Talahasee wrote:

>
> First, I have Norton SystemWorks 2003. I have also installed GoBack


(Which you'll need, if you trust SystemWorks.)


>
> Don't let anyone tell you that there are 10,000 other programs that
> are "better", that Norton is crap.

"Norton" was fine, in its day. Once a useful utility suite, back in
the days of MS-DOS, when Peter Norton was more than a picture on the
box, Norton Utilities have been becoming increasingly useless and
redundant over the years. There's little offered by NU that WinXP
cannot already do natively. And some of Systemworks's features, like
CrashGuard and CleanSweep (if they're still included) cause far more
problems then they prevent. The Symantec imitation almost is worthless.
I don't know about 10,000 other programs that are better, because the
OS' built-n tools are more than adequate either for the average user or
the experienced professional, so I haven't wasted a lot of time trying them.


> I've been at this for some 25 years
> now, and I have not found anything better.
>

That's a few years longer than PCs have existed, isn't it?



>
> Go to www.download.com and get Registry Cleaner, and Registry Washer.
>
> Registry Washer is free. You pay for Registry Washer.
>


Neither of which is safe for the inexperienced user...


> Look elsewhere in here and get Cleaner (Crap Cleaner).
>
> I probably run Norton 5 times a day. It's amazing the CRAP Windows XP
> dumps into your system daily.
>

Then you're clearing doing something wrong, and blaming an OS of which
you have little knowledge.




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