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Ken Blake said:On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 20:11:00 -0800, Linda W <Linda
All registry cleaners are scams at best. At worst, they can completely
hose your system.
I strongly suggest you avoid using any registry cleaning program. They
are *all* snake oil. Cleaning of the registry isn't needed and is
dangerous. Leave the registry alone and don't use any registry
cleaner. Despite what many people think, and what vendors of registry
cleaning software try to convince you of, having unused registry
entries doesn't really hurt you.
The risk of a serious problem caused by a registry cleaner erroneously
removing an entry you need is far greater than any potential benefit
it may have.
Very interesting thread. Has the tinge of some of the 'old' flame wars of
the 70's and 80's. One source to consult on the topic is also an 'old timer'
around compters, Fred Langa. See his article on registry cleaners at
http://windowssecrets.com/2007/03/01/01-Are-Registry-cleaners-worthwhile
JV16 has worked well for me for many years.