What's a good cleanup utility/registry fixer for Windows XP ?

[eppur_se_muova]

i.e. one with a good, reliable repuation, and minimum entanglements associated with licensing etc.? Oh, and it has to be free.

I need to find any "orphan" D/Ls and temp files and free up some disk space.




(Do I really need all this junk to run Windows? Microsoft .NET framework 2.0, 3.0, 4 ... MS Silverlight ... MSXML 4.0 sp2 (3 files with strange numbers) ... ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX extensions ? These don't sound like anything I'm aware of using. )

[Joe Shlabotnik]

1. I run c cleaner every now again

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http://www.piriform.com/CCLEANER

I'm no computer expert, but it seems to work well and cleans up lots of junk. Its free, simple to use and has a bunch of useful tools and settings. Its never screwed anything up either.

[Mnpaul]

5. I second that

CCleaner is very useful. I use it quite often to shut down all those auto start update programs.

[backscatter712]

10. I've had good luck with CCleaner myself. n/t

[steve2470]

2. Eusing Free Registry Cleaner 2.8.1

http://www.eusing.com/free_registry_cleaner/registry_cleaner.htm

I've used it before and it seemed to do the job.

[RC]

4. I agree.

I've used this to clean up the Registry after manually removing programs that do not want to be removed.
I never messed with the setup or defaults. Install, update and go. I have never had a problem with it.

[ManiacJoe]

3. What leads you to believe you need a registry fixer?

[Egalitarian Thug]

13. The label on the case?

[Alan_Silverman]

6. I always put Advanced System Care on my Client's Computers

http://download.cnet.com/Advanced-SystemCare/3000-2086_4-10407614.html?tag=main;pop

[hobbit709]

7. Advanced System Care sucks compared to its older version, Advanced Windows Care.

[Alan_Silverman]

9. But

does that make it better or worse than free alternatives?

[hobbit709]

11. I use the free version-works just fine on XP, XP X64, and 7

[eppur_se_muova]

8. Thanks for the suggestions! nt

[Earth Bound Misfit]

12. Registry Cleaners...

...are generally useless and potentially dangerous programs. Their benefit(s)--if any--is/are negligible at best and catastophic at worst. Any of the aforementioned utilities are good--I use CCleaner & TFC by OldTimer @ Geeks to Go.

http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner
http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/files/file/187-tfc-temp-file-cleaner-by-oldtimer/

If it ain't broke... Just my .02, YMMV.

[Mnpaul]

14. The good thing about CCleaner

is that when you clean the registry, it gives you the option of backing up the changes before you make them.