Is the fastest and most effective registry optimization utility in the market. It scans the Windows registry and finds incorrect or obsolete information in the registry. By fixing these obsolete information in Windows registry, your system will run faster and error free. It also defragments the registry, keeping it streamlined for smoother system performance. The backup/restore function of the tool let you backup your whole Windows Registry so you can use it to restore the registry to the current status in case you encounter some system failure. Fine tune your PC automatically with ScanMyReg. The all new ScanMyReg will: • Effectively organize the registry fragments & compact the registry • Scan and fix registry errors • Backup and restore registry files • Eliminate slowdowns, crashes and freezes • Boost PC and Internet Speed. You are allowed to use this product only within the laws of your country/region. SharewareOnSale and its staff are not responsible for any illegal activity. We did not develop this product; if you have an issue with this product, contact the developer. This product is offered 'as is' without express or implied or any other type of warranty. The description of this product on this page is not a recommendation, endorsement, or review; it is a marketing description, written by the developer. The quality and performance of this product is without guarantee. Download or use at your own risk. If you don't feel comfortable with this product, then don't download it. You May Like. 5 out of 5 ScanMyReg is a software created to improve your Windows PC’s speed by performing three crucial functions –scan and fix registry errors, optimize and defragment the registry, and backup and restore registry files. Although most of these functions can be done manually on your computer, this software provides an easy way to go about it. User Interface At only 3.3Mbs, ScanMyReg is a light software that can be easily downloaded and installed even in the slowest PCs. It has a beautiful user interface with its three major functions clearly indicated. The software has 2 Skins, classic and Blue Sky, both of which are nice looking. You do not have to struggle with a couple of options to get the software to do its job. Just click on the function and it will begin working right away. Dec 27, 2016. ScanMyReg is the fastest and most effective registry optimization utility in the market. It scans the Windows registry and finds incorrect or obsolete information in the registry. By fixing these obsolete information in Windows registry, your system will run faster and error free. It also defragments the registry,. Registry Cleaners are the software which does the job of removing outdated registry entries from Windows registry. These registry entries are left by some uninstalled. ScanMyReg is the fastest and most effective registry optimization utility in the market. It scans the Windows registry and finds. 2.22 (publisher's. ScanMyReg is the fastest and most effective registry optimization utility in the market. It scans the Windows registry and finds incorrect or obsolete information in. Dec 11, 2014. ScanMyReg is the fastest and most effective registry optimization utility in the market. It scans the Windows registry and finds incorrect or obsolete information in the registry. By fixing these obsolete. Functionality The software does three basic functions that are also related. These are backup of registry files, defragmentation, and scanning of registry errors. Use the Scan Registry Errors function to check for errors and fix them. This process is key to making your PC run fast. Altering registry files is a risky process and that is why the software provides a registry backup option that you can use to backup your registry files and restore them in case they get damaged. To eliminate bad sections and optimize your registry, ScanMyReg has a disk defragmenter. To fire up each process, just click on the button beneath them on the homepage. You can visit the specific pages for each function as indicated on the menu for more control over that specific feature. The software also allows for scheduling of all its operations for a given day and time. You can also do it repetitively either daily, weekly, monthly or bi-weekly, among other options. Pros The software scans files very quickly. In only took a minute to scan my registry and fix the errors. It also contains an option to schedule its operations. You can therefore set up an automatic defrag or scan whenever you switch on your computer or at a specific time on a daily basis, among other options. Another thing that stands out about the software is its user-interface which is simple, beautiful and easy to use. Cons Although ScanMyReg does its job as indicated, the software cannot be maximized to fit the computer screen. Besides, most of the settings appear as popup boxes rather than on the app itself. Conclusion ScanMyReg is a good software that is fast and has a beautiful user-interface. It scans and removes obsolete files from the registry and leaves your system fast.|. #28 I have no fear in editing my registry manually to address a specific problem, but I do not recommend that the average user take that risk. I am a power user in that I have many programs installed and used simultaneously. I also like to try new ones if I think they will be useful to me. I use CCleaner on occasion to remove superfluous entries and I look at the list of what it intends to remove before proceeding. I can tell you that Ccleaner errs on the side of caution leaving behind entries that could be safely removed. It is true that cleaning the registry does not speed up the computer, but compacting it after the cleaning will improve the startup time, especially on an older machine where it has never been compacted (aka defragged). The reading of the registry at startup speeds up in the same way that defragmentation of the hard drive speeds up the computer. The program offered today includes defragmentation of the registry but the free version of ccleaner does not (unless it recently changed). So I have used a separate free program called auslogic registry defrag, which even tells you in terms of percentage, how much the startup speed will be improved. I mainly do this on my older XP machine (custom build) and have had no issues. If you know what you are doing, go ahead and try this program. I am taking a pass because I already have free software tools that do the same thing. I have no fear in editing my registry manually to address a specific problem, but I do not recommend that the average user take that risk. I am a power user in that I have many programs installed and used simultaneously. I also like to try new ones if I think they will be useful to me. I use CCleaner on occasion to remove superfluous entries and I look at the list of what it intends to remove before proceeding. I can tell you that Ccleaner errs on the side of caution leaving behind entries that could be safely removed. It is true that cleaning the registry does not speed up the computer, but compacting it after the cleaning will improve the startup time, especially on an older machine where it has never been compacted (aka defragged). The reading of the registry at startup speeds up in the same way that defragmentation of the hard drive speeds up the computer. The program offered today includes defragmentation of the registry but the free version of ccleaner does not (unless it recently changed). So I have used a separate free program called auslogic registry defrag, which even tells you in terms of percentage, how much the startup speed will be improved. I mainly do this on my older XP machine (custom build) and have had no issues. If you know what you are doing, go ahead and try this program. I am taking a pass because I already have free software tools that do the same thing.|. #24 I get a laugh out of the hysteria that takes over this site whenever a registry cleaner is offered. 'NEVER NEVER NEVER edit your registry! Don't even TOUCH your registry! DON'T even THINK about it! OMG OMG OMG DON'T DO IT!!!!!' I've been editing my registry for years, and most of those times it was because a page on Microsoft's own support site told me to do it to change a setting or solve some problem. Yes, they do warn you about the risks (and sometimes they offer a 'fix it for me' option) but they do give you the registry editing instructions. Funny how Microsoft trusts me to edit my registry, but a bunch of panicky 'IT professionals' on GOTD don't. Just last week I had to edit out a couple of registry values because a bad uninstall hosed my DVD burner. Took less than a minute to fix, thanks to the helpful instructions from Microsoft. If I listened to you guys, I'd still be sitting here with a dead burner--or paying somebody to fix it. That said, I agree that registry cleaners won't speed up your computer; that's an urban legend. And if you do have computer problems caused by registry errors, a cleaner probably won't fix them. However, every registry cleaner I've ever tried (including this one) has been completely harmless, and lets you roll back the changes if you want. Even Microsoft used to offer a registry cleaner, RegClean. I get a laugh out of the hysteria that takes over this site whenever a registry cleaner is offered. 'NEVER NEVER NEVER edit your registry! Don't even TOUCH your registry! DON'T even THINK about it! OMG OMG OMG DON'T DO IT!!!!!' I've been editing my registry for years, and most of those times it was because a page on Microsoft's own support site told me to do it to change a setting or solve some problem. Yes, they do warn you about the risks (and sometimes they offer a 'fix it for me' option) but they do give you the registry editing instructions. Funny how Microsoft trusts me to edit my registry, but a bunch of panicky 'IT professionals' on GOTD don't. Just last week I had to edit out a couple of registry values because a bad uninstall hosed my DVD burner. Took less than a minute to fix, thanks to the helpful instructions from Microsoft. If I listened to you guys, I'd still be sitting here with a dead burner--or paying somebody to fix it. That said, I agree that registry cleaners won't speed up your computer; that's an urban legend. And if you do have computer problems caused by registry errors, a cleaner probably won't fix them. However, every registry cleaner I've ever tried (including this one) has been completely harmless, and lets you roll back the changes if you want. Even Microsoft used to offer a registry cleaner, RegClean.|. #20 Unless the company for this software is ESTABLISHED, NEVER mess with your registry. YOU HAD BETTER KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING. Always make a backup of your registry 1st! I use WiseCare 365 PRO and CCleaner, two of the VERY BEST TOOLS out there for your registry and for cleaning out your system. PLEASE STICK WITH A WELL-KNOWN ESTABLISHED COMPANY TO DO THESE KINDS OF THINGS ON YOUR PC, or you will be sorry. Years ago, I tested some apps on a test PC. One particular app changed my BIOS, along with corrupting my registry. Luckily, it was just a test PC and only worth about $150 but it taught me a very valuable lesson about ALL SOFTWARE. Trust but VERIFY before you install ANYTHING on your PC..An I.T. Unless the company for this software is ESTABLISHED, NEVER mess with your registry. YOU HAD BETTER KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING. Always make a backup of your registry 1st! I use WiseCare 365 PRO and CCleaner, two of the VERY BEST TOOLS out there for your registry and for cleaning out your system. PLEASE STICK WITH A WELL-KNOWN ESTABLISHED COMPANY TO DO THESE KINDS OF THINGS ON YOUR PC, or you will be sorry. Years ago, I tested some apps on a test PC. One particular app changed my BIOS, along with corrupting my registry. Luckily, it was just a test PC and only worth about $150 but it taught me a very valuable lesson about ALL SOFTWARE. Trust but VERIFY before you install ANYTHING on your PC..An I.T. @ Software Babe: YL Computing have posted software for GaotD users a total of 19 times (including this release), so I think it is safe to say 'they' know what they're doing. That said, I generally agree with your comments about tinkering with Windows registry.. Of greater importance is that this software is not Windows 10 COMPATiBLE at least according to the info box at the top of this topic. Probably haven't paid the appropriate fee to Micro$oft.). So Windows 10 Users be very careful using this on your shiny new 'Win X' Operating System. @Software Babe: YL Computing have posted software for GaotD users a total of 19 times (including this release), so I think it is safe to say 'they' know what they're doing. That said, I generally agree with your comments about tinkering with Windows registry.. Of greater importance is that this software is not Windows 10 COMPATiBLE at least according to the info box at the top of this topic. Probably haven't paid the appropriate fee to Micro$oft.). So Windows 10 Users be very careful using this on your shiny new 'Win X' Operating System.|. #19 Perrsonally I don't use such products. If I get in trouble with my PC do to a virus? I just restore an image file. For my friends that are not computer literate that call when it's taking 3 minutes to boot I I suggest they try an Iobit sys suite which more often than not cleans out all their junk. If not they go back to their original Dell or whatever restore to factory fresh. Obviousley if they are welcome to dump their rig here and I will fix it. I agree do not use these registry gizmos unless your have no other choose. External data back regularly. Have a great day guys! Perrsonally I don't use such products. If I get in trouble with my PC do to a virus? I just restore an image file. For my friends that are not computer literate that call when it's taking 3 minutes to boot I I suggest they try an Iobit sys suite which more often than not cleans out all their junk. If not they go back to their original Dell or whatever restore to factory fresh. Obviousley if they are welcome to dump their rig here and I will fix it. I agree do not use these registry gizmos unless your have no other choose. External data back regularly. Have a great day guys! #17 Just my 2 cents worth. I have tried several cleaners on my XP system for a few year. I always keep an image of everything using Acronis Backup. Most cleaners I have tried in the past really mess up your system. I have had to restore my earlier backup because of them. I now use CCleaner and WinUtilities Pro. I have used these programs for over 2 years. ScanMyReg is part of WinUtilitiesPro. I can truthfully say I have never had any problems with either of these programs. ScanMyReg works great on my XP system. Just my 2 cents worth. I have tried several cleaners on my XP system for a few year. I always keep an image of everything using Acronis Backup. Most cleaners I have tried in the past really mess up your system. I have had to restore my earlier backup because of them. I now use CCleaner and WinUtilities Pro. I have used these programs for over 2 years. ScanMyReg is part of WinUtilitiesPro. I can truthfully say I have never had any problems with either of these programs. ScanMyReg works great on my XP system.|. #14 Are you referencing CCleaner by Piriform? I as well use CCleaner - I have the PRO version and use it daily. I have tried others only to have my registry clobbered, so am very leery of registry cleaner tools. I have been using CCleaner for over 10 years, I used the free version for several years before I was comfortable purchasing the product. Yes, registry has be cleaned on a PC, it is like a tune-up for your workstation. I always do a registry backup before cleaning it and I like the fact that CCleaner will automatically do a registry backup before subsequent cleaning. As a senior software developer, I have a small toolset of utilities that I use when developing and a couple of Piriform's products are included, CCleaner and Speccy. The registry of your operating system has to be maintained else it gets bloated and does weigh it down. ScanMyReg I have not heard much about and it might be a good product but when it comes to the registry - I have to use something I can trust. I did not find much information online about ScanMyReg - good or bad - but am not willing to risk the nature of my registry to try this product. Registry cleaning is imperative to keeping your workstation tune-up, I would try this product but as I mentioned I cannot find much information on it and not willing to risk at this time. I have used other GAOTD products, but ScanMyReg is not something I am willing to risk until more research and the way GAOTD downloads required a download and activation on the day its offered, which does not allow me the time I need to fully test and analyze a registry cleaner. Are you referencing CCleaner by Piriform? I as well use CCleaner - I have the PRO version and use it daily. I have tried others only to have my registry clobbered, so am very leery of registry cleaner tools. I have been using CCleaner for over 10 years, I used the free version for several years before I was comfortable purchasing the product. Yes, registry has be cleaned on a PC, it is like a tune-up for your workstation. I always do a registry backup before cleaning it and I like the fact that CCleaner will automatically do a registry backup before subsequent cleaning. As a senior software developer, I have a small toolset of utilities that I use when developing and a couple of Piriform's products are included, CCleaner and Speccy. The registry of your operating system has to be maintained else it gets bloated and does weigh it down. ScanMyReg I have not heard much about and it might be a good product but when it comes to the registry - I have to use something I can trust. I did not find much information online about ScanMyReg - good or bad - but am not willing to risk the nature of my registry to try this product. Registry cleaning is imperative to keeping your workstation tune-up, I would try this product but as I mentioned I cannot find much information on it and not willing to risk at this time. I have used other GAOTD products, but ScanMyReg is not something I am willing to risk until more research and the way GAOTD downloads required a download and activation on the day its offered, which does not allow me the time I need to fully test and analyze a registry cleaner.|. What you say is the absolute truth. I've been running Windows XP Pro for many years now with tons of software programs installed and because I no longer use any kind of registry cleaners, my OS is just as stable as the day I first installed it. Thank you Adam for mentioning this. Unfortunately most people to use registry cleaners because they are sold on the idea and not knowing what the consequences are in the future. Just think of it, if Microsoft hasn't made a registry cleaning program, why do you think that is? Easy answer, you don't need them. If your OS is unstable, it is generally do to some other problem such as defragging, running your anti-virus/anti-malware/anti-spyware programs or installing an OS performance enhancing software. There are many of those out there. Not many people know the registry very well or what to edit but I do. If I decide to make alterations to the registry, I feel extremely confident in knowing what I'm doing so as not to screw up my OS stability. I'm very proficient at what I do in this area. There was also a link about this topic and I read it. It changed my whole opinion on registry cleaners. You see, as each brand of registry cleaner uses their own algorithm. No two are the same and because of that, your chances are very high that your OS will become unstable, permanently, especially if you overuse them. Heed Adam Rayan's post. What you say is the absolute truth. I've been running Windows XP Pro for many years now with tons of software programs installed and because I no longer use any kind of registry cleaners, my OS is just as stable as the day I first installed it. Thank you Adam for mentioning this. Unfortunately most people to use registry cleaners because they are sold on the idea and not knowing what the consequences are in the future. Just think of it, if Microsoft hasn't made a registry cleaning program, why do you think that is? Easy answer, you don't need them. If your OS is unstable, it is generally do to some other problem such as defragging, running your anti-virus/anti-malware/anti-spyware programs or installing an OS performance enhancing software. There are many of those out there. Not many people know the registry very well or what to edit but I do. If I decide to make alterations to the registry, I feel extremely confident in knowing what I'm doing so as not to screw up my OS stability. I'm very proficient at what I do in this area. There was also a link about this topic and I read it. It changed my whole opinion on registry cleaners. You see, as each brand of registry cleaner uses their own algorithm. No two are the same and because of that, your chances are very high that your OS will become unstable, permanently, especially if you overuse them. Heed Adam Rayan's post.|. #10 As always when a registry cleaner is presented there will be comments such as, a waste of time or, should be used regularly. Both of these are utter nonsense as hardly any two registries are the same and registry cleaners vary considerably in the way they operate. What will happen is very difficult to predict and varies between improvement and total disaster. There is a very simple reason for this, the registry is the equivalent of the nervous system of the OS and the OS does not have full control of it. This can easily be checked by going to Microsoft's support and entering 'registry corruption' where you will find 50 pages in which each page contains a list of problems this can cause. Such as when programs will not close when exiting Windows and you are requested to end them, Microsoft suggests that this could be a problem in the registry! In essence, a major control of the operating system has no method of checking the validity of its content! Why would anyone put such a system in place you may wonder, there is one good reason and it works extremely well. The reason is, most software will not run if it does not find the correct information in the registry and Microsoft was losing a lot of money because of pirating of their software. The registry means problem solved, as long as it's functioning is to a large degree hidden and they certainly made sure of that! Many other aspects of the registry are difficult to understand such as making information which should be local in to global information. This wastes memory, something as a developer I try to avoid, also avoided is any use whatsoever of the registry and instead the much maligned INI file is used in its place. From the above it will be apparent I have a very low opinion of the registry in its present form. Thankfully I did my postgraduate computer studies the year before this monstrosity reared its head. This made backup of my work a simple process even though storage was much more limited and I didn't have to worry that if my OS went down it would NOT take all my software with it, inexcusable in my opinion! I have no doubt in my mind that this problem could be remedied if Microsoft had any consideration for their customers by adding software that allowed manipulation of the registry. Sadly as always in Microsoft profit by any means is the bottom line! If I wasn't in my 70s I would discard Windows and go for an operating system that offered stability, one that is fit for purpose. One thing is sure I'll stick with XP rather than fill the Microsoft coffers for another unstable OS. As always when a registry cleaner is presented there will be comments such as, a waste of time or, should be used regularly. Both of these are utter nonsense as hardly any two registries are the same and registry cleaners vary considerably in the way they operate. What will happen is very difficult to predict and varies between improvement and total disaster. There is a very simple reason for this, the registry is the equivalent of the nervous system of the OS and the OS does not have full control of it. This can easily be checked by going to Microsoft's support and entering 'registry corruption' where you will find 50 pages in which each page contains a list of problems this can cause. Such as when programs will not close when exiting Windows and you are requested to end them, Microsoft suggests that this could be a problem in the registry! In essence, a major control of the operating system has no method of checking the validity of its content! Why would anyone put such a system in place you may wonder, there is one good reason and it works extremely well. The reason is, most software will not run if it does not find the correct information in the registry and Microsoft was losing a lot of money because of pirating of their software. The registry means problem solved, as long as it's functioning is to a large degree hidden and they certainly made sure of that! Many other aspects of the registry are difficult to understand such as making information which should be local in to global information. This wastes memory, something as a developer I try to avoid, also avoided is any use whatsoever of the registry and instead the much maligned INI file is used in its place. From the above it will be apparent I have a very low opinion of the registry in its present form. Thankfully I did my postgraduate computer studies the year before this monstrosity reared its head. This made backup of my work a simple process even though storage was much more limited and I didn't have to worry that if my OS went down it would NOT take all my software with it, inexcusable in my opinion! I have no doubt in my mind that this problem could be remedied if Microsoft had any consideration for their customers by adding software that allowed manipulation of the registry. Sadly as always in Microsoft profit by any means is the bottom line! If I wasn't in my 70s I would discard Windows and go for an operating system that offered stability, one that is fit for purpose. One thing is sure I'll stick with XP rather than fill the Microsoft coffers for another unstable OS.|. Registry cleaners vary considerably in the way they operate. What will happen is very difficult to predict and varies between improvement and total disaster. The registry is the equivalent of the nervous system of the OS and the OS does not have full control of it.' Sorry, but the registry is simply a database -- nothing more, nothing less. Windows uses it to store data it needs to run, data it needs to use your installed or attached hardware, & data it needs when some of your installed software runs. You software may use it to store data it needs, or anything else that software's developers or coders decided that they wanted to store there. Windows lets software read & write to the registry -- there wouldn't be much point to having the registry if Windows did not. Since Windows lets software write to the registry, software can write bad things, e.g. Mal-ware can exist in the registry rather than the files your anti-virus app scans. The vast majority of the time however, when software writes something to the registry that it shouldn't, the coder(s) was simply lazy or inept. Since the registry is stored in files, everything bad that can happen to files can happen to the registry. The solution = Back Up. 'The reason is, most software will not run if it does not find the correct information in the registry and Microsoft was losing a lot of money because of pirating of their software.' While the monetary damage from pirating will long be debated, though not here by me, if you use DOS you know why Windows 3.1 existed, & if you used 3.1, you know why in win95 the registry was introduced. Configuration info used to be stored in individual files that you edited, rather than stored in some central repository. Microsoft could have made it work the way the *nix world has, but they elected to create that central repository in a database called the registry. Software was pirated before and afterwards. The only contribution the registry makes to anti-piracy is providing a forest full of trees for whatever keys to hide behind. Like many [most?] front door locks that are susceptible to bumping, this is just false security, intended to keep already honest people honest. 'If I wasn’t in my 70s I would discard Windows and go for an operating system that offered stability, one that is fit for purpose.' Download a Live ISO & there ya go - done. Unfortunately if you want to run Windows software you need Windows, even if it's running via Wine or in a VM in *nix. If you run Windows you're stuck with the registry. If you're stuck with the registry, then you have the option to try & prevent some ill effects by running something like ScanMyReg, but it is an option -- no more, no less. Registry cleaners vary considerably in the way they operate. What will happen is very difficult to predict and varies between improvement and total disaster. The registry is the equivalent of the nervous system of the OS and the OS does not have full control of it.' Sorry, but the registry is simply a database -- nothing more, nothing less. Windows uses it to store data it needs to run, data it needs to use your installed or attached hardware, & data it needs when some of your installed software runs. You software may use it to store data it needs, or anything else that software's developers or coders decided that they wanted to store there. Windows lets software read & write to the registry -- there wouldn't be much point to having the registry if Windows did not. Since Windows lets software write to the registry, software can write bad things, e.g. Mal-ware can exist in the registry rather than the files your anti-virus app scans. The vast majority of the time however, when software writes something to the registry that it shouldn't, the coder(s) was simply lazy or inept. Since the registry is stored in files, everything bad that can happen to files can happen to the registry. The solution = Back Up. 'The reason is, most software will not run if it does not find the correct information in the registry and Microsoft was losing a lot of money because of pirating of their software.' While the monetary damage from pirating will long be debated, though not here by me, if you use DOS you know why Windows 3.1 existed, & if you used 3.1, you know why in win95 the registry was introduced. Configuration info used to be stored in individual files that you edited, rather than stored in some central repository. Microsoft could have made it work the way the *nix world has, but they elected to create that central repository in a database called the registry. Software was pirated before and afterwards. The only contribution the registry makes to anti-piracy is providing a forest full of trees for whatever keys to hide behind. Like many [most?] front door locks that are susceptible to bumping, this is just false security, intended to keep already honest people honest. 'If I wasn’t in my 70s I would discard Windows and go for an operating system that offered stability, one that is fit for purpose.' Download a Live ISO & there ya go - done. Unfortunately if you want to run Windows software you need Windows, even if it's running via Wine or in a VM in *nix. If you run Windows you're stuck with the registry. If you're stuck with the registry, then you have the option to try & prevent some ill effects by running something like ScanMyReg, but it is an option -- no more, no less.|. Yes, you should backup before playing in the registry, & if you can restore that backup, which doesn't require being a tech in any way, Why in the world would you need to do a factory reset? As for having a copy of your backup that's not connected to the PC, laptop, or tablet, that's a good precaution against ransomware, drive failure, & physical damage, e.g. From dropping a laptop or tablet in the water, not to mention things like theft. Windows registry however lives entirely within Windows. You could delete it & not have any effect on backup archives stored on the same hard drive. Worst case, after using ScanMyReg you want to restore your backup outside of Windows, you simply boot to the USB stick you created with your backup software & restore that backup. Yes, you should backup before playing in the registry, & if you can restore that backup, which doesn't require being a tech in any way, Why in the world would you need to do a factory reset? As for having a copy of your backup that's not connected to the PC, laptop, or tablet, that's a good precaution against ransomware, drive failure, & physical damage, e.g. From dropping a laptop or tablet in the water, not to mention things like theft. Windows registry however lives entirely within Windows. You could delete it & not have any effect on backup archives stored on the same hard drive. Worst case, after using ScanMyReg you want to restore your backup outside of Windows, you simply boot to the USB stick you created with your backup software & restore that backup.|. Before I install most anything in one of my regular copies of Windows I'll monitor it's installation in a VM, or in some few cases, while running a virtualization app like Timefreeze in one of those regular copies. Installing software, updating Windows, updating your apps & driver software, and to a lesser extent just running Windows & your apps will add sometimes a huge amount of registry entries. In win7 & later you can sometimes also have an awful lot of what I'll call churn, with hundreds of thousands of temporary registry entries when you install software [e.g. Yesterdays PD from Cyberlink, as anyone could have verified using the free & portable Regshot]. Now I avoid adding entries to the registry as best I can, e.g. If app X adds 3k entries & a similar app Y only adds a dozen, I'll use app Y. I don't *Need* to do it that way, but feel the results are beneficial to me so I do it. Likewise most people can probably get away with never running any sort of cleaning app, at least for a long time. It's not something that they *Need* to do. It is OTOH something many *Want* to do because they find short &/or long term benefits from doing it. As far as removing traces of whatever, chances are you won't ever get everything, so if that's what you're after think stuff like RAM disks & VMs etc. Before I install most anything in one of my regular copies of Windows I'll monitor it's installation in a VM, or in some few cases, while running a virtualization app like Timefreeze in one of those regular copies. Installing software, updating Windows, updating your apps & driver software, and to a lesser extent just running Windows & your apps will add sometimes a huge amount of registry entries. In win7 & later you can sometimes also have an awful lot of what I'll call churn, with hundreds of thousands of temporary registry entries when you install software [e.g. Yesterdays PD from Cyberlink, as anyone could have verified using the free & portable Regshot]. Now I avoid adding entries to the registry as best I can, e.g. If app X adds 3k entries & a similar app Y only adds a dozen, I'll use app Y. I don't *Need* to do it that way, but feel the results are beneficial to me so I do it. Likewise most people can probably get away with never running any sort of cleaning app, at least for a long time. It's not something that they *Need* to do. It is OTOH something many *Want* to do because they find short &/or long term benefits from doing it. As far as removing traces of whatever, chances are you won't ever get everything, so if that's what you're after think stuff like RAM disks & VMs etc.|. #4 Being a computer technician I never play with the registry unless I know exactly what it is I am looking for or doing and I do it manually, never ever with anyone's software, as simply put it is not truly safe. To play with the registry is to play with fire and it if you have no problem good, but to continue doing so, it is only a matter of time before you have many problems, just don't play with the registry and any technician can tell you that, it does not help, it does not make your computer faster and actually it does not more than good. Being a computer technician I never play with the registry unless I know exactly what it is I am looking for or doing and I do it manually, never ever with anyone's software, as simply put it is not truly safe. To play with the registry is to play with fire and it if you have no problem good, but to continue doing so, it is only a matter of time before you have many problems, just don't play with the registry and any technician can tell you that, it does not help, it does not make your computer faster and actually it does not more than good.|. #2 The price is way too steep for one thing, but even so, I wouldn't touch it for the simple reason that there other other cheaper and better alternatives out there. $40 for ONLY a registry cleaner? IOBIT Advanced System Care is so much better, even cheaper. Some people are way too afraid to use programs like these, but for older computers, they do deal with an OS becoming 'top heavy' so are actually very good, provided you can trust the author. I have been using IOBIT for years, I swear by it for my older computers, I used to have to reformat every 6 months, now, I never need to. Have a nice day. The price is way too steep for one thing, but even so, I wouldn't touch it for the simple reason that there other other cheaper and better alternatives out there. $40 for ONLY a registry cleaner? IOBIT Advanced System Care is so much better, even cheaper. Some people are way too afraid to use programs like these, but for older computers, they do deal with an OS becoming 'top heavy' so are actually very good, provided you can trust the author. I have been using IOBIT for years, I swear by it for my older computers, I used to have to reformat every 6 months, now, I never need to. Have a nice day.|. 'Actually, All registery cleaners are useless. Cleaning registery won’t increase the speed of your computer and you can find a lot of articles about that on internet.' Just Teasing, I'd bet I could also find proof that your DNA contains parts from an alien race, &/or that cats are plotting world domination. More seriously, read all sides of the argument if you're going to read any, & reserve judgement until you try it yourself. Kiwi1960 has good results from iObit, & thousands if not millions swear by CCleaner. Why doubt them in favor of people arguing that's not possible? If you don't want to bother trying something that's cool, but don't pass judgement as if you did. If you do try ScanMyReg, say whether it helped or hurt you, rather than saying it'll help or hurt everyone else, because that last is really unknown. 'Actually, All registery cleaners are useless. Cleaning registery won’t increase the speed of your computer and you can find a lot of articles about that on internet.' Just Teasing, I'd bet I could also find proof that your DNA contains parts from an alien race, &/or that cats are plotting world domination. More seriously, read all sides of the argument if you're going to read any, & reserve judgement until you try it yourself. Kiwi1960 has good results from iObit, & thousands if not millions swear by CCleaner. Why doubt them in favor of people arguing that's not possible? If you don't want to bother trying something that's cool, but don't pass judgement as if you did. If you do try ScanMyReg, say whether it helped or hurt you, rather than saying it'll help or hurt everyone else, because that last is really unknown.|. I never said it would make a computer 'faster'. You guys assume far too much. The fact is that on an older computer, the OS gets bogged down with junk and that applies to the registry as well, these top heavy system will start to crash. Or suffer other problems long before you notice a drop in speed. Running a registry cleaner clears this bloat to make a system much more stable. You may or may not get an increase in speed, but please read what I said. I never made that claim. I have been involved in the computer industry since the 1970's so my opinion is worth a little more than your urban legend about these things not increasing speed. Especially since I never said that. I never said it would make a computer 'faster'. You guys assume far too much. The fact is that on an older computer, the OS gets bogged down with junk and that applies to the registry as well, these top heavy system will start to crash. Or suffer other problems long before you notice a drop in speed. Running a registry cleaner clears this bloat to make a system much more stable. You may or may not get an increase in speed, but please read what I said. I never made that claim. I have been involved in the computer industry since the 1970's so my opinion is worth a little more than your urban legend about these things not increasing speed. Especially since I never said that.|. #1 Personally I tend to shy away from such programs. The registry should not be tampered with. Most claims of a faster computer is not always the case and many of these so called registry cleaners end up damaging the registry beyond repair. As a past PC troubleshooting moderator on the internet I always recommended cCleaner to our members which most of my Pc repair online buddies also recommended. Many new registry cCleaners have popped out during the years and none are better than cCleaner. Since it came out I use it on a daily and sometimes weekly basis and never encountered any problems when deleting what it finds. Personally I tend to shy away from such programs. The registry should not be tampered with. Most claims of a faster computer is not always the case and many of these so called registry cleaners end up damaging the registry beyond repair. As a past PC troubleshooting moderator on the internet I always recommended cCleaner to our members which most of my Pc repair online buddies also recommended. Many new registry cCleaners have popped out during the years and none are better than cCleaner. Since it came out I use it on a daily and sometimes weekly basis and never encountered any problems when deleting what it finds.|. That the registry is slowing the PC down is an urban legend, coming way back from Win 95 and 98 times. Since Windows XP, Windows only loads the parts of the registry it needs to run. The only thing that might happen when you have a large registry is that it needs a few kilobytes more harddisk space. I do clean the registry once in a while automatically with general cleaning tools that delete temporary files - the registry cleaning is just a side effect. A tool just for registry cleaning is absolutely useless because it has no effect. That the registry is slowing the PC down is an urban legend, coming way back from Win 95 and 98 times. Since Windows XP, Windows only loads the parts of the registry it needs to run. The only thing that might happen when you have a large registry is that it needs a few kilobytes more harddisk space. I do clean the registry once in a while automatically with general cleaning tools that delete temporary files - the registry cleaning is just a side effect. A tool just for registry cleaning is absolutely useless because it has no effect.|. Your right on Mike, never ever play with the registry with any software, it is not safe and your asking for trouble and any technician can tell you that. It does not matter if he tried the software or not, most technicians stay clear of this voodoo junk and that is what it is. If the registry needs repair for a certain item, best to do it manually but only if you know exactly what your doing, if you do not, don't do it. Do not be fooled by the nice words of miracles of software makers, everyone knows, you do not play with your registry at all, it does not help and makes things worse, and we all know that. Your right on Mike, never ever play with the registry with any software, it is not safe and your asking for trouble and any technician can tell you that. It does not matter if he tried the software or not, most technicians stay clear of this voodoo junk and that is what it is. If the registry needs repair for a certain item, best to do it manually but only if you know exactly what your doing, if you do not, don't do it. Do not be fooled by the nice words of miracles of software makers, everyone knows, you do not play with your registry at all, it does not help and makes things worse, and we all know that.|. 'Since Windows XP, Windows only loads the parts of the registry it needs to run. The only thing that might happen when you have a large registry is that it needs a few kilobytes more harddisk space.' I'd politely question the KB part. Anyone can run ERUNT, a portable registry backup tool that's been around for years. It copies the existing registry to a folder of your choice. The intent is to have a backup that can be restored, even if/when Windows wont start, but in this case simply check the amount of space that copy of the registry takes up by checking the folder's properties. In this copy of win7 64 it's 267MB. You see a part of it in the User folders for example, but that is not the whole. The logged registry changes for Tuesday's GOTD from Cyberlink was itself 2.4MB. Now ~270MB is a drop in the bucket for this rig, so I'd agree in principle that trimming that down to 250 or 225MB wouldn't make much noticeable difference. Some Windows installs however have larger registries & less RAM to work with. As far as Windows just using what it needs. I can look in the fridge & pull out what I want/need to fix my lunch -- that's because I can see at a glance what's in there. Digital files aren't like that -- they have to be read to see what's inside. That's why you have previews & thumbnails for image files -- you can't see what a jpg file is a picture of unless software reads the file for you. SO, Windows can't know what's in the registry until it reads it. Yes, some parts Windows &/or your software will hold onto, some parts they won't, but it's an ongoing process as long as Windows is running. Want to see for yourself? Download & run ProcessMonitor, a free tool from SysInternals at microsoft.com. It's small, portable, free, & won't make any changes to anything. 'Since Windows XP, Windows only loads the parts of the registry it needs to run. The only thing that might happen when you have a large registry is that it needs a few kilobytes more harddisk space.' I'd politely question the KB part. Anyone can run ERUNT, a portable registry backup tool that's been around for years. It copies the existing registry to a folder of your choice. The intent is to have a backup that can be restored, even if/when Windows wont start, but in this case simply check the amount of space that copy of the registry takes up by checking the folder's properties. In this copy of win7 64 it's 267MB. You see a part of it in the User folders for example, but that is not the whole. The logged registry changes for Tuesday's GOTD from Cyberlink was itself 2.4MB. Now ~270MB is a drop in the bucket for this rig, so I'd agree in principle that trimming that down to 250 or 225MB wouldn't make much noticeable difference. Some Windows installs however have larger registries & less RAM to work with. As far as Windows just using what it needs. I can look in the fridge & pull out what I want/need to fix my lunch -- that's because I can see at a glance what's in there. Digital files aren't like that -- they have to be read to see what's inside. That's why you have previews & thumbnails for image files -- you can't see what a jpg file is a picture of unless software reads the file for you. SO, Windows can't know what's in the registry until it reads it. Yes, some parts Windows &/or your software will hold onto, some parts they won't, but it's an ongoing process as long as Windows is running. Want to see for yourself? Download & run ProcessMonitor, a free tool from SysInternals at microsoft.com. It's small, portable, free, & won't make any changes to anything.|. 'Correction: Only those with expertise should alter registry. There are many benefits to this but don’t try it if you’re an amateur.' I'd humbly point out that restoring a disk/partition image backup does not require much if any expertise. It's also something that folks should be doing on a regular basis anyway, so it's not just some hurtle to jump over before using software like ScanMyReg. So running ScanMyReg [or similar] is kinda like trying a new dish you haven't eaten before -- if you don't like it you can most always just push it aside & eat something else, or in this case, if Windows misbehaves, you can restore that backup. The old saying still holds true: 'Nothing ventured, nothing gained'. 'Correction: Only those with expertise should alter registry. There are many benefits to this but don’t try it if you’re an amateur.' I'd humbly point out that restoring a disk/partition image backup does not require much if any expertise. It's also something that folks should be doing on a regular basis anyway, so it's not just some hurtle to jump over before using software like ScanMyReg. So running ScanMyReg [or similar] is kinda like trying a new dish you haven't eaten before -- if you don't like it you can most always just push it aside & eat something else, or in this case, if Windows misbehaves, you can restore that backup. 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