Thank you Canibus. I went to that site you gave me but to be honest - I don't understand much of it. I did see something at the bottom of the page with some instructions - Is this what I should do? Start > Run > type 'Control Inetcpl.cpl' > Click the Advanced tab > Under Browsing > Uncheck 'Enable third-party browser extensions (requires restart)' Restart Internet Explorer. Thank you again, Debbie.

I bought Registry Mechanic. When I ran it the first time it found and fixed around 300 problems. On my laptop if fixed over 200. However, I could not notice any difference in the run speed on either machine. I suspect there is a lot of junk left dangling by various software programs that this package fixes. However, there is no indication that any of the "problems" it found were actually needin to be fixed. By the way, after completing the repairs I ran it again and on each machine it found zero problems. So I guess it "fixed" them the first time.

Revo is wonderful idea. It will generally remove most orphaned files and registry entries after running the target application's uninstaller. Use it on the advanced mode. When offered to select detected items do so. After completing you can run CCleaner's utility tool as on a rare occasion it will detect something REVO missed. DA

I downloaded and installed the JV16 Power Tools 2007 last night. Quite an interesting utility. The Reg Cleaner option is quite familiar as it strongly resembles the old RegCleaner. I ran the "Cleaner" and it located 305 entries which I backed up and removed without a problem. Admittedly, I didn't spend too much time with the other options. For me personally, I am much more comfortable with this application on Vista than the aforementioned RegSeeker. Finally not to misrepresent to anyone my use of a registry utility, I do not believe a cleaner is part of a standard maintenance program. It is my opinion it should be used for cleaning up after a series of major application deletions or as a response to a system not operating as it should. DA