Re: Which Registry Cleaner?

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From: Jim Byrd (jrbyrd_at_spamlessadelphia.net)
Date: 10/22/04 

Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 23:14:22 -0700

YW, Sam - Glad you found it useful. 

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Please respond in the same thread.
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP
In news:%23r7pIf$tEHA.2000@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl,
dgsam <dgsam68(spamthis,!,,)@cs.com> typed:
>     TY Jim for explaining why exporting the entire registry is a poor
> to disasterous method of backing up/restoring the registry.  I am a
> new user of XP Pro but always wondered why that wasn't the preferred
> method for backing up the registry in win98 as it was simpler and
> easier than the prescribed method under that OS.  I in fact did on
> several occasions export the entire registry before running some
> 'registry cleaner' apps I was trying.  I see now that I was fortunate
> in that I never did have a bad outcome and attempt use the exported
>     .reg files. A person could learn some things hanging about these
> newsgroups. 
> 
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> ER__RN 
> 
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