Thanks Alan. I'll ignore the 1,437 problems identified by Registry
Mechanic following a scan (scam) of my computer. Probably a lot of
false positives, I surmise AND / OR junk remaining in registry following
program removal.

.....Johnny_B

"Alan Edwards" wrote in message
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| If you have no problems, then avoid them.
|
| ...Alan
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| --
| Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
| http://dts-l.org/index.html
|
| In microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, "Johnny_B"
| wrote:
|
| What is the real scoop on these Windows Registry Repair programs e.g.
| Registry Mechanic 5.0, Windows Registry Repair SE 2.0.0.1, WinASO
| Registry Optimizer 2.0.5, Free Registry Fix 3.0 ... ? They are
| shareware programs costing $29.95 or more. Has anyone used these
| programs? I'm suspicious -- ok, paranoid ; ) -- about any
application
| that claims to fix registry problems in ALL Windows operating systems
| e.g. Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP. I'm still running Win98SE with a
bloated
| registry, but I have no specific problems.
|