Having tried out several registry cleaners in the past, I have developed a
total lack of trust in such products. I'd rather edit the registry by hand
line by line (which I've done more than once). I've seen such products
really screw up registries so badly the best (maybe even only) recourse was
to reformat the h/d and reinstall the OS. Prevention is better than cure -
so I use software such as SpyBot which helps stop the registry getting in a
mess in the first place.
One of the biggest causes of registry mess is installing and later
uninstalling s/w. So if I do uninstall anything, I check the registry
manually and make sure the software is really uninstalled. I'm also a LOT
more careful nowadays what software I put on my PC in the first place!
It's up to you if you want to try out a registry cleaner - but ignore the
hype and be prepared for the registry getting a much worse state following
using any such software.
My two-pennies worth!
Allan
PS No trees were harmed in the sending of this message and a very large
number of electrons were asked their permission to be terribly
inconvenienced. (And threw a party for them afterwards for being really cool
about it).
Disrupting the unnatural balance that you, as a conscious human being and a
confused mass of energy, have created.
-Disturb the mind -
>From: "Phil" <pcks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [OM] Re: True confessions - Why I finally set up the external back
>up drive and another ?
>Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 23:38:52 -0000
>
>
>Moose
>Any recommendations for a good regisry cleaner?
>
>Thanks
>
>Phil
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 11:33 PM
>Subject: [OM] Re: True confessions - Why I finally set up the external back
>up drive and another ?
>
>
> > First, why are we only talking about AV? The vast majority of us should
> > be using AV, firewall and anti mal-ware. And something to keep the
> > registry clean, but that's another story...
> >
> > Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> >> .................
> >>
> >> Because of my prior happy experiences I installed Norton on my father's
> >> computer and my daughter's computer both of which ended up having all
> >> sorts of bizarre problems. Norton forced me to upgrade at some point
>by
> >> saying the new anti-virus database would no longer work with the old
> >> version. As soon as I installed the new stuff all hell broke loose on
> >> my system. Nothing seemed to work right anymore and I found it almost
> >> impossible to uninstall from all three machines.
> >>
> >> I concluded that Norton's application had gone far beyond anti-virus
>and
> >> had just grown to the point of collapsing under its own weight and
> >> p-poor quality control. Never again.
> >>
> > My experience hasn't been as bad as yours, but I'm switching out of
> > Norton on this machine when the year expires in a couple of weeks.
> >
> > I've been using Norton for many many years. I put Norton Security 2005
> > on this machine a couple of years ago to get the combo of AV, anti
> > malware and firewall together. It has worked well without any
> > siginificant problems, including through the XP SP2 upgrade.
> >
> > When I got my now year+ old notebook, it came with a 60 day Norton
> > Security 2006. It has given me not fits, like you, but enough trouble
> > that I am unimpressed. Before the Norton firewall, I was using and quite
> > happy with the free ZoneAlarm firewall and PC mag has been giving the ZA
> > security suite top marks, so when they offered it cheap at year end, I
> > bought it. Install comes late next week, and I'll see what's what. If it
> > works, it will replace Norton on the notebook when the AV subscription
> > expires.
> >
> > McAfee seems to be highly variable depending on the operating system and
> > age of the hardware. Absolutely unusable on a W98 system. And endless
> > notices popping up Maybe fine on XP, but I'm not buying something I
> > threw away again.
> >> Get AVG Free. You'll be happier and a little bit richer.
> >>
> >> Chuck Norcutt
> >>
> >>
> >> jjohnso4@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >>
> >>> Bill wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> So my question is, "What anti-virus program, that is easy to
> >>>> use, are folks using."
> >>>>
> >>> Hi Bill,
> >>>
> >>> In a previous discussion several List members recommended AVG Free.
> >>>
> >>> <http://free.grisoft.com/doc/avg-anti-virus-free/lng/us/tpl/v5>
> >>>
> >>> I've been running it on two machines for several months now and, so
>far,
> >>> have been very satisfied.
> >>>
> >>> Later,
> >>> Johnny
> >>>
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