Just wondering if this is worth it, or is this just another software gimmick. 

Hi

Most of the time it is a gimmick not worth the $$$ !

I never use a cleaner at all they cause more harm than they can fix save your $$$

Good Luck

Never use a registry cleaner unless you know what it is going to delete, which most users do not.

 

These programs can do more harm than good.

 

"Win98XP"  There is no such operating system. You either have Windows 98 or Windows XP

Yes, be careful with some of those. I once botched up my registry bigtime by not knowing what I was deleting when I used RegClean Supreme. (I think that's the correct spelling)

Anyways, I've been using CCleaner now for 3 years and have never experienced any problem. I mostly use it as tomron has stated; a good cleanup of temp files and leftover remnant stuff....  And it does a pretty good job at it too...

 

Some vendors practice questionable marketing tactics.Their product,whether it be a antivirus,registry cleaner,etc,find alleged issues and for a fee will resolve said issues, :smileywink:

I use ccleaner slim build which has no yahoo tool bar and is english only.

http://www.ccleaner.com/download/builds

ccleaner is more than a registry cleaner,it also cleans temp files,cookies,etc,

In link below click on " CCleaner Beginner's Guide"

http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=1504

Eh....   I guess it's part psychological.....   Some people don't mind wallowing in trash so they never clean the interior of their car. Other people vacuum it and keep it clean.  To each his own, I guess..... Is one way better than the other ? I have no documented proof of that neither...

 

I certainly can't tell someone who cleans his car that it is stupid.... anymore than somebody can tell me I'm stupid for cleaning it...  Whatever floats yer' boat, I guess.....:smileyindifferent::smileyindifferent::smileyindifferent:

 

Quite apart from the lack of any need for, lack of demonstrable benefits, and the risks inherent in using general registry cleaning utilities, I would note that the developer of Registry Cure (AKA Regcure, from Paretologic) has a particularly shady reputation for marketing tactics such as described by the OP (multiple "problems" detected by a free scan, as a goad to purchase).

 

Obsolete registry entries occupy a trivial amount of space, and rarely need fixing.

 

Here is but one example, citing Regcur e:

http://forums.techguy.org/windows-95-98-me/469582-regcure-3.html#post4942238

 

 

@tommyo1954:

 

I was responding to the OP's concern about Registry Cure, and similar wholescale registry cleaners. As I'm sure you are aware, these boards are littered with posts about problems arising from their use.

 

In fact I'm in agreement with all who responded. I too use and recommend CCleaner (which I do not consider in the same category as RegCure) for general cleaning up of unnecessary tracks, histories, temp files, traces, etc: basically as a better utility than Windows Disk Cleanup.

 

Personally, I leave the registry alone. YMMV

 

 

 

As far as calling anyone stupid goes:

 

" Stupid is as stupid does" - Forrest Gump

 

:smileywink:

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks Mombodog, good advise.  Correction, I have WinXP HE 2SP.

 

To: Jerry, Tomron, Tommyo 1954, Joe53.

Thanks for all your advise.  Will check out

web sites suggested.

Rich (name only)