You might want to try the Norton System Work for your problems.  They have
worked very well for me so far, but have read about horror stories.

Norton Clean Sweep:  it tracks your new installation and will help clean up
those that don't follow the rule
Norton System Doctor: it help to clean the mess on your registry and others.
I did backup the important stuff before using them, but no incidents so far.

Re-installing was a frequent event before I used them.  And after that when
the system become flaky, they have come to rescue, so far (close to 2 years)
I do not have to reinstall my win98 system.

I think Norton will be able to sustain my system until I upgrade the PC,
which bring up the need to migrate to the latest PC  without the need of
re-installation - Does anyone come across software can do that easily?

Cheers, Ling SM

> I will take a look at it,
> I fear buying yet another package that I don't use.
>
> > norton ghost or similar products can save those hours in future.  make
an
> > image of a freshly installed system with your most valued tools and save
> it
> > on a seperate partition, network drive, or a cdr.  You can get your
system
> > back pretty quickly if things go crazy later.
> >
> > > Unfortunately, there is yet another bug (Palm Sync not working) that
is
> > > likely to lead to reinstall the whole thing anyway. Installing the OS
is
> > not
> > > the problem, the problem is the many hours it takes to reinstall the
> > > liscened software and type in all the keys...
> > >
> > > There may be a better way, but so far I have not found it...
>

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