There are no good registry cleaners out there, imo. A user must study the
registry in depth to figure out how to edit it and always have a back-up if
they make a mistake and erase a critical registry entry.

"peter" wrote in message
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: "Dhananjay"
: no, formatting is the fastest way of fixing problems! and i suggest u use
: it once a month even if u dont have problems because it makes the pc run
: much faster
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: trial and error is more comsuming and serious problems cant usually be
fixed
: by fixing the registry or reinstalling some problems !
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: wrote in message
: om...
: I am using Windows 98 SE since couple of years.After some time of
: use,often windows gets corrupted.Then PC needs frequent rebooting or
: else windows crashesh frequently or stops responding.
: Inspite doing Scan Disk or Defrag,no significant improvement is seen.
: In this case most of the software/hardware consultants advice to
: format C drive and reinstall Win 98 SE.However this is very time
: consuming and like a nightmare.
: 1.Which measures I should take to have hasslesfree performance
: without format,rebooting and reinstallations?
: 2.Is there any FREE,but reliable registry Cleaner , if so where can I
: get it?
: Thank you in advance.
: Dhananjay Pathak
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