>>It sounds like your MS guy is directly related to Bill Gate$
No, but I am sure the person concerned would consider adoption.
>>Windows and other M$ products aren't necessarily the best written in the
>>world, so I take their advice with a pinch of salt. Norton Utilities made
>>a brilliant Reg Clean and System improver that increased Windows
>>performance and stability 1000 fold - no more blue screen of death.
For Peter Norton's original utilities, "brilliant" was truly earned.
However, for the last ten years or so, I avoid Norton progs.
>>are you saying (or is your MS guy saying) that MS aren't a responsible
>>company ?
No. I would not say that. I am a "man of straw". 🙂
........ Lawrence
--
Duncan
"Humour ... is one man shouting gibberish in the face of authority, and
proving by
fabricated insanity that nothing could be as mad as what passes for ordinary
living."
(Terence 'Spike' Milligan K.B.E., 1918-2002)
www.autodesk.co.uk/inventorjobs
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375
"Beerwulf" wrote in message
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Hi Duncan,
I passed on your links and got the following comments. >
"these articles were not written by MS"
"The articles set out below are articles created and/or produced
by Future Publishing Limited. Microsoft is not responsible for the content,
accuracy or opinions expressed in these articles"
" "excellent, free RegCleaner (_www.macecraft.com)." this is not a
microsoft product and............will bust the registry for at minimum
Windows Installer "
" we pulled the MS regcleaner years ago as it is damaging "
"I think I will have my content guy take a look at the articles to see if I
can have them pulled or edited."
.......................Lawrence
"Duncan Anderson"
wrote in message news:5589257@discussion.autodesk.com...
It depends which Reg Cleaner you use. Some of the Freebies without an undo
feature
can cause nightmares.
Did your contact at Microsoft tell you about these
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/835821/en-gb
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/835818/en-gb
http://search.microsoft.com/results.aspx?mkt=&form=MSHOME&setlang=&q=RegCleaner&mkt=en-US
--
Duncan
"Humour ... is one man shouting gibberish in the face of authority, and
proving by
fabricated insanity that nothing could be as mad as what passes for ordinary
living."
(Terence 'Spike' Milligan K.B.E., 1918-2002)
www.autodesk.co.uk/inventorjobs
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375
"Beerwulf" wrote in message
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Hi Duncan,
Is your registry cleaning question implying that reg cleaning is a good
thing or a bad thing?
I have been informed by a very knowledgeable Microsoft person, that registry
cleaning is never a good idea and that some registry cleaning programs are
very destructive. Many of the problems referred to them (Microsoft),are in
fact caused this way.
....Lawrence
"Duncan Anderson"
wrote in message news:5588794@discussion.autodesk.com...
When you install do you disable your Anti-Virus software and Firewall ?
Do you de-frag your h/d regularly ?
Have you cleaned your Registry recently ?
Do you have Windows Installer 3.1v2 installed ?
You might want to try
Autodesk Vault
http://www.autodesk.com/discussiongroup-vault
news://discussion.autodesk.com/autodesk.vault