paid programs is they talk to much and perform very little. On top of that I have seen programs such as Registry Mechanic wreak havoc on a clients system. Piraform also makes a few other handy programs that are free as well. A defragmenter and file recovery. Look into those as well. Excellent!
Does the defragmenter provide a way to schedule auto defrags, like in the middle of the night? That’s be cool to be able to keep the ol hard drive defraged automatically on a daily basis
OK, I guess I’ll go with CCleaner and ditch the Registry Mechanic since many of the resident experts recommend it.
And, if it works good for me I’ll donate a few bucks to help their cause since I don’t mind paying a one time fee.
OK, I was just over there checking out http://www.PiriForm.com and if it’s true that “Our software is compact, well designed and targeted to the job that you need” then this should be very good.
Yes, it looks like their defrag utility can be scheduled to defrag when I want so I’ll be road testing CCleaner, and Defraggler shortly when I switch to Windows 7 (I’m in the process of seeing which of my current progs I can keep and what I’m going to need new)
Defraggler supports 64 bit Windows 7, and hopefully CCleaner does as well
Yes, all Piriforms programs support 64-bit versions of Win 7. Enjoy!
- Cheers
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no fee for Mil shield.Just a one time fee when purchased the program, they actually offer free support and free upgrades for 2 years. :tup:
if we talk about the same program, though :
Question about Defraggler… after degragging my C Drive, it shows
“32% Fragmentation”…should that be 0% after it’s been defragged?
Just curious is anybody know whassup with all dat
i use xp manager and it does a good job for me. one of its best traits is when cleaning a software it also cleans it from reg after confirming with you.
many programs leaves their mark on your reg and it can create problems so it deals with that too.