[gui-talk] Accessible Windows registry cleaner?

Wed Nov 10 14:53:29 UTC 2010

Sherri,

I also use SuperAntiSpyware and liked it pretty well.  A repair of XP might help, but if your computer is working generally well, I would hesitate to do a 
complete reinstall.  

First, are you having any trouble with other web sites.  Do you find you end up on a different site than you intended, for example?  If you are noticing 
anything like this, check your proxy settings in Internet Explorer.  This isn't hard to do.

In Internet explorer, go to Tools, and choose Internet Options.  This is a multipage Dialog.  Get to the "connection page, and then tab until you find the 
"LAN" button.  Push that button and another dialog will come up.  One of the check boxes there will say "Use Proxy Server" or something like that.  If it is 
checked, it could be causing the problem.  Uncheck it and press OK.  Keep pressing OK until you are out.  If it was not checked, you might want to press 
ESCAPE until you get out to be sure you don't accidentally change anything else.

If this box was checked, it is possible that some kind of program caused it to happen.  This is especially true if things start working again.  If that is the case, 
make sure that SuperAntiSpyware is up to date.  It is possible that hasn't updated either.  Once it is up-to-date, do a full scan of your computer to see what it 
finds.

Can you run a Windows Update manually?  It is possible that, if you can't, that the Windows Update service is stopped.  I can try to touch on that if that 
seems to be the case.  That can happen in the process of antispyware software removing a threat.

There are Windows repai functions that can correct many things without the loss of data.  This might be worth a try but I can't give you steps to do this.  
You will likely need to have the original CD's that came with your computer, though.

Good luck.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Tue, 9 Nov 2010 23:48:56 -0500, Sherri wrote:

>I'm not getting any messages. I didn't know that it wasn't running updates 
>until the computer guy from Florida division of Blind Services noticed it. 
>He says we have to reinstall Windows XP Home or at least repair it. I am 
>running SuperAntiSpyware for malware protection.

>Any other suggestions as to what I can do?
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com>
>To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 5:36 PM
>Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Accessible Windows registry cleaner?

>> Sherri,
>>
>> This isn't necessarily a registry problem.  For one thing, I think much of 
>> the advertising for registry cleaning is exaggerated, but you may have 
>> some kind of
>> malware.  The inability to access the Windows Updates page is of 
>> particular concern.  Are you running something to prevent malware as well 
>> as antivirus
>> software?  If so, you should try to do a complete scan of your computer. 
>> Also, look to see if you are getting any errors or warning messages as 
>> your
>> computer boots up.  If you can't read the screen, you may need to get 
>> someone to watch the screen for you and look for potential error messages. 
>> Some
>> cleaners probably are more aggressive than CCleaner, but they also run the 
>> risk of messing something up.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Steve Jacobson
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 9 Nov 2010 17:11:22 -0500, Sherri wrote:
>>
>>>It's not. Right now my Windows desktop doesn't always load and it won't
>>>access the page for windows updates.
>>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>>From: "Baracco, Andrew W" <Andrew.Baracco at va.gov>
>>>To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 1:05 PM
>>>Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Accessible Windows registry cleaner?
>>
>>
>>>> What isn't it catching?  Most of these registry cleaners are not to be
>>>> trusted.  CCleaner  is probably the only one I would come close to
>>>> trusting.
>>>>
>>>> Andy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>>> On Behalf Of Sherri
>>>> Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 9:09 PM
>>>> To: gui-talk at NFBnet.org
>>>> Subject: [gui-talk] Accessible Windows registry cleaner?
>>>>
>>>> Anyone out there know of a good and accessible Windows registry cleaner?
>>>> I currently use C-Cleaner and it isn't catching everything. Any
>>>> suggestions would be appreciated. I'm running Windows XP. Thanks.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sherri Brun, NFBF Secretary and Newsline(r) Coordinator
>>>> E-mail: flmom2006 at gmail.com
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