On Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:42:48 +0000, Da1WhoWillBlowUrComputerUp wrote:
Hi ppls, i hav gt da same prob, ive been tryin 2 figure dis out fr weeks
I jus hav a few Questions for u guys...
Please write in standard English. Writing like the above makes your
message very hard to understand.
Does anyone here run Tuneup Utilities 2010 or earlier
Such a program is nothing but snake oil. I highly recommend against it
and all similar programs.
Does anyone here use any sort of registry cleaner
Registry cleaning programs are all snake oil. Cleaning of the
registry isn't needed and is dangerous. Leave the registry alone and
don't use any registry cleaner. Despite what many people think, and
what 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 erroneously
removing an entry you need is far greater than any potential benefit
it may have.
Read
http://www.edbott.com/weblog/archives/000643.html
and http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099
and also
http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2005/10/02/registry-junk-a-windows-fact-of-life.aspx
Let me point out that neither I nor anyone else who warns against the
use of registry cleaners has ever said that they always cause
problems. If they always caused problems, they would disappear from
the market almost immediately. Many people have used a registry
cleaner and never had a problem with it.
Rather, the problem with a registry cleaner is that it carries with it
the substantial risk of having a problem. And since there is no
benefit to using a registry cleaner, running that risk is a very bad
bargain.
Does anyone use avast antivirus free/internet security
Yes. Avast is one of the better free anti-spyware programs, and I
recommend it.
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP
