Cloudeight Information Avenue - Issue #366 - January 31, 2009 

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Come visit us on The Hill this weekend. Our members are looking forward to welcoming you!

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Cynthia asks about orphaned registry keys
I'm sure it was in one of my Info Ave. Premium newsletters that you explained how to remove program keys from the registry for programs that have been uninstalled. I did it several times, a long time ago. And now I can't find the instructions. I looked thru my Volume V and typed it in several different ways but if it was there I missed it. Can you help?

Read our answer to Cynthia

Jackie asks whether she should a choose a flash drive or a hard drive
Why would one choose a flash drive over a hard drive or vice versa?  I have a genealogy program as well as over a thousand pictures and need a safe storage medium. Would any of my files be compromised with a flash drive?  Thanks so much for all you guys do and your willingness to share your knowledge.  You two are nice people and we're all very lucky to have 'met' you.  God bless.  Jackie

We answer Jackie and explain flash drives and external hard drives.

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Windows 7 Beta Public Preview
Windows XP and Windows Vista

Windows 7 Beta Public Preview is now available. That means that some of you will be anxious to try it. And, we understand that you're curious, it's human nature. It can be a catastrophe or a very valuable learning experience. We're hoping to make it the latter. We could tell you not to do it, but some of you are going to install this Beta anyway - so we're going to try to help.

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