Does anyone of you Guys use a uninstaller Progrm

Here is an interesting article on a controlled experiment to ascertain whether Registry- and system-cleaning tools are still worthwhile in a Windows 7 world.

Putting Registry-/system-cleanup apps to the test

I've never used a program like that either. When I uninstall a program, I then run CCleaner to scan for leftover files or registry entries that pertain to the software I just removed.

ICit2lol said:

Well I have used both Windows and Revo and still find reg entries in regedit especially for those wretched bloatware security apps so what is the go there?

CCleaner....can't recommend it enough.

It's interesting that many of us recommended Revo by habit early on during beta until we learned the various tolerances of the OS and gradually dropped recommending it except as a troubleshooting tool for problem uninstalls.

I don't worry about leftover reg keys unless they cause issues and the ones I've found that do usually have been left behind in msconfig>Startup or msconfig>Services after uninstalling a program. This is another reason why I run a completely clean boot except for AV, gadgets/stickies and Skydrive.

On the dirtiest PC"s I've cleaned up over the years which greatly benefited from DIsk and Registry cleanup, those which stick in my memory because of 12-15gb of schmutz CCLeaner found in files and up to 1500 leftover reg keys, it is the files which seem to have slowed WIn7 most - but nowhere near the impact it had on XP for that level of crap.

Win7 has amazing tolerance especially in the registry leftovers. What it doesn't tolerate is reg cleaner/optimzer scamware which modify and trample on the registry.