reg cleaners

[antioch]

there is no such
thing as a "deliberate lie"...?

the lie is either willful,
blatant or habitual.

Do you mean 'wilful' - synonymous with intended, intentional, deliberate,
purposeful, plus many other words.
Note 'deliberate' is included.
But then anybody reading these posts would know that.

Antioch

 

[antioch]

Are programs such as RegCure a good or bad idea--Thanks --Mel

Do you know what goes on inside the Registry?
Is there any evidence that using a cleaner speeds up your system?
Is there any evidence that they can crash your system?
Are you a gambler?
Do you have a problem with your Registry entries?

Antioch

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/TYVM

One of my pet peeves; The Free Dictionary is wrong. TYVM is an
abbreviation, but not an acronym.

See, for example,
http://searchcio-midmarket.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid183_gci211518,00.html

or http://tinyurl.com/345x2f

 

[WaIIy]

Computers *had no* purpose prior to Microsoft?

Microsoft also offered RegClean once upon a time, and saw the problems it
caused!

Although everything below your top-posted comment has disappeared,
Microsoft currently recommends using a registry cleaner.

 

[WaIIy]

RegClean never caused
problems, nor the subsequent
versions developed by microsoft.

LOL, that was a bad program.

 

[Gerry]

Ken

One of my pet peeves; abbreviations rather than plain English.

--
Regards.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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[antioch]

Although everything below your top-posted comment has disappeared,
Microsoft currently recommends using a registry cleaner.

Which do they recommend?
They also recommend their updates - and look what happens?
If they were in the second-hand motor trade I would not buy a car from them

Antioch

 

[HeyBub]

One of my pet peeves; The Free Dictionary is wrong. TYVM is an
abbreviation, but not an acronym.

TYVM is both an abbreviation and an acronym.

From Webster's: ": a word (as NATO, radar, or laser) formed from the initial
letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a
compound term; also : an abbreviation (as FBI)"

All acronyms are abbreviations; but not all abbreviations are acronyms. An
acronym is a particular type of abbreviation.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

TYVM is both an abbreviation and an acronym.

No it's not.

From Webster's: ": a word (as NATO, radar, or laser) formed from the initial
letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a
compound term;

Correct.


also : an abbreviation (as FBI)"

That's the sloppy usage that is unfortunately becoming all too common.
All dictionaries do not agree, and unfortunately some (fortunately
only some) are very permissive with respect to commonly heard misuse
like this.

The whole reason for the existence of the word "acronym" is to
distinguish such abbreviations from other kinds of abbreviations. Blur
that distinction, call all abbreviations acronyms, and you don't need
the word at all.

All acronyms are abbreviations; but not all abbreviations are acronyms. An
acronym is a particular type of abbreviation.

Correct. It's an abbreviation that's pronounced as a word (like NATO,
radar, or laser). An abbreviation that is recited as series of letters
rather than as a word (like TYVM) is an abbreviation that is not an
acronym.

 

[Gerry]

Do you use your mobile phone to Text at speed Ken <G>?

--
Regards.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Do you use your mobile phone to Text at speed Ken <G>?

I think I may be missing your joke. Is it that you are using "text" as
a verb?

If so, you've correctly guessed that I dislike using nouns like "text"
as a verb, although I'm well aware that there are many who disagree,
and state that "any noun can be verbed."

And no, I don't "text" at all.

You may consider me an old fussbudget if you like.

 

[Gerry]

Ken

Text is a verb in today's world, as well as being a noun as we
understood it to be when we went to school. That was not meant to be the
joke. It was the idea of you competing with the youngsters of today who
seem to be constantly texting each other.

And no, I don't "text" at all. Neither do I Ken. I do remember writing
SWALK on letters to my fiance 39 years ago.


--
Regards.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Ken

Text is a verb in today's world, as well as being a noun as we
understood it to be when we went to school.

I told you, I'm an old fussbudget. I'm very conservative in my views
on language. I guess I'm not in today's world, because as far as I'm
concerned, "text" is not a verb, and I refuse to use it as such.

That was not meant to be the
joke. It was the idea of you competing with the youngsters of today who
seem to be constantly texting each other.

OK, sorry I missed your point. No, I don't try to compete with
youngsters, in that or anything else.

And no, I don't "text" at all. Neither do I Ken. I do remember writing
SWALK on letters to my fiance 39 years ago.

I think I know what SWAK meant (my fiancée wrote it on letters to me
50 years ago), but the "L" is new to me. What does it stand for?
"Loving"?

 

[Gerry]

Yes "Loving".


--
Regards.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[Bob I]

You obviously know nothing of which you speak. 4.1a was pulled precisely
BECAUSE it was removing valid keys, now STOP spewing utter rubbish about
reg cleaners.

 

[Bob I]

Then STOP LYING!