Another way to clean up Windows problems (sometimes)
Related to the previous post is a suggestion from Shipping Seven. This is the anonymous blogger, who supposedly is part of Microsoft’s team working on Windows 7, and posts about the upcoming OS (without Microsoft’s approval). He or she also posts on other subjects and makes this interesting suggestion to recreate your profile or user account instead of reinstalling Windows (the formatting is that of the original post):
On your home machine (not a domain-joined machine):
If your Windows installation is in a terrible state (too many application installs and uninstalls, weird application crashes at weird times, file associations that don’t work anymore, etc):Instead of wiping and re-installing Windows:
Back up all your files
Log on as a different user on the machine
Delete the user profile of your user (in Computer Properties, Advanced Settings)
Log on as your old user account
All your files will be gone (you did back them up, didn’t you?) but you will have a clean registry, and as far as all applications are concerned, you are a new user.
Restore your files
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