Re: system slow down

Do you know enough to locate and analyze each of things your utility
locates? Because ALL Registry "cleaners" produce false positives. I
sometimes use them, but then I thoroughly research each and every item
that's flagged and then determine for myself if they can be changed or
deleted, AND I'm only looking for specific problems, usually due to
uninstalling applications -- I don't just blankly do whatever the utility
suggests.

In any case, I've yet to see a "Registry Cleaner" make any difference to an
XP system (unless some problem I alluded to before is involved.)

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

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txz <txz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Earlier today, I did a registry scan by downloading a free program called
"Uniblue Registry Cleaner 2" which told me I had more than 350 errors in
my
registry and cleaned 15 for me and asked for $ if I want to clean them
all. I
think this is quite risky. Please anyone has any good ideas what I should
do?

STOP USING THAT PIECE OF CRAP NOW.

And don't use ANY registry "cleaners" in the future unless you are a
meticulous person who has many restore points on your system and many
backups of your system on either internal or external hard drives.

FWIW, I've been happy with Ace Utilities.





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