Re: Registry Cleanup Software
- From: "Kerry Brown" <kerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx*a*m>
- Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 22:13:41 -0700
"David R. Norton MVP" <d_r_nortonNO@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Kerry Brown" <kerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx*a*m> wrote in:
>
>> I have seen many computers that have had problems after running a
>> registry
>> cleaner program in auto mode.
>
> I never have. I'm wondering if maybe the problems are due to other
> factors?
> I think it's not unlikely that a new user could pick up some malware or
> have
> some other problem and then run a cleaner to see if it fixes the problem.
> Then they'd bring the computer in and tell you running the cleaner was the
> last thing they did.
>
That could certainly be the case. Most of the people using this type of
software tend to be tweakers that don't really understand what they are
doing. They may have caused the problem themselves. I just don't see any
great benefit and the downside is possibly bad enough that the benefit would
have to be much greater for me to recommend it.
Kerry
>> I also think the claims of speeding up Windows load times and
>> fixing BSOD's and such are specious at best.
>
> I dunno about load times, I agree it's unlikely to fix a BSOD.
>
> --
> David R. Norton MVP
> <d_r_norton@xxxxxxxxx>
.
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