H
jv16 and Ccleaner are close to being 'best of breed' - but.....
I ran Ccleaner a couple of weeks back on my own XP machine, and it found a
large number of registry 'problems' - many of which were not problems at
all, but were present by design (for whatever reason). clearing out what I
felt comfortable with, still left me with a large raft of 'problems' - and
even more after I reran the tool.
Coincidentally, I started having problems with my Office install - and can't
help wondering if this was a contributing factor (especially as another MVP
had a similar scenario himself - but we couldn't isolate cause/effect).

There's pratfalls, and there's pitfalls - and there's needless risks. There
ain't no registry cleaner like knowledge! Just make sure of the knowledge
before you act on it g.

one to definitely steer clear of is.......



you probably guessed it........






NORTON!

It's full of false positive, and if you let it do it's thing, you will
almost certainly end up having to use System Restore (assuming Live Update
hasn't screwed that, as well!)


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
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"Heirloom" wrote in message
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Noel,
Far be it from me to "paddle upstream" in your knowledge, however, I
have found the last free version (and probably, the pay version) of jv16
Power Tools ver. 1.3 and Crap Cleaner (new version out a short time ago,
www.ccleaner.com ) are both quite good. I do monitor what is being
removed, but, have never had the need to change anything and, both
programs provide a backup that can be kept in the remote instance that
something does go awry.
Any registry modifying tool does, of course, have to be used
judiciously. Do you not find these within the grasp of most any new
user, so long as that user understands the need for backup?
Sure don't want to step on any toes here, I highly respect your
opinions and knowledge.
Heirloom, old and humbled by the
mere presence

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
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There are none - unless backed up by a knowledge of the registry from the
user of such tools.

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
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"Egan" wrote in message
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Hi

Does anyone know of any free registry cleaners that do a great job of
cleaning unwanted registry entries from Windows ME?

Please reply soon.

Thanks.

Egan