I regularly use Easy cleaner from http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/ecleane.htm and a little less regularly use CCleaner from http://www.ccleaner.com/. As others have suggested, I'd recommend a solid backup strategy and making a restore point and backing up your registry just before updating your registry. Chris Judge wrote: > > Thanks for all your advice. I'll arm myself with a good cleaner, but > use it wisely. > > Leave list: [log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > VICUG-L is archived on the World Wide Web at http://listserv.i cors.or > g/archives/vicug-l.html <http://listserv.icors.org/archives/vicug-l.html> > > Send questions on list operation to [log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > -- Christopher [log in to unmask] VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. Archived on the World Wide Web at http://listserv.icors.org/archives/vicug-l.html Signoff: [log in to unmask] Subscribe: [log in to unmask]