does windoes xp need a registry cleaner?
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yeah, they need cleaning regularily. download a program call cccleaner, it is free and will clean out all you junk files, clean out and optimize your registry. It is free, I use it and recommend it
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Never ever mess with the registry unless you know what you are doing! Its basically a place that Windows uses to store hardware and software configuration information, user preferences and setup information... and it is a mess. One of the reasons why I stick to Linux :)\n\nIf you really want to do some registry clean up, get CCleaner which is very useful. \n\nAnd always make a backup by going to File > Export and saving the current state of the registry. This can be imported at a later stage if something goes wrong
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Probably some of the registry entries are deleted here. \n\nProbably you may have to reinstall IE or you can go to this website for downloading the registry patch\n\nwww.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
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Don't use that it's totally rubbish!\nI've been using Advanced windowscare 2. Download and try it it's free!\n\nIt removes scanware and adware and prevents them being installed\nFixes invalid and incorrect registry entries.\nOptimizes system configuration.\nScans and cleans up temporary files.\nErases history and surfing traces.\nDetects and manages windows start up items.\n\nIt boosted my computers performance immediately and i've never had a problem with it...download it from here. \n\nhttp://www.majorgeeks.com/download4991.html
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have u tried using regedit????\n\n\ni guess you havent yet,,,\n\nbecause almost all infos can be seen in registry\nyou can even  manually clean a virus.. and change the name of your recycle bin or your "START"menu...\n\njust be very carefull when dealing with windows registry....
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the question is not clear. \nyou had an old copy of xp - WHERE. on a CD or PC?\n\nif it was on a CD - then it has no registry.\nif it was on another PC - then startup up that PC, click start->RUN->type"regedit" and search the registry for the KEY.\nif it was on this new PC (on which you installed XP again) - then the old registry is gone, as it was re-written by the new one.\n\nyou bought a new pc and installed XP - SO WHERE WAS THE OLD XP?
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The above post is instruction on how to restore your registry and select system files only, this most likely will not give you the desired results (especially since, by default, it only creates a backup of the last 5 successful bootups) and can actually cause errors in some applications.  \n\nTo reset the PC use either the restore disks that came with the PC if you have them or reformat and reinstall Windows using a full install version of 98.  Windows 98SE also supports the upgrade to Windows XP.  If you're interested, check here to see if your computer meets the recommended (not minimum - it will be very slow) requirements.\n\nhttp://www.pcpitstop.com/xpready/default.asp
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Yeah, ashicare4u answered that one pretty good, except you must be carefull what you do to the registry!  One minor change or accidental deleation of something can screw up your whole system, so be very careful. Even if your following directions to get rid of entries made by viruses or whatever, its a good idea to know what the registry is and how it works.
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If your PC is fresh out of the box, then no.  But if you've used it for several months, and particularly if you have installed and removed applications, then its a good idea.\n\nOther good reasons to warrant a registry cleaner:\n- Previous adware or spyware infections that have been forcibly removed by your antivirus/antispyware\n- Error messages from programs (particularly about DLLs)\n- Long delays when starting Explorer or Internet Explorer\n\nThink of the registry somewhat like a phone book.  When published (ie: when your PC is new), its mostly accurate.  Over time though, people (like applications) come and go or move.  If the registry is not correctly updated, and many programs, particularly their uninstallers, and prone to leaving a mess behind.\n\nThe -number- of errors is not as important as type of errors.  Unfortunately unless you're a developer, its hard to spot which is which, so best to fix them all.\n\nA word of caution:  there are dozens of shady ones out there that will exaggerate the number or severity of errors to throw a scare into you.\n\nI recommend the free personal version from here:\n\nhttp://RegistryOptimizer.com\n\nIt is fast, accurate, and professional.  More important, it does a registry backup before making any changes so you can "undo" the cleanup/repair.
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You know that there are usually files that are installed elsewhere.  There are also changes to the registry.  Even if you copy the programs over, I doubt they will run.  You best bet is to get the CD's they were installed from, if they were.
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try to download a registry cleaner or bot at the website below... search for freeware of course!!!!
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Check out this article on wikipedia\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_registry
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You will probably have to clean the harddrive and then reformat it. It has like 15 registry lines and if you miss one, it comes back.
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Where is the Registry?\nThe Registry Editor is the simplest way to work with the Registry settings, but it's just an interface: the actual data is stored in various binary files. If you're used to looking for the Registry in two or three files in your root directory, XP will be confusing because there are a lot more files and they're scattered around your hard drive. There are different files for each user as well as system and user versions of several files. To get a definitive list look at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE&#92;SystemCurrentControlSet&#92; ControlHiveList in the Registry Editor. There are also LOG files that store changes to the Registry that are in memory, but haven't yet been saved to the Registry files - if your PC crashes while the keys are being changed Windows can roll back to the original file or copy the changes from the LOG file as necessary.\n\nIf anything goes wrong and Windows XP can't boot using the information in the Registry, it will try to revert to a previous version that works - if you've got a problem starting Windows XP, press [F8] when you see the operating system start up and choose Last Known Good. That tells Windows to load from a copy of the control set of keys that worked the last time you booted up - you can see what that represents inside the Registry by looking at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE&#92;SystemSelect via the Registry Editor.\n\nIf your system is working well, the Current and Default versions of the Registry will be the same and there will only be one back-up version as Last Known Good - if Windows didn't manage to boot, the details of the problematic version of the Registry will be in Failed, and if you keep making changes that don't work, so you have to revert to Last Known Good, you'll get more control sets to make sure there's always a working control set as a last resort.\n\nWindows XP also takes copies of the Registry settings as a part of the System Restore points, whether it's the daily System Checkpoint or the automatic backup before you install software. You can use that information to restore a corrupt Registry using the command-line Recovery Console, but it's a complicated process (see support.microsoft.com) and you'll need to boot from the Windows XP CD and log on as an administrative user (or start up in Safe mode and use the hidden Administrator account for XP Home). If you want more control over what's restored when you have Registry problems, or you're going to be making a lot of important changes to the Registry, you should start taking your own backups.\n\nRegistry files\nJust about every setting inside Windows is stored inside the Registry. The Registry even contains the details of the files that make up the Registry database. When you open the Registry Editor you see them concatenated together into a single view. There are five main sections, called hives, rather than the six branches in Windows 98/Me: the dynamic data from Plug and Play devices is no longer in the Registry. Plus HKEY_CURRENT_USER points at the appropriate section of HKEY_USERS and HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG links to the current section of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, so there are a lot of duplications. That's often why you need to edit the Registry by hand - to make sure that duplicate entries all say the same thing.\n\nControlSet001 has the Registry information that Windows XP used when it last successfully booted: Windows copies this into ControlSet002 as a backup and saves the changes you make to your system into ControlSet001. If you pick Last Known Good at boot up, Windows will make ControlSet003 to store the working configuration in case you cause problems. So that programs don't run into problems figuring out which number control set to work with, CurrentControlSet is a copy of ControlSet001\n\nfor more detailed information \n\nhttp://www.pcanswers.co.uk/tutorials/?pagetypeid=2&articleid=7934&subsectionid=607\n\n\nThe PATH Environment Variable\n\nThe
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Try using a software to remove all registry... Files..\n\nThen Install it again...\n\nok..\n\n\nbye..
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use regclean from downloads.com.its a very small size and u can roll back also by double clicking the reg  file which it has created.\nthis doesnt require reboot!!!!!
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Run REGEDIT and navigate to this key:\nHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE&#92;\n..SOFTWARE&#92;\n....Microsoft&#92;\n......Windows NT&#92;\n........CurrentVersion\n\nChange the RegisteredOrganization and RegisteredOwner values to whatever you wish.