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**Daave**

Evidence?

D. Spencer Hines wrote:
CCleaner is very helpful in this respect.

DSH

"Edward W. Thompson" wrote in message
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"Linda W" Linda wrote in message
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Why did I purchase Registry Cleaner last week and tonight when I
typed in www.windows.com I was hit with Registry Smart that found
over 1000 errors on
my computer after Registry Cleaner had found errors and fixes them
after I
paid them the $39.95 fee last week? Now Registry Smart wants me to
pay them
to correct these other 1000 errors. Is all of this a scam?

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Yes, it is a scam. Firstly and most importantly, if you have
'errors' in your Registry you will have problems running the OS
and/or program. If you do have these problems Registry Cleaners
will not help. What these cleaners term as errors are not errors
they are simply entries in the Registry that the 'Cleaners'
determine are redundant. Contrary to what many may tell you, these
redundant entries do absolutely no harm and have no effect on the
operation of the OS or programs. They may inflate the size of the
Registry but as disk space is the least of problems with modern
machines, this is of no consequence. Further, occasionally Registry
Cleaners will remove or advise removal of Registry entries that are
required for the running of installed programs and if acted upon
will require you to reinstall the program.

There are many who will tell you that Registry Cleaners will/may
damage the OS. So far no one has yet given any evidence of this
other than hearsay but the overall advice of these programs have the
potential of doing harm without doing any good is valid.