David--

Nothing on that site is tantamount to the so-called 3rd party reg cleaners.
MSFT doesn't make a reg cleanre per se, and I'm betting it's because they
don't subscribe to the theory that they are all that reliable and certainly
they aren't verifiable. I don't belive anyone can link me to a "reg
cleaner" that the user can verify what's been done at the key, subkey, or
value level.

CH


"David Fumento" <dfumento@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>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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