Cleaners for Vista 64

[mysts]

Can someone recommend a good Registry Cleaner for Window Vista Ultimate 64 bit. They seem hard to find. Some of them advertise Vista ready but won't work on the 64 bit.

[bendixG15]

I belong to the school that believes registry cleaners are a waste of time. -(Short answer)

[mysts]

If you think registry cleaners are a waste of time how do you prevent your registry from becoming bloated with:

1. Leftovers when uninstalling software
2. Malware caused by the badboys
3. Viruses caused by the badboys.
5. Trojans caused by the badboys.
6. etc

The registry is a database and will never grow smaller on its own.
After a good cleaning the registry should be compacted. This will give you back some harddrive space and speedup overall activity.(short answer)

[rallynavvie]

If you think registry cleaners are a waste of time how do you prevent your registry from becoming bloated with:

1. Leftovers when uninstalling software
2. Malware caused by the badboys
3. Viruses caused by the badboys.
5. Trojans caused by the badboys.
6. etc

The registry is a database and will never grow smaller on its own.
After a good cleaning the registry should be compacted. This will give you back some harddrive space and speedup overall activity.(short answer)

Never run into 2-5 on my system. Though people complain about Norton being a resource hog it has always served me well avoiding trash like that. As for #1 I generally don't install rubbish that leaves leftovers behind that aren't part of an upgrade. I also tend to check for stray entries after uninstall. Once you know your way around the registry it isn't too hard.

[racer-x]

I used to edit my registry after uninstalling programs, but that can be a pain searching all the keys........

Regcleanr is an old app that seams to work well on my Vista Ultimate 64. I've only been using it for a few days though.........

[bendixG15]

I belong to the school that believes registry cleaners are a waste of time. -(Short answer)

My final answer.

[glockjs]

use this to uninstall programs :/

http://www.download.com/Revo-Uninstaller/3000-2096_4-10687648.html?tag=mncol

[isogonic]

i belong to this school: registry cleaners will not improve a computers performance.

but dont take my word for it;

http://lifehacker.com/5033518/debunking-common-windows-performance-tweaking-myths
http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=643