Software to avoid

I tried Auslogics Boost Speed-Registry Defrag on my windows 7 rtm x64 and then BSOD but works great as a whole just dont use the registry defrag

kitji said:

I tried Auslogics Boost Speed-Registry Defrag on my windows 7 rtm x64 and then BSOD but the works great as a whole just dont use the registry defrag

This and other threads here are littered with the sometimes disastrous outcomes of people using various registry defrag and registry clean up tools.

The best advice is DON'T USE THEM.

The info is:

• Many - even most will cause you grief
• there is no evidence that a registry defrag is of any use whatsoever.
• there is minimal evidence that a registry cleanup tool is of any use except in some very specific cases thus very occaisional use may be OK (say 6 monthly)
• you will not get any or any measurable "speed" increase

The registry is crucial to your OS. Microsoft neither provide nor offer a registry defrag or cleanup tool. Why would that be? (rhetorical).

How about a update for your first thread?

swarfega said:

Any Registry Defraggers
They generally cause a boot time bsod and system restore or startup repair cant fix the issue. Usually requires a complete reinstall of windows.

Well Auslogic BoostSpeed 4 reg. defrag is working fine and i tested
TuneUp 2010 RC2 and its reg. defrag is good too!
Any newer reg. defrag is ok!

swarfega said:

Net Limiter causes a BSOD after restart on W7 7000 64-bit.

netlimiter is compatible with Win7 ages ago(via netlimiter 3 beta)

NetLimiter - The Ultimate Bandwidth Shaper

swarfega said:

Stardock WindowBlinds
due to the new UI in Windows 7 which makes it incompatible.
Can someone report back on latest build compatibility please.

And a Beta of Stardock WindowBlinds 7 (supporting Win7) is available
for some users owning ObjectDesktop via Impulse

panthers89fan90 said:

Yea, they mentioned the whole program working well with windows 7. It is a great registry defrag, one of the few that actually work well with windows 7 from what the review said. Check it out. It is by iobit and called smart defrag.

Smart defrag is excellent but it's a drive defragger - didn't have a registry defragger last time I looked and if it does
I say again:

dont use registry defraggers

useless, not worth the risk! (imo - but look at the amt of grief a range of them have caused!)