Re: Do people recommend Registry Cleansing?

From: Jupiter Jones [MVP] (jones_jupiter_at_hotnomail.com)
Date: 07/13/04

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    Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 16:25:45 -0600

    Graeme;
    Generally it is not a good idea unless you know exactly what of the
    registry is being deleted and why.
    You can damage applications and even Windows pretty quickly by bad
    deletions.
    Also, little or nothing is usually gained. 

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Jupiter Jones  [MVP]
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"Graeme Nash" <graeme_nash@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:2b87f01c4685b$35255c10$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> I run Windows XP Home Edition. I have Norton AV 2004, Ad-
> Aware and SpySweeper. On top of thses lines of defence is
> it recommended to use available downloadable software
> to "clean the registry"?
>
> I dont fully understand what that means to be perfectly
> honest, but if theres no harm in these doing it, then I
> figured I might as well, can anyone advise? Any
> recommendations on how to do it would be greatly
> appreciated as well!
>
> Many Thanks,
>
> Graeme, London, UK.
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