Vista - Acronis

09-17-2008

"John Barnett MVP" <freelance@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> Sadly I'm not an advocate of registry cleaners, personally I think they
> cause more problems than they actually cure. So my clear advice is - don't
> use one.
>
> As for your Bank details, as DDW has said in his post, below, try looking
> at the cookie options in CCleaner and the tell CCleaner which cookies it
> needs to keep. Once your Bank's cookie is on CCleaner's 'cookies to keep'
> list the cookie will not be deleted.
>

Thank you, John, I'm going to stay away from cleaning the registry. I may
go in there to search once in awhile, and may even delete a little something
once in awhile, as I've done in 98. But I'll make sure I have a clean
restore
point beforehand.

And ok on the cookies - will do.

thanks again for your help, anne

09-17-2008

"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:00:17 -0700, "Anne" <anne@xxxxxx> wrote:
>

Quote:

>> Some folks here, including yourself, maybe, seem to think using a
>> registry
>> cleaner is never necessary. Do you agree?

>
>
> It's not just a matter of not being necessary, it's a matter of
> danger. Here's my standard post on the subject:
>
> 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.
>
>
>

Quote:

>> In windows 98SE, I used one regularly wuthout any problem.

>
>
> Consider yourself fortunate. Regardless of what operating system you
> are using, there's no guarantee that it will cause a problem *every*
> time. The issue is that it *never* does anything worthwhile, and it
> always presents a risk that it will cause a problem.
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

oakie dokie Ken

anne

09-17-2008	#11 (permalink)
Anne n/a posts	Re: Acronis "John Barnett MVP" <freelance@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23pjK8mPGJHA.4712@xxxxxx Quote: > Sadly I'm not an advocate of registry cleaners, personally I think they > cause more problems than they actually cure. So my clear advice is - don't > use one. > > As for your Bank details, as DDW has said in his post, below, try looking > at the cookie options in CCleaner and the tell CCleaner which cookies it > needs to keep. Once your Bank's cookie is on CCleaner's 'cookies to keep' > list the cookie will not be deleted. > Thank you, John, I'm going to stay away from cleaning the registry. I may go in there to search once in awhile, and may even delete a little something once in awhile, as I've done in 98. But I'll make sure I have a clean restore point beforehand. And ok on the cookies - will do. thanks again for your help, anne
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09-17-2008	#12 (permalink)
Anne n/a posts	Re: Acronis "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:g8o2d41sjgcqp5qno75j2fvq9a9j2l5n60@xxxxxx Quote: > On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:00:17 -0700, "Anne" <anne@xxxxxx> wrote: > Quote: >> Some folks here, including yourself, maybe, seem to think using a >> registry >> cleaner is never necessary. Do you agree? > > > It's not just a matter of not being necessary, it's a matter of > danger. Here's my standard post on the subject: > > 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. > > > Quote: >> In windows 98SE, I used one regularly wuthout any problem. > > > Consider yourself fortunate. Regardless of what operating system you > are using, there's no guarantee that it will cause a problem every > time. The issue is that it never does anything worthwhile, and it > always presents a risk that it will cause a problem. > > -- > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience > Please Reply to the Newsgroup oakie dokie Ken anne
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