a decent system maintenance program

[faye]

Hi,
want to find a program that will check for error and fix the registry ..
using XP pro SP2 already

and i am using Tuneup 2004, i think there may be something better.

Few years ago, i used Norton Utilities but i find that it uses so many resources..

any others?

thanks

 

[madthumbs]

Registry First Aid

 

[dunkster]

I use Ace Utilities. It offers everything you need to clean your registry, junk files, program-startup list and history - and it's also the SAFEST utility I've found for registry maintenance. In default mode, it uses an exclusion-list of registry items that, if removed, might harm system operation. 30-day free demo is fully-functional, $30 to buy.

The only feature it lacks is a manual registry-search function, which they feel would make it 'unsafe' for the typical user. I use JV16 PowerTools for manual search of the registry.

Hope this helps!