Re: Best Registry Cleaner for vista
Swingman wrote:
> "Bruce Chambers" wrote in message
>
> And blanket statements are most always "utter nonsense" themselves.
>
Sometimes yes, sometimes no. This is a case of the latter.
> Try removing a Roxio, McAfee, or any similar viral like application from a
> box and you'll quickly change your tune as to the usefulness of a well
> written "registry cleaner" as a _tool_ in knowledgeable hands.
>
Not at all. One need only spend a few minutes with Regedit's built-in
"Find" capability, or use a simple registry *scanner*. A "cleaner" is
absolutely unnecessary. But why even bother? Orphaned registry entries
almost never cause problems, unless you're reinstalling the very
application you're so eager to be rid of, never cause any sort of
performance hit, and occupy a very miniscule amount of hard drive
storage space.
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