Can I use a backup of my Registry to clean up my registry?

Howdy All,


When I did a clean install of XP, I saved the backed up the registry.

Can I import this backup to clean out all registry entries since the
install?

Or can I do a comparison between the backup and the current registry to look
at differences and delete them manually?

Thanks,
Brian


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