Free Registry Cleaner?

Can you download Windows Live Safety Scanner as a standalone or does it come as part of a bundled package?

Thank you,

appreciate it.

Unless you are well versed in registry entries and what they do,then it is best to avoid any registry cleaner.As previously stated they can do much more harm than good.

TweakNow RegCleaner is free and safe, check it out on Cnet.com downloads and see if this would work for you. Be careful of any register actions!!

Johnston7 said:

Anyone reccomend a free registry cleaner?.

One that works and doesn't mess with your computer.

Johnston

DarkNovaGamer said:

Hello Johnston, welcome to SevenForums.

I couldn't really recommend a specific Registry Cleaner as I do not use them. They seem to cause more trouble then good for me.

May I ask why you need one? They do not really help 'that much' unless you are trying to fix an issue thats registry related.

Hi Johnston,
I agree with DarkNovaGamer's comments.

IMHO -
A guide for the average computer user for NOT using a registry cleaner follows -

1.Windows is a closed source system, developers of registry cleaners are not working on definitive information, but rather empirical knowledge. Automatic cleaners will usually have to do some guesswork.
2. Modifying registry keys incorrectly can cause Windows instability, or make Windows unbootable.
3. No registry cleaner is completely safe and the potential is ever present to cause more problems than they claim to fix.

THEREFORE
4. If you do not have knowledge of the registry, then you would probably be better off leaving it alone, and definitely not placing blind trust in a program to do the job for you.

I would recommend not using a registry cleaner as others have said in this thread. They mostly cause more damage than good.

I just had to do a complete reinstall the other day of my 7 because one caused my system to not boot

Many thanks to all of you.

I have took on board all your advice and have installed the Windows Live Safety Scanner which seems to have speeded up my daughters laptop and my PC, but wont install on my Laptop properly.

Getting an error code 0x0C600C03.

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