After running a registry cleaner, I usually find that a couple of programs have lost their settings/preferences and have gone back to default settings. The list of stuff to be cleaned is so long and inscrutable that I've never been able to audit it and select items to _not_ be cleaned.
Apparently the "new" security regime requires that all settings/preferences be recorded in registry entries, rather than stored in a .ini file, either in the program directory (where it belongs, IMNSHO) or in the "Documents and Settings" folder. More places where a virus is not allowed write privileges because no one is. Fred Holmes At 12:05 AM 12/19/2009, Tony B wrote: >Maybe. But that doesn't excuse anything. Nor does it justify anything. >A better question would be: Did you see a marked, measurable >improvement in something after you did it? ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
