how to clean registry in Vista

hi,
i'm using an accounting software. that has three version . one is free
edition and another is standard version and the last one is delux version.
at first i used to try free version.. that was working fine and i did some
work on that for few days and later i bought the standard version as it had
more features of inventry control and accounting mathods.

at the time of installation i had some error message like runtime(.netframe
work not sure) so i installed on another computer and copied the whole
directory in vista installed laptop and it worked.. but as it was free
version the serial no. was different whic i wrote after i opened it from
vista installed laptop . i couldnt uninstall it so i deleted the whole
directory from C: drive and restared the pc and again copied the whole
directory from another Pc and NOW IT DIDN'T PROMPTED THE SERIAL NO BOX. SO I
COULDNT WRITE THE STANDARD EDITION SERIAL NO. it is still the free version
with less features.. i think it is due to registry files which are stored in
windwos ...

May be i'm wrong but this is what happened. I have tried the same on xp
based pc but installs properly therefore there is no problem..

i dont know how can i do it...any help is highly appreciated...
regards

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

> What school projects are you talking about? Which edition of Vista did you
> install on your computer? What kind of computer is it?
>
> What is making you think you need to clean the registry? Are you getting
> any error messages that mention the registry?
>
> If you can't install your school projects it is likely problems with your
> software being incompatible with Vista or problems with permissions to do
> the installations.
>
>
> "RanjanSamant" <RanjanSamant@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E2948E5B-CBC6-42C9-AFA9-1D2CF388D991@microsoft.com...

> > hi,
> > i have installed a few programmes but i dont know how to clean the
> > registry
> > in vista . does any one have any idea of this. Kindly guide as i cant
> > install
> > my school projects.
> >
> > since regards
> > Ranjan Samant

>
>
>

I'll take a shot at the first part of your description of the problem but I
am having trouble following what is going on in the second part.

The message probably was that .netframework 1.1 is required for this program
to run. Vista includes .netframework 2.0 but not .netframework 1.1.
Programs can be written to use any version but some programs (or their
installers) may insist on one specific version. (The two versions of the
..netframework live with each other happily so having both side by side is no
problem.)

It is common for registration and serial number info to be stored someplace
different from a program's folders so just copying over a folder would not
neccessarily have also copied over everything that the program needed.

I am confused by the middle part of the second paragraph of your post:

"but as it was free version the serial no. was different whic i wrote after
i opened it from vista installed laptop . i couldnt uninstall it so i
deleted the whole directory from C: drive"

Can you clean that up a bit and make it clearer (step by step)?



"RanjanSamant" <RanjanSamant@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BD09BE8A-500F-4D72-BEC6-90B675E50AFB@microsoft.com...

> hi,
> i'm using an accounting software. that has three version . one is free
> edition and another is standard version and the last one is delux version.
> at first i used to try free version.. that was working fine and i did some
> work on that for few days and later i bought the standard version as it
> had
> more features of inventry control and accounting mathods.
>
> at the time of installation i had some error message like
> runtime(.netframe
> work not sure) so i installed on another computer and copied the whole
> directory in vista installed laptop and it worked.. but as it was free
> version the serial no. was different whic i wrote after i opened it from
> vista installed laptop . i couldnt uninstall it so i deleted the whole
> directory from C: drive and restared the pc and again copied the whole
> directory from another Pc and NOW IT DIDN'T PROMPTED THE SERIAL NO BOX. SO
> I
> COULDNT WRITE THE STANDARD EDITION SERIAL NO. it is still the free version
> with less features.. i think it is due to registry files which are stored
> in
> windwos ...
>
> May be i'm wrong but this is what happened. I have tried the same on xp
> based pc but installs properly therefore there is no problem..
>
> i dont know how can i do it...any help is highly appreciated...
> regards
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>

>> What school projects are you talking about? Which edition of Vista did
>> you
>> install on your computer? What kind of computer is it?
>>
>> What is making you think you need to clean the registry? Are you getting
>> any error messages that mention the registry?
>>
>> If you can't install your school projects it is likely problems with your
>> software being incompatible with Vista or problems with permissions to do
>> the installations.
>>
>>
>> "RanjanSamant" <RanjanSamant@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:E2948E5B-CBC6-42C9-AFA9-1D2CF388D991@microsoft.com...

>> > hi,
>> > i have installed a few programmes but i dont know how to clean the
>> > registry
>> > in vista . does any one have any idea of this. Kindly guide as i cant
>> > install
>> > my school projects.
>> >
>> > since regards
>> > Ranjan Samant

>>
>>
>>

Rajan,

Cleaning the registry is a very dangerous task and has lots of factors that
can affect where things are kept. If it is an MSI based setup the reminents
can be completely different than those of your typicall setup.exe. I would
not recommend you using anything other than the native uninstall for
applications.

--
Josh

"RanjanSamant" <RanjanSamant@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E2948E5B-CBC6-42C9-AFA9-1D2CF388D991@microsoft.com...

> hi,
> i have installed a few programmes but i dont know how to clean the
> registry
> in vista . does any one have any idea of this. Kindly guide as i cant
> install
> my school projects.
>
> since regards
> Ranjan Samant

hi,
i'm using an accounting software. that has three version . one is free
edition and another is standard version and the last one is delux version.
at first i used to try free version.. that was working fine and i did some
work on that for few days and later i bought the standard version as it had
more features of inventry control and accounting mathods.

at the time of installation i had some error message like runtime(.netframe
work not sure) so i installed on another computer and copied the whole
directory in vista installed laptop and it worked.. but as it was free
version the serial no. was different whic i wrote after i opened it from
vista installed laptop . i couldnt uninstall it so i deleted the whole
directory from C: drive and restared the pc and again copied the whole
directory from another Pc and NOW IT DIDN'T PROMPTED THE SERIAL NO BOX. SO I
COULDNT WRITE THE STANDARD EDITION SERIAL NO. it is still the free version
with less features.. i think it is due to registry files which are stored in
windwos ...

May be i'm wrong but this is what happened. I have tried the same on xp
based pc but installs properly therefore there is no problem..

i dont know how can i do it...any help is highly appreciated...
regards

"Josh" wrote:

> Rajan,
>
> Cleaning the registry is a very dangerous task and has lots of factors that
> can affect where things are kept. If it is an MSI based setup the reminents
> can be completely different than those of your typicall setup.exe. I would
> not recommend you using anything other than the native uninstall for
> applications.
>
> --
> Josh
>
> "RanjanSamant" <RanjanSamant@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E2948E5B-CBC6-42C9-AFA9-1D2CF388D991@microsoft.com...

> > hi,
> > i have installed a few programmes but i dont know how to clean the
> > registry
> > in vista . does any one have any idea of this. Kindly guide as i cant
> > install
> > my school projects.
> >
> > since regards
> > Ranjan Samant

>
>
>

It looks like the web-based newsreader is giving you false error messages.
Why don't you try using the newsreader in Vista Mail?

"RanjanSamant" <RanjanSamant@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7B154877-A092-4A65-9355-827872C01E81@microsoft.com...

> hi,
> i'm using an accounting software. that has three version . one is free
> edition and another is standard version and the last one is delux version.
> at first i used to try free version.. that was working fine and i did some
> work on that for few days and later i bought the standard version as it
> had
> more features of inventry control and accounting mathods.
>
> at the time of installation i had some error message like
> runtime(.netframe
> work not sure) so i installed on another computer and copied the whole
> directory in vista installed laptop and it worked.. but as it was free
> version the serial no. was different whic i wrote after i opened it from
> vista installed laptop . i couldnt uninstall it so i deleted the whole
> directory from C: drive and restared the pc and again copied the whole
> directory from another Pc and NOW IT DIDN'T PROMPTED THE SERIAL NO BOX. SO
> I
> COULDNT WRITE THE STANDARD EDITION SERIAL NO. it is still the free version
> with less features.. i think it is due to registry files which are stored
> in
> windwos ...
>
> May be i'm wrong but this is what happened. I have tried the same on xp
> based pc but installs properly therefore there is no problem..
>
> i dont know how can i do it...any help is highly appreciated...
> regards
>
> "Josh" wrote:
>

>> Rajan,
>>
>> Cleaning the registry is a very dangerous task and has lots of factors
>> that
>> can affect where things are kept. If it is an MSI based setup the
>> reminents
>> can be completely different than those of your typicall setup.exe. I
>> would
>> not recommend you using anything other than the native uninstall for
>> applications.
>>
>> --
>> Josh
>>
>> "RanjanSamant" <RanjanSamant@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:E2948E5B-CBC6-42C9-AFA9-1D2CF388D991@microsoft.com...

>> > hi,
>> > i have installed a few programmes but i dont know how to clean the
>> > registry
>> > in vista . does any one have any idea of this. Kindly guide as i cant
>> > install
>> > my school projects.
>> >
>> > since regards
>> > Ranjan Samant

>>
>>
>>

Hello

If you do not know how to clean the registry then you do not have any business to do it and especially with any registry cleaner tools. You can mess up your computer to the point of not working.

--
Daphne

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"RanjanSamant" <RanjanSamant@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E2948E5B-CBC6-42C9-AFA9-1D2CF388D991@microsoft.com...

> hi,
> i have installed a few programmes but i dont know how to clean the registry
> in vista . does any one have any idea of this. Kindly guide as i cant install
> my school projects.
>
> since regards
> Ranjan Samant

hi,
i'm using an accounting software. that has three version . one is free
edition and another is standard version and the last one is delux version.
at first i used to try free version.. that was working fine and i did some
work on that for few days and later i bought the standard version as it had
more features of inventry control and accounting mathods.

at the time of installation i had some error message like runtime(.netframe
work not sure) so i installed on another computer and copied the whole
directory in vista installed laptop and it worked.. but as it was free
version the serial no. was different whic i wrote after i opened it from
vista installed laptop . i couldnt uninstall it so i deleted the whole
directory from C: drive and restared the pc and again copied the whole
directory from another Pc and NOW IT DIDN'T PROMPTED THE SERIAL NO BOX. SO I
COULDNT WRITE THE STANDARD EDITION SERIAL NO. it is still the free version
with less features.. i think it is due to registry files which are stored in
windwos ...

May be i'm wrong but this is what happened. I have tried the same on xp
based pc but installs properly therefore there is no problem..

i dont know how can i do it...any help is highly appreciated...

regards


"Daphne Foldes" wrote:

> Hello
>
> If you do not know how to clean the registry then you do not have any business to do it and especially with any registry cleaner tools. You can mess up your computer to the point of not working.
>
> --
> Daphne
>
> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>
> "RanjanSamant" <RanjanSamant@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E2948E5B-CBC6-42C9-AFA9-1D2CF388D991@microsoft.com...

> > hi,
> > i have installed a few programmes but i dont know how to clean the registry
> > in vista . does any one have any idea of this. Kindly guide as i cant install
> > my school projects.
> >
> > since regards
> > Ranjan Samant

>

Why do you say that? Do you know how to manually "clean" the registry? I for one
don't, and I still do so in XP.

I personally would not do anything with the registry as the structure has
changed and registry cleaners that worked in early builds and ones that work
fine in XP can break Vista as it sees things that it thinks are bad or
unnecessary when they are needed.
----------
Mark Dietz
PROnetworks <http://www.pro-networks.org>

Daphne Foldes wrote:

> Hello
>
> If you do not know how to clean the registry then you do not have any business to do it and especially with any registry cleaner tools. You can mess up your computer to the point of not working.
>