Registry Tweaks
Mar 2, 2008
I have downloaded several menu tweaks from this site (copy/move to folder for one). The extension shown on the link is .reg. When I download they are saved as .efw. When I right click there is no merge option, just open. I haven't done these things before. Only used the old pwr. toys and pwr. tweaks from the old days.
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May 12, 2008
how come theres no tweaks section on this forum?? and if there is where? and if not does anyone know one?
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Aug 1, 2005
Every time you open up a document or launch a program Windows Vista keeps track of this information to build the list of application for recently run applications and recent documents list. This can be a convenience or it can be a privacy problems if you use a shared computer. If that is the case, then anyone that uses the computer after you can see what applications you like to run and also see the name of the documents or photos that you looked at.
In Windows Vista Microsoft has provided a easy way to tweak this setting. Follow the steps below to protect your privacy:
Right click on the taskbar and select Properties....
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Feb 27, 2009
WARNING: only for advanced users who like to clean the registry. Quicksys regcleaner normally $25 free - only 4hrs left from here: http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/
Win 7 compatible - have used this and deleted all 1200 entries it found. It makes a backup - been running for several hours and reboots with no probs. Also working fine so far on my Vista x64 and Win 7 x86 installs. After cleaning you need to shut the app. and reopen it for it to find it's backups. (Easy to find them by hand - it can compress them to.7z files, too ). Have used their regdefrag a lot - identical scans and results to the Auslogics and Glary versions- so use whichever defragger you already have. WARNING: not recommended to defrag registry across drives.
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May 27, 2009
Currently using Vista 64 Home Premimum. Can anyone recommend a good registry cleaner? I tried PCTOOLS and it promptly wrecked my registry.
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Nov 13, 2009
I am using this program to clean up my registry and it seems to work fine except the errors keep coming back. I can do a scan, clean up all the errors and then shut down and start up and I have a new 20 registry error list and most or all of the errors relate to "bad path for the value" and its windows files that seem to be at fault. I don't understand why Microsoft operating system would create registry errors on a startup, before anything has been installed etc. is RegistryBooster misleading me or what. I am running win7 but it did the same thing on vista home premium so I think the question is valid for this group.
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Jul 17, 2008
For all you people who have been looking for a way to get Vista's glass effect in Firefox, look no further. Here is an extension for Firefox 3 that will do it. (supports 32bit and 64bit FF versions) Information Here: [Ext] Glasser 1.0.16 (BETA) - Add Vista Glass to Firefox • mozillaZine Forums. Menubar Addon: This Addon hides the File/Edit/View/tools menu using the ALT key to show it temporarily.
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Apr 3, 2008
I am new to Vista Home Basic. I find it very slow. Are there "tweaks" to increase speed?
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Sep 10, 2009
"Access to registry key 'HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.pgk' is denied" Th program runs well on 32 bit vista and XP but I have 64bit and it doesn't work.
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May 10, 2008
I'm looking for some steps on how to completely reset my registy. I've done
disk cleanup and the other option of deleting all the temporary internet
files, cookies and whatnot but my computer is still running slow. I'm sure
it has something to do with downloaded game data hiding somewhere I can't
find them!
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Jul 31, 2008
I read the info on wikidpedia but I'm still not understanding what the registry is. Can some explain it to me in a very simple language?
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Aug 17, 2009
On my recently deceased computer, I had downloaded a registry cleaner many years ago. It was simply called "Registry Cleaner" and it was freeware.
Looking around the modern internet all the newer registry cleaners are for sale only.
The one had was terrific:
cleaned the registry, uninstalled programs, etc.
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May 25, 2008
I installed a new registry cleaner, RegCure I think, ran it, cleaned like 12k errors, more than I thought I should have, turned off my computer and went to bed. I come back and its acting like windows 2000!
None of the services are working, I can't access the backups I made, and I can't use the system restore because the host program wont respond, or something I ran safe mode and got SOME of the drivers working again, as I thought I would, so it sort of seems my computer has amnesia Does anyone know how I can get more services to work without
reformatting my computer?
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Aug 6, 2009
I've read in some posts that a registry cleaner isn't recommended for Vista,primarily because some can install malware instead of getting rid of it.
But I've got some issues with Vista and I swear it's from leftover software installations - such as SQL 2008 beta. I don't want to reinstall Vista because it's a pain in the butt. Are there any registry cleaners that are recommended as safe?
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Oct 5, 2009
I'd like to know if deleting for example the any of the default "devices" registry keys, producing the result of unknown objects in DeviceManager, is there any way to right the system back manually.
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Sep 1, 2009
A friend of mine has his Vista PC automatically installing an update, then reboots with no prompt before login any user. And that's looped forever. What's strange is it does the same in safe mode.
At present no session can be opened, nor even reached. Nothing seems to be possible.
I'm thinking I could alter/delete the RunOnce entry in the registry but I would either need
- an XP tool that can read a Vista registry from a file on a separate HD (yes, I would take the HD to my PC)
- or a Linux live CD tool (but I'm asking this question on a Linux forum) that could do the same
- or of course any other brilliant idea.
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Jun 25, 2008
I am trying to add an entry to the registry, but am denied access. I tried running regedit as Admin, no good. I tried logging in as Admin, no good.
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Sep 20, 2009
Microsoft recommends using systempropertiesprotection for backing up the registry. Presumably, this backs up the registry to the hard drive. I think that it might be a good idea to have an external backup as well (CD-R). But how can one obtain this from systempropertiesprotection?
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Mar 23, 2008
I just upgraded my desktop to Vista Ultimate and my question is: Is there a registry cleaner on Vista comparable to the regclean.exe on XP?
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Mar 1, 2009
I was looking in the windows registry and saw that i have HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMControlSet001 - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMControlSet060. is this normal for vista? under windows xp laptop there are only 3.
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May 6, 2010
I have a problem, a corrupt entry in the registry. I think I may have to edit the registry (for the first time). I know how to do it, and which entries to delete. Before I do so, I can back up the registry, or I can create a restore point, or I could do both!
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Nov 9, 2008
What application can I use to clean the registry. The one I had before doesn't work with 64 bit
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May 11, 2008
My computer got the error, I don't know why but maybe it's because I ran a registry cleaner or the computer crash time ago. Now when I start the computer there are some dialog says that there are some problems on the reg and asks to restore the default value, and it keeps showing that dialog everytime I start the computer. I checked the event viewer, only seen the warning something like this:" Windows detected your registry file is still in use by other applications or services. The file will be unloaded now. The applications or services that hold your registry file may not function properly afterwards. DETAIL 1 user registry handles leaked from RegistryUserS-1-5-21-1216382924-1572877739-2728514917-1013_Classes: Process 988 (DeviceHarddiskVolume1WindowsSystem32svchost.exe) has opened key REGISTRYUSERS-1-5-21-1216382924-1572877739-2728514917-1013_CLASSES " It doesn't affect to the performance of the computer but gives some troubles.
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Feb 7, 2009
In the Vista registry the left hand column lacks a reference to what item is being displayed in the right hand window. I.E.: It is difficult to knowwhat left hand branch is the parent of what is seen at the right...There is a minor reg hack that places a green ball, with a pointer inside,on the active left hand item, but I cannot locate that info.Anyone recall where the .reg file for this useful modification can be had?
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May 23, 2009
what are the values in data field that is prefixed by a percentage(%) sign mean?
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Dec 29, 2008
My media player 11 kept freezing when i'd try to rip more than 1 cd all of a sudden. I'd reboot then it would be fine again for only 1 cd. So i started reading forums on how to uninstall and reinstall media player. One said i had to delete the entire key from the registry then when i rebooted it would ask me to reinstall. It didn't happen. Now WMP opens and will play music but when i try to rip a cd it says it cannot do it and offers no reason. I'm running 32bit vista ultimate. I've tried the cumulative update for WMP but it says i have a newer version of it installed so it can't continue. Also i wasn't provided with a copy of vista with the computer so i cant reinstall that either can i?
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Jun 22, 2008
What is the best registry fixer only for vista sp1?
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Aug 20, 2009
I had an "issue" that warranted a look into the registry and so I opened it up and saw a lot of "weird" entries. Now, let this be said, I've only been using Vista for about a year and I never really went in the Vista registry before, so I'm not sure what a "weird" entry is by Vista terms, but these look weird. Please take a look at the attached image and give me your opinion. Is there something wrong here? If so, what should I do? I'm running Vista Home Premium SP2 32bit.
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May 26, 2010
I need a registry file from someone who has any version of Vista with a working Windows Installer.
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Feb 25, 2009
The computer is used mostly for creating 3d models and texturing them. I do play some games on it. It is about 6 months old. I guess the main questions are, Is it going to make a difference? Is there a potential it could mess something up?
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Sep 5, 2009
What is the easist way to backup the registry? Vista 32 bit
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