TSGL: : freeware registy cleaner/file cleaner

[Don Penlington]

Chuck wrote:
>How does that work if you install a few programs over the last few years?>>


I do a registry backup every 2 or 3 months---it only takes 10 seconds with 
ERUNT, so that takes care of newer software.

If the computer really starts to get pretty hairy, and you have go back to 
an original registry, say a year or two old, then, yes, you will have to 
reinstall most of your programs.  That's very rare, as the incremental 
restorations keep the registry pretty clean in general.  Certainly far 
cleaner and more reliable than any "Cleaner" will achieve.

But that's not a bad thing, it really doesn't take long, your software is 
nice and shiny new again, and you won't bother to reinstall all the stuff 
you might have thought a good idea at the time, but never actually got 
around to using.

Of course, it's essential to keep all your installation CD's and 
downloads--I burn the latter to a CD every 6 months to keep them up to 
date, discarding all the older versions which have been superceded.

It's just another alternative to cloning your OS partition---for those of 
us who don't have good cloning software, or find that process too complex.

For more details, see my Web tutorial on registry backups.

Don Penlington


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