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<title><![CDATA[By: Blue Frost]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/regtidy/#comment-102449</link>
<description><![CDATA[I just had my credit card scammed, and this shows up as Mal ware.
Beware of this program. 

Giveaway of the day should be more watchful.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:32:05 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By: Dennis]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/regtidy/#comment-102448</link>
<description><![CDATA[Wiped out my desktop. Had to rebuild computer stay away from this one]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:39:45 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By: mike]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/regtidy/#comment-102447</link>
<description><![CDATA[RegTidy is a small app with a footprint in Windows that's almost as small -- should be able to make it portable using PortableAppCreator [found at the portableapps.com forum]. Have no idea of the developers' marketing ideas or approach -- I use adblock plus in FireFox, &amp; ignore all adverts if I didn't -- but I can say that McAfee Site Adviser gives their site a green light.

All registry cleaners look for broken references [links], &amp; some will attempt to find the missing reference target. Registry keys &amp; values can include another key or a file -- if the cleaner doesn't see that other key or file, it marks it down as a registry problem. Many also delete known history storage, calling it a benefit for privacy. Additionally some apps provide registry backup/restore, &amp;/or defragging, which AFAIK usually just means re-writing the registry files to your hdd without including any *white space*. Finally, registry utilities might offer to perform some tweaks -- Windows comes set for the vast majority of users &amp; circumstances, meaning there are bound to be some compromises, which tweakers *adjust* for specific scenarios... a home user for example can benefit from settings that would give corp IT problems. 

RegTidy is a minimalist sort of app without most all of those extra features, which some might like as simpler equals easier to use &amp; less confusion. It comes set to start with Windows &amp; has options for auto scanning, checking for updates, &amp; scheduled scans.

The leading debates surrounding registry utilities are whether they help &amp; are they safe. The answer to both is maybe. Windows has to read the registry, &amp; anything that improves that helps Windows -- the proper question is does it help enough?... That depends on how screwed up your registry is, how long it takes Windows to read your registry (how fast your PC/laptop is has an effect), and what you consider a worthwhile improvement. As for safety, that depends on how prepared you are to put things back the way they were. In XP using ERUNT it takes just a few minutes + a reboot, even if Windows won't start -- providing you read &amp; understand the docs, &amp; are able to boot into some other, compatible OS. In Vista/7 Windows info is stored in more places than just the registry, so restoration can cause minor problems -- better to use System Restore if Windows starts. [also see http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/faq.htm] At any rate, as long as you can put the registry back to its prior state, using a registry utility is safer than installing unknown software, as that can alter the actual files Windows needs/uses.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:54:22 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By: acr]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/regtidy/#comment-102446</link>
<description><![CDATA[Good alternatives are mentioned in this thread and there is good advice about not using a registry cleaner unless you are sure registry errors are causing system problems.  The rule of thumb should be to simply not mess with the registry.  And if your system is having issues the registry is usually the last place to check/fix as opposed to the first.

I believe a good number of registry problems occur when an uninstalled program leaves registry entries behind.  You should check around on the internet before installing any program.  Seek reviews from reputable sites.  Make a backup of your system before installing a program and if you choose to uninstall later always use the built in uninstalled of the program (if available).  From a common sense point of view most legit programs should have a built in uninstaller.  Another thing is to check the program's site to see if a special uninstall tool is available.  

All that being said, I would like to make another suggestion for a registry cleaner.  It is free and from Macecraft, the same company that makes JV16 PowerTools.   In fact the scanning engine is based on the same engine used in JV16PT. The freeware program is called PowerTools Lite and can be found at the link below-

http://www.macecraft.com/ptlite/]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:24:28 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By: keithof4]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/regtidy/#comment-102445</link>
<description><![CDATA[thers a new kid on the block, well sore-dove Perfect Utilitieshttp://www.putils.com/  our known as the free version of WinUtilities has an excellent registry cleaner and a bunch of other useful and not so useful tools.Witch may also be better than Glarys Utilities or Advanced systemCare free.
MV RegCleaner http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Registry-Tweak/MV-RegClean.shtml  is also a very good stand alone registry cleaner but don't mes with RegSeeker a rescan revels not all cleans up.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:24:20 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By: majid]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/regtidy/#comment-102444</link>
<description><![CDATA[Reg cleaners are totally unnecessary our registry is the backbone of your system do not fiddle ith it]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:45:09 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By: Bea]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/regtidy/#comment-102443</link>
<description><![CDATA[It's not very cool to be giving this type of software away free or not, it's reputation is negative all over the web. I hope people read the reviews before installing something like this and pay 30 dollars for it? Shudder. Thanks anyway GAOTD]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:43:49 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By: Olray]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/regtidy/#comment-102442</link>
<description><![CDATA[If you wish to clean up your registry I suggest using CCleaner instead.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:26:52 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By: Ryan]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/regtidy/#comment-102441</link>
<description><![CDATA[I, like most others, am afraid of this software. Their website is scary at first site even - They have a "McAfee Hacker Safe" logo that is static...IE, they don't actually have the software installed to have it scanned properly. If a site tries to trick a user about another companies software which they are advertising falsely...I don't want to see what THEIR software will do to my computer.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:17:34 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By: Patrick]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/regtidy/#comment-102439</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone!
I join you all in your comments re. ANY registry cleaner software. Especially when developers promise you heaven (i.e. nearly all of them) you're in for a descent into hell, a voyage through "the valley of tears" etc. with no "green pastures" in sight. Many years ago I "enjoyed" the experience of total dataloss and complete system breakdown due to some alleged functional registry repair tool. Ever since I've been extremely sceptical on this subject.
For some three years now I use CCleaner on a fairly regular basis (mostly depending on testing additional new programs - which I now do on a seperate machine anyway) and it works fine for me. (Before that time I had to rely on advise from friends to fix speed issues or worse.)
Tinkering with your computer's registry should be left to (human) registry-wizzards -which most of us are not, I daresay- or to the software equivalents thereof -the use of which also presumes a certain level of knowledge. Whenever something spells "registry" I raise my personal "DEFCON" one or two levels ;-)
I will try some of the above suggested alternatives and may well add some to my toolbox. So thanks for those links!!!

Greetz!
Pat

PS: IMHO none of the stars in the "People who tried this giveaway find it..."-box above should be colored in "gold". Red blinking down-arrows seem more appropriate  ;-) 
And for software that is potentially harmfull or requires above average knowledge befor use, appropriatly colored "!"-marks or "?"-s might be helpfull?

Enjoy Halloween!
P.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:22:20 -0400</pubDate>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick]]></dc:creator>
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