Clean Install of Vista Home Premium

I'm having problems with some 3rd party software and have gone as far as
reinstalling Vista Home Premium.
I did a clean install and have a question:
Does a clean install completely replace the registry? If so does
anything linger from the old registry lingers into the new one?

Thanks much,
James

If you have formatted the HD and then did a NEW install.......nothing should
be left from the old.
If you simply installed over the old installation there will be old stuff
left in the registry
peter

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"JamesJ" <jjy@darwin_roadrunner.com> wrote in message
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> I'm having problems with some 3rd party software and have gone as far as
> reinstalling Vista Home Premium.
> I did a clean install and have a question:
> Does a clean install completely replace the registry? If so does
> anything linger from the old registry lingers into the new one?
>
> Thanks much,
> James

Left over from 3rd party software??

James

"peter" <peterk@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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> If you have formatted the HD and then did a NEW install.......nothing
> should be left from the old.
> If you simply installed over the old installation there will be old stuff
> left in the registry
> peter
>
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> "JamesJ" <jjy@darwin_roadrunner.com> wrote in message
> news:#TuvKjqaIHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> I'm having problems with some 3rd party software and have gone as far as
>> reinstalling Vista Home Premium.
>> I did a clean install and have a question:
>> Does a clean install completely replace the registry? If so does
>> anything linger from the old registry lingers into the new one?
>>
>> Thanks much,
>> James
>