Good morning Mike, If anyone IS thinking about lab-testing registry tools, they could perhaps start with those listed in my following post of 17 Nov 2007 > I need advice please on Registry tools, which seem to be flavour of > the month. > I have been offered three downloads (but used only their scan function > and NOT attempted any repair) > > a) Microsoft's .extension tracker, whose Uniblue Regiistry Booster > scanned and found 884 problems/errors > b) Registry Mechanic (which I see referred to in posts to the list in > August whilst I was away) which found 1025 problems > c) Regcure (recommended by Google at the top of Freelists Techtalk > Archives) which found 1727 problems > I am scared of tinkering with the registry, since it is beyond my > knowledge competence, however I know my Toshiba notebook is slow to > boot, slow to open programs and files and generally slow to operate > > BUT, I would like to buy ONE to learn cautiously and carefully, > without corrupting my registry. N.B. The three scans I did were consecutive on the same day Roger W Mike the mod wrote: > Hi Folks, > a year or so ago someone on another group asked us > about a registry cleaning program highly ranked on > Google they had tried. > It found 512 (I can't remember the exact #) problems. > But it wanted money to remove them. > > So 4 of the mods tried the program. > We all had exactly the same number of problems. > > Mike the mod > > --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------