I can't find the registry cleaner in OneCare but it is available here:
http://safety.live.com which is the on-line version from Microsoft.

By charging for OneCare, Microsoft is deriving benefit from people writing
viruses, spyware, hacking, etc. who receive no "compensation for their
efforts." The maintenance (e.g. registry clean, temporary file deletion)
should certainly be built into the OS. But since it is available in the
link above, it is effectively the same.

Also, I think that partitioning such as Partition Magic and disk imaging
such as Acronis True Image should as well as all the features of CD/DVD
burning software should be built in the OS as well. After all, we are not
charged for drivers for hard drives, they come with the OS. So why
shouldn't all of the drivers/movie viewers, etc. work that way for Windows
OS?


"Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Doesn't One Care also include a registry cleaner in addition to the items
> you listed for it in #4?
>
>> But I disagree with others in that I think that the Windows OS should
>> include all of these "utilities" that you buy from third parties.
>>
>> 1. The best defrag including registry defrag.
>> 2. Registry cleaner.
>> 3. Privacy software (e.g. hide IP address if desired)
>> 4. Windows Live (e.g. firewall, anti-spyware, anti-virus).
>>
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