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carryingmarine

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Registry scan
« on: January 15, 2012, 09:21:50 PM »
Just bought Avast after being shown that my registry is corrupt, my question is, will Avast scan the registry? and will it fix any errors it might find?
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Re: Registry scan
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2012, 09:30:50 PM »
Welcome to the forum.
What do you mean by corrupt ??? Any error messages ???

avast! is an antivirus program not a registry cleaner.
It scans the registry for possible infections but has nothing to do with
fixing the registry.
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Re: Registry scan
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2012, 09:33:31 PM »
Unless you'r an expert, the registry is probably the last thing you
should be messing with.
One mistake in the wrong place and your system may not start.
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Re: Registry scan
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2012, 09:40:21 PM »
another question....how do you know registry is corrupt ?
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Re: Registry scan
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2012, 09:42:23 PM »
Quote from: Pondus on January 15, 2012, 09:40:21 PM
another question....how do you know registry is corrupt ?

Good question..!
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Re: Registry scan
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2012, 09:44:38 PM »
well I keep getting a printer spool error when I try to scan, and I was on the phone with HP tech support who used a program called ARO2011 and it said there was 413 registry errors, so thats how I know its corrupt
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Re: Registry scan
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2012, 09:46:23 PM »
they wanted to charge me 400.00 for 5 programs thats would fix the problem....I said NO, I will reformat the hard drive first and just re-install windows and start all over again
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Re: Registry scan
« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2012, 09:48:27 PM »
Quote from: carryingmarine on January 15, 2012, 09:46:23 PM
they wanted to charge me 400.00 for 5 programs thats would fix the problem....I said NO, I will reformat the hard drive first and just re-install windows and start all over again

Well, just ignore them, you don't have to pay anyone to get this fixed.
Just continue with us. ;)
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Re: Registry scan
« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2012, 09:50:55 PM »
Quote from: carryingmarine on January 15, 2012, 09:46:23 PM
they wanted to charge me 400.00 for 5 programs thats would fix the problem....I said NO, I will reformat the hard drive first and just re-install windows and start all over again
Then i have a free suggestion for you.....dont you love that word...FREE   ;)

Look in Essexboys guide here   http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=53253.0
then follow the instructions for OTL and attach the OTL log....
Essexboy will then have a look inside an fix any problem he see....if there are any    ???.......and it is all FREE  

he logs out in one hour..so if you hurry
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Re: Registry scan
« Reply #9 on: January 15, 2012, 09:52:34 PM »
Thats why I decided to buy Avast, since I have been using the free version for a while now, I appreciate all of your assistance, I dont do much with the registry, as Im not that smart (I dont think I am) however I do know a few things about computers...lol
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Re: Registry scan
« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2012, 09:57:30 PM »
working on that now, thank you, will keep advised
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Re: Registry scan
« Reply #11 on: January 15, 2012, 10:00:54 PM »
Have you tried uninstalling your printer, disconnecting the printer
from the computer, rebooting, and then re-installing the printer ???
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Re: Registry scan
« Reply #12 on: January 15, 2012, 11:45:01 PM »
Quote from: bob3160 on January 15, 2012, 10:00:54 PM
Have you tried uninstalling your printer, disconnecting the printer
from the computer, rebooting, and then re-installing the printer ???
Or CCleaner http://filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/  :)
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Re: Registry scan
« Reply #13 on: January 15, 2012, 11:52:29 PM »
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Re: Registry scan
« Reply #14 on: January 16, 2012, 12:03:04 AM »
Thanks for letting us know.
Two posts by the same user on the same subject is never good only wastes time and
duplicates efforts.  :(
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