"RoseGarden" - - - - - - - from - nscave

Two unrelated topics come to mind today. One as a result of reviewing yesterdays CCleaner program which includes a registry optimizing option.

This led to me adding a Registry Warning page to my web site. The included information would apply not only to the above program, but to any of the registry tweaking programs available anywhere. In fact, if you read the content, it applies even if you are only looking at the registry.

We often read registry warnings, and the fact we should make backups before doing anything, but it still is 'hands off' if you don't know what you are doing and even more so if you don't know how to use the backup you just made.

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The second topic came to me about a week ago, which is a little errie because Ask Leo wrote about it in his recent newsletter #143. What happens when I die?

Many of us tend to keep all of our important things on our computers these days. Bank account access, bills we have to pay regularly, important papers, and many other personal things. And of course due to their importance and for security all of these things are password protected or encrypted.

What would happen if you suddenly passed away or got into a situation where you couldn't do things for yourself? How would family members or those who needed to know find out and access your 'stuff'?  Should something happen others would then need to know these details in order to proceed.

Something to think about. Leo's article will give you a start, but it is a topic we need to think about - now - and carefully.

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