Edward W. Thompson wrote:


Whereas I agree with the many cautionary remarks concerning Registry
Cleaners and their potential for damaging to the Registry I do not, at
present, agree with the suggestion that they will damage the system beyond
repair.


I don't recall anyone ever saying that the use of a registry
cleaner *will invariably* and inevitably damage the OS or render machine
unusable. Rather, we have pointed out that the potential risk is there,
and it just foolish to run such a risk when there is no measurable
benefit to be derived from the use of such products. I derive a
substantial portion of my income helping people recover from the use of
registry "cleaners."

More importantly, no one has ever demonstrated that the use of an
automated registry "cleaner" does any real good, whatsoever. There's
certainly been no independently verifiable, empirical evidence offered
to demonstrate that the use of such products to "clean" WinXP's registry
improves a computer's performance or stability.

Granted, most registry "cleaners" won't cause problems each and every
time they're used, but the potential for harm is always there. And,
since no registry "cleaner" has ever been demonstrated to do any good
(think of them like treating the flu with chicken soup - there's no real
medicinal value, but it sometimes provides a warming placebo effect), I
always tell people that the risks far out-weigh the non-existent benefits.



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