Particular sort of Registry cleanup needed

I've migrated my retail XP Pro configuration a number of times across to new
hardware (MB upgrades). I've used either the Sysprep function or the Device
deletion method (before imaging the original drive and restoring to a new
one). Either method has always worked for me, I think mostly since the HAL
turned out to be the same on the newer system.

What I'd like to do, though, is clean up the Registry from leftover devices,
ports, and software drivers that are no longer in use. As an example, on my
last system I had two LPT ports that were labeled LPT1 and LPT2. When the
configuration was rebuilt on this new system it found my one and only new
parallel port, and promptly labeled it LPT3. You get the picture. What I'd
like to find is a tool that will identify all this kind of stuff and let me
delete items like this, and hopefully then have stuff like LPT3 reconfigure
itself to LPT1. Possible?

I've installed jv16 Power Tools 2007 to see if it could do such a thing, but
it doesn't seem like it can.

Why do you feel you need to "clean up the Registry from leftover
devices, ports, and software drivers that are no longer in use"? Are you
experiencing a specific problem that you believe may be caused by these?
If so, describe the problem and we can work on it. Otherwise, a Windows
XP registry does not need and does not benefit by wholesale cleaning. On
the other hand, "cleaning" your registry is a good way to mess up your
system irreparably.

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Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Tony wrote:
> I've migrated my retail XP Pro configuration a number of times across to new
> hardware (MB upgrades). I've used either the Sysprep function or the Device
> deletion method (before imaging the original drive and restoring to a new
> one). Either method has always worked for me, I think mostly since the HAL
> turned out to be the same on the newer system.
>
> What I'd like to do, though, is clean up the Registry from leftover devices,
> ports, and software drivers that are no longer in use. As an example, on my
> last system I had two LPT ports that were labeled LPT1 and LPT2. When the
> configuration was rebuilt on this new system it found my one and only new
> parallel port, and promptly labeled it LPT3. You get the picture. What I'd
> like to find is a tool that will identify all this kind of stuff and let me
> delete items like this, and hopefully then have stuff like LPT3 reconfigure
> itself to LPT1. Possible?
>
> I've installed jv16 Power Tools 2007 to see if it could do such a thing, but
> it doesn't seem like it can.
>
>