Adam wrote:
This might be to general of a question, but I believe that I am having
problems with my registry. Is there any way, preferably free, that I
can fix these problems? I tried to download a program to fix them,
but they wanted me to purchases the program to actually take care of
my registry problems, which they said I had something like 347 of.
Oh and I am running Windows XP Professional on a Dell notebook.

I'll bet you saw some Messenger Service spam which probably looked
something like:

Messenger-Service
Message from MICROSOFT to USER
Critical Error
The Microsoft Windows system contains invalid registry entries and your
computer will crash. Please download the Windows registry application
from:
www.fixed-pc.com
To fix your system immediately

I'll bet your registry is just fine. The message you saw was a scam
masquerading as an actual Windows message.

Your solution is simple: make sure your firewall is turned on so you
won't get any more of these messages which ultimately prompt you into
spending money you don't need to.

Maintenance need not cost you anything. See this site for more info:

http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm

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Dave