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Originally Posted by happygobrokey
you encapsulated it all right there; you can trash most of it, but traces will always remain unless you're really good with computers. your computer has thousands of entries in the registry, and attempting to root out the ones you wish to get rid of without harming anything else is definitely "proceed with caution". back up the files you want to an external drive and reformat, if you really want to de-garbage. it's the only way to ensure 100% cleanliness.
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You are right a reformat is the only way to get it all cleaned up and I have done that before but it's been a while. I'm planning on getting a new puter in the next few months so I'm gonna hold out on that reformat option....it's a huge PIA. It takes forever to just reinstall the windows updates.
