Issues with Registry Defragmenter on 64-bit?

[Bikr]

I just had an experience where I ran the Registry Defragmenter and it showed a large difference between the defragmented size (about 50% of before defrag size). Then after a re-boot, the machine is basically hosed and I have to do a Windows reinstall.

This has happened twice; once on a Windows 2003 server 64-bit macine and again on a Vista 64-bit machine. The hardware is a Dell Optiplex 755 Intel Core 2 Quad (Q6600). Fortunately they were both test machines.

Just wondering if it was a coincidence or 64-bit support isn't as robust as 32-bit?

[Aneesh]

Hi,

We'll check this issue as soon as possible.

[Frax]

I had a similar problem, using WinXP Pro x64. Upon rebooting, the XP theme was disabled, and it took three minutes to get to the login screen. It then tried to auto-login using my domain username (why?).

Using the Windows CD to boot and "repair" my installation, I was able to login and copy my user profile back in place. I had to reinstall a few apps though. I dont know what went wrong, but this certainly isn't supposed to happen.

[Aneesh]

We tried running the x64 version on our test systems and could not find any problems so far. Still, since a few users like yourself have run into issues, we'll definitely run more tests.

[jose ramos]

I had the same problem with Registry Defragmenter on Vista 64. My system crashed, became unusable and I had to reinstall Vista and everything else.

[Aneesh]

Thank you for letting us know about your issue with Registry Defragmenter.