Edward W. Thompson wrote:

It is debateable whether a Registry Cleaner has any value in WINXP,
other than psychological value. There is, however, a considerable
amout of experience of these 'cleaners' giving rise to problems
although I have never had a problem.

To directly address your question, don't use a Registry Cleaner unless
you are very sure you can recover the Registry in the event of a
problem. Far more important than a Registry Cleaner are programs such
as Firewalls, Disk Cleaners, Defrag, AVP.



On Sun, 01 Aug 2004 02:57:22 GMT, "Lillly"
wrote:

I'm a slightly computer savvy woman who needs good some advice. My
petunia
business relies on my computer's good function. I'm trying to keep it
working well. I keep it defragmented and well protected against virus
(snip)

And just to add to the good advice you've already gotten, don't neglect
to back up your data onto removable media, which you then take off-site
or at least put in a fireproof cabinet.

Malke
--
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
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