Go to the download sites like DOwnload.com, Shareware.com, etc and look for a freeware program named "Easy Cleaner" - written by a teenage kid in Finland and a very good utility. It will clean up all the useless registry entries as well as get rid of useless files. I didn't know that WinZip wrote temp entries (that stay in the registry) until I saw what EasyCleaner found and erradicate. Here it is at download.com - updated version for up to/including W2K http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10106-100-8371564.html?tag=st.dl.10001- 103-1.lst-7-1.8371564 => -----Original Message----- => From: computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx => [mailto:computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Charles R. => Buchanan => Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 9:35 PM => To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx => Subject: [CTS] Re: Has anyone esperienced CD's going bad just sitting => there? => => => => I'm kinda scared to remove DirectCD and install Nero under W2k => Pro because => Nero has this nasty habit of not installing if it finds ANY sign of => DirectCD! :-O Of course there's always something in the registry => left behind => after you "supposely" un-installed something! => => => => > -----Original Message----- => > From: computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx => > [mailto:computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of murray Reid => > Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 7:31 PM => > To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx => > Subject: [CTS] Re: Has anyone esperienced CD's going bad just sitting => > there? => > => > => > => > I have a lot of the same problems and would be willing to bet that the => > probelem lies with "adaptec direct cd". I for one will be => getting rid of => > this program very quickly as it is very proprietary and => incompatible with => > other cd writing programs. => => ----------------------------------------------------------------- => ---------- => ----- => Computer Talk Shop => To un-subscribe, http://questforcertification.com/cts/unsubscribe.htm => => List HowTo: http://questforcertification.com/cts/faq => => To join Computer Talk Shop's off topic list, please goto: => http://questforcertification.com/cts/other_cts_lists.htm => ----------------------------------------------------------------- => ---------- => ------ => --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Computer Talk Shop To un-subscribe, http://questforcertification.com/cts/unsubscribe.htm List HowTo: http://questforcertification.com/cts/faq To join Computer Talk Shop's off topic list, please goto: http://questforcertification.com/cts/other_cts_lists.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------