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Article #3926Re: Now I Understand
From: philo
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:11
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:11
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"Lookout" <mrLookout@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:ah4tk4dom2hdpi8ugasuadbgcvgofnmrtt@4ax.com... > On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:50:35 -0600, "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote: > > > > ><snip> > > > >> >>> I've been using Linux almost as long as I've been using Windows. > >> >>> > >> >>> Linux is not immune from it's own problems... > >> >>> and unless one is very familiar with Linux...the problems can > >> >>> sometimes be harder to sort out. > >> >>> > >> >>> That said, with a little bit of common sense, Windows should not > >> >>> require a re-install. > >> >>> I run mainly Win2k and XP and they have both been running 99% + > >> >>> trouble free for *many* years. > >> >> > >> >> You're living in a fantasy world. Everybody knows that Windows slowly > >> >> accumulates bugs. They've known almost from day one, when people > >> >> started griping about what a POS it was. > >> > > >> >Every OS accumulates bugs. That's reality, son. > >> > > >> >/BHA > >> > >> Not if your regularly use a registry cleaner. I use FixIt Utilities > >> and to delete invalid or no longer need registry entries and files. > > > > > >I don't advise that at all, > >you can do more harm than good by using registry utilities. > > Of course that's true. You don't let it do all the work..you have to > watch what it points out as a problem and work from there. > If you know exactly what you are doing... which I am sure is the case with you...that's fine. The only time I've used them is to cleanup the mess left behind by a poorly written application that would not uninstall... In that respect I found such a utility useful... but for someone who does not know what they are doing and just blindly lets one work... it could create a big problem.
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