Season's greetings to all - and especially Ashraf, The Maestro -- and best wishes to everyone for a happy and exceedingly healthy New Year.

On which note, I, um, wouldn't go within a country mile of any software, free or not, that described itself as a 'Registry Defragger'. I'd like my computer to be as happy and as healthy in 2012 as myself. . .

Happy New Year's to you too buddy! Nice to see you around.

Ashraf said:

I read about this on a few websites. The UK-only thing makes the promo unethical to post by dotTech standards, in my opinion.

Why?  Some of the freebie posts are US-only.  But there are many non-US dotTechies.  There are Belgians, Aussies and Brits who all admit to there non-US-ness.  Bet there are many others too!

However you are the Boss.  You put in the many, many hours each week and whatever you say, goes.

Thank you for all those hours that make a lively, interesting, 'must visit' site.

And a happy, prosperous New Year to you, all Admins and all dotTechies.

I should have been more clear. That particular freebie is UK only because it is for a specific computer magazine. They are restricting it to UK IPs to stop the freebie from being abused by the blogosphere.

The USA-only freebies I post about aren't freebies for specific magazine subscribers.

Sorry for the confusion -- and Happy New Year's!

On which note, I, um, wouldn't go within a country mile of any software, free or not, that described itself as a 'Registry Defragger'. I'd like my computer to be as happy and as healthy in 2012 as myself. . .

I read about this on a few websites. The UK-only thing makes the promo unethical to post by dotTech standards, in my opinion.

Why?  Some of the freebie posts are US-only.  But there are many non-US dotTechies.  There are Belgians, Aussies and Brits who all admit to there non-US-ness.  Bet there are many others too!

However you are the Boss.  You put in the many, many hours each week and whatever you say, goes.

Thank you for all those hours that make a lively, interesting, 'must visit' site.

And a happy, prosperous New Year to you, all Admins and all dotTechies.