seems like any of the free registry cleaners will find lots of problems which they can fix if you pay. looks like many of the so called fixes are dangerous or worse.do i need one of these and how to determine what fixes to NOT implement. 1 person needs an answerI do too

On Tue, 1 Feb 2011 18:06:40 +0000, dave22q wrote:seems like any of the free registry cleaners will find lots of problems which they can fix if you pay.  looks like many of the so called fixes are dangerous or worse.Right!do i need one of theseNo!and how to determine what fixes to NOT implement.All of them.Registry cleaning programs are all snake oil. Cleaning of theregistry isn't needed and is dangerous. Leave the registry alone anddon't use any registry cleaner. Despite what many people think, andwhat vendors of registry cleaning software try to convince you of,having unused registry entries doesn't really hurt you. The risk of a serious problem caused by a registry cleaner erroneouslyremoving an entry you need is far greater than any potential benefitit may have. Read http://www.edbott.com/weblog/archives/000643.htmland http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099and alsohttp://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2005/10/02/registry-junk-a-windows-fact-of-life.aspxLet me point out that neither I nor anyone else who warns against theuse of registry cleaners has ever said that they always causeproblems. If they always caused problems, they would disappear fromthe market almost immediately. Many people have used a registrycleaner and never had a problem with it.Rather, the problem with a registry cleaner is that it carries with itthe substantial risk of having a problem. And since there is nobenefit to using a registry cleaner, running that risk is a very badbargain.Ken Blake (MS MVP)

makes sense to me. thanks for your help.

On Tue, 1 Feb 2011 20:59:25 +0000, dave22q wrote:makes sense to me.  thanks for your help.You're welcome. Glad to help.Ken Blake (MS MVP)