In news:eiFd6QC3KHA.4752@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl,
Pegasus [MVP] <news@microsoft.com> typed:
> "Frank Martin" <fm@general.com.au> wrote in message
> news
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>> I have WindowsXP SP3
>>
>> Where does the System Restore program reside? I want to
>> add it to the programs to be left alone in CCleaner.
>>
>> Would I have to add some registry entry too?
>>
>> Desperate, Frank
>
> If you're desperate now, brace yourself for some real
> desparation when CCCleaner damages your Windows
> installation. Like most registry cleaners it is useless (at
> best) and destructive (at worst). Have you ever used a
> stopwatch to actually measure the numerous benefits it
> boasts about or do you rely on the warm feeling that you
> get inside when reading about the wonderful things it will
> do? Many people use the word "snake oil" when talking about
> registry cleaners.
> The System Restore program is called rstrui.exe and it
> normally dwells in the folder cwindows\restore.
Nah, what he needs to brace himself for is the spew from a
closed minded ignoramus who is so far behind the times in
technology and capabilities that he needs to consistantly spew
his garbage, known to be garbage by millions of users, to this
group's participants.
Go ahead and ask him to cite any verfiable evidence of his
allegations against cleaners; he can't do it. What he does do
is libel and disparage users of anything that automates or
assists in the management of registry problems, claiming he
knows what he talks about but has never, ever cited anything
but self-serving posts written by another of his small gang of
idiots out to lie to anyone that will listen.
Good registry cleaners are excellent tools. Yet this myopic
slob seems to never mention anything but the fact that they
"speed up" or not, a computer. He won't admit that, and
doesn't realize apparently, that a registry cleaner can easily
result in a 20S shortening of boot times, depending on the
problems present IN the registry. 20S is the most noticeable
and a common increment due to defaults. Most of the time it's
true that one won't notice the speed ups that result from a
registry cleaner, but that as a sole issue totally ignores the
many other tasks such programs do and problems it can
alleviate.
The most "evidence" he's ever referred to is a "lot" (and
there are actually very, very few of them) of other posts from
unknown posters claiming their machines were trashed after
using a registry cleaner. He seems to think the Registry is
one very complex, impossible for the average bear to learn,
part of the OS when in reality just the opposite is true if
one wishes to look into it at all.
Almost NO ONE, but this small group of idiots use the term
"SNAKE OIL" when they talk about registry cleaners. Often the
first time one hears that word is from them; not from open
minds who have taken the time to gather knowledge and
experience on the subject.
As for being destructive, I have NEVER, in all the machines
I have worked on and used registry cleaners on, had one cause
any damage to a system. But I HAVE seen MS tools like chkdsk
completely remove any ability to boot the subject machine. In
some, not many, cases chkdsk can misinterpret some corrupted
areas and in attempting to fix them, stop the machine from
boothing. I've also seen a LOT of programs that screw up on
install, including Microsoft applications, which a Registry
Cleaner can quite quickly and easily repair for you if you
can't get System Restore et al to help out with.
His main set of abilities is rationalizing anything he wants
to be true and to make everyone think the way he does, or else
be sbjected to his condescending, ignorant further
misinformation and stated opinions about how sorry you're
going to be for not thinking the same way he does.
Thanks again for this opportunity to expose this wrong-headed,
unethical and ignorant spew of misinformation he just loves to
spead any time a registry cleaner is mentioned.
HTH,
Twayne`
