I have been reading about this freeware that will, among other tasks, clean up the registry. I just tried it on a non-critical (i.e. non-flight sim computer :-) ) and it seemed to work. However, I had to do 2 intensive defrags (Perfect disk) after to get the hard drive back in shape which I took as a good sign that CCleaner actually got rid of a lot of junk. Has anyone tried it with MSFS? Any issues to be aware of such as not letting it work on the entire registry? Don't want to blow up my sim computer :( Thanks. Mike

CCleaner is a fine tool. Have it installed on all my systems (5). But it doesn't do alot with the registry. For that there are any number of freeware options. I use Registry Healer (payware) and like it alot.Also, consider as an addition as well. Quick and easy to use in keeping your registry lean and mean.Alot of other options. See Mike's recommendations here: http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho...g_id=2504&page=For configuring Windows this is a must have for me: http://www.tweakguides.com/TGTC.htmlThe list is almost endless. There are alot of options available... both freeware and payware. [Link:www.webattack.com/freeware/freeware.html]SnapFiles is a good place to start.Hope this helps,Greg

Thanks for the information. It helps. Mike