"Nil" wrote in message
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On 22 Nov 2013, "Trevor" wrote in rec.audio.pro:
"Les Cargill" wrote in message
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I used to have to do the annual reinstall to clean up
the registry.

There are far easier ways to clean the registry.

Windows registry rarely if ever needs "cleaning". Unless you have some
specific problem, trying to do so is at best a waste of time and at
worst catastrophically destructive. There is a shady industry that
sells so-called "registry cleaning" software but what they're really
selling is snake oil.

Not strictly true. Perhaps what you mean is cleaning the registry is often
pointless even though it can and usually does fill up with lots of
unnecessary crap over time.
For those who know what they are doing, no need to pay any money at all to
clean the registry. For those who don't, probably best to leave it alone.
In any case reinstalling Windows just to clean the registry is even more
pointless IMO.

Trevor.