"Bob Newman" <bobnew***@cox.net> wrote in message
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>
> I am interested in "cleaning" up an old bogged down computer's Windows
> 2000 system.  Things like old inactive registry entries, even new one not
> being used, or anything else along these lines.  It is a borrowed laptop I
> am getting ready to give back therefore anything I do must be 100% safe
> for the system.  One mistake I made, this computer has VERY limited
> resources so I installed several programs to an external drive to save HD
> space and have since disconnected the HD (I still have it).  I was using
> add/remove programs to remove some that I installed.  When I would try to
> remove one of the programs that was installed on the now disconnected HD
> add/remove told me "the program is not present, should I remove it from
> the programs list?" Without thinking I said yes.  Now the program it not
> on the list to remove (I can reconnect the HD) but I'm sure it left
> garbage in the registry & maybe else ware.  Since this program was used
> relatively recently would a "cleanup" program detect the leftover files?
>
> Thanks for any help you can give.
> PS  Is there another newsgroup that may be better suited for this type of
> question?
>
> Thanks... Bob
>>
>> Thanks in advance...  Bob
>
>
>
> --
> Thanks... Bob

"DL" <address@invalid> wrote in message
news:OlYHCEaFIHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> The safest method would be to use the Laptop recovery cd's to put it back
to
> factory spec
>
> ccleaner might help with orphaned entries
>
> "Bob Newman" <bobnew***@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:fVnTi.35$gk2.14@newsfe24.lga...
> >
> > I am interested in "cleaning" up an old bogged down computer's Windows
> > 2000 system.  Things like old inactive registry entries, even new one
not
> > being used, or anything else along these lines.  It is a borrowed laptop
I
> > am getting ready to give back therefore anything I do must be 100% safe
> > for the system.  One mistake I made, this computer has VERY limited
> > resources so I installed several programs to an external drive to save
HD
> > space and have since disconnected the HD (I still have it).  I was using
> > add/remove programs to remove some that I installed.  When I would try
to
> > remove one of the programs that was installed on the now disconnected HD
> > add/remove told me "the program is not present, should I remove it from
> > the programs list?" Without thinking I said yes.  Now the program it not
> > on the list to remove (I can reconnect the HD) but I'm sure it left
> > garbage in the registry & maybe else ware.  Since this program was used
> > relatively recently would a "cleanup" program detect the leftover files?
> >
> > Thanks for any help you can give.
> > PS  Is there another newsgroup that may be better suited for this type
of
> > question?
> >
> > Thanks... Bob
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance...  Bob
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Thanks... Bob
>
>