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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (21032)	6/26/2001 8:06:00 PM
From: mr.mark	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 110652

ray "It's not that I don't like my Norton AV2001" the program i mentioned (and recommended) is norton systemworks, which has a component called cleansweep. it is not a part of nav. "I'm wondering if any of these other uninstall utilities would be of equivalent worth in your opinion" not having used them, i can't produce a viable answer for you, ray. i have had very good success with cleansweep, and i have read one editor's choice award and review after another for systemworks. i found something that works and i stuck with it. there must be others, but i have no knowledge of their pros and cons. i used to be quick to say that we get what we pay for, but i have come to learn that some freeware is awesome. zonealarm comes to mind here. <g3> "In particular, I doubt a quarter of a million folks could be wrong: download.cnet.com " i see what you're doing... you're looking at the 230,819 figure for number of downloads, but i would caution you against assuming that that figure represents satisfied customers, when the accompanying user rating chart shows that 25% of those responding give it a thumbs down. [edit in: if i go to a cleansweep cnet download site (and all i could find real quick were cs patches), i find user approval ratings around 95%... download.cnet.com ] as for reg cleaners, same old same old, ray... i'm a symantec user, and i like the registry cleaning tools found within cleansweep. i meant to remind you to tell your friend about possibly using trialware versions of norton products. i never have, but it seems like a good way to go. good luck :) mark

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (21032)	6/27/2001 11:37:38 AM
From: Esteban	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 110652

Ray, My favorite registry cleaning tool is RegCleaner. It's a freeware program that has a very clean interface with tabs to select from various functions. It always makes backups that can be easily and selectively restored should removal cause problems. In addition to easy registry cleaning, it lets you remove old program listings from the add/remove windows list that linger after the program has been otherwise deleted. It also lists auto start programs and makes it easy for you to take them out of auto start, again making a backup for easy restore. There's more you can do, something called shell extensions, but it's beyond my present knowledge base. I guess you can tell I really like this program. jv16.org Esteban