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Thread ID: 128570 2012-12-30 04:35:00 Explaining the registry Nick G (16709) PC World Chat
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1320663 2013-01-01 03:45:00 Yes I think is Wikipedia is great Digby (677)
1320664 2013-01-01 04:45:00 Yes I think is Wikipedia is great
Apart for the begging.
Cicero (40)
1320665 2013-01-01 05:07:00 Registry is far better than .ini for each program. Much much much easier to organise and manage on a global level. Of course it's harder if one wants to edit the config for program x one off, since you have to find the appropriate reg keys and values but in the broader scheme it's great. The Error Guy (14052)
1320666 2013-01-01 05:44:00 Registry is far better than .ini for each program. Much much much easier to organise and manage on a global level. Of course it's harder if one wants to edit the config for program x one off, since you have to find the appropriate reg keys and values but in the broader scheme it's great.

Both have their own merits, I don't think either is really better than the other.
Agent_24 (57)
1320667 2013-01-01 07:57:00 en.wikipedia.org

Read that

Yeah, I'm grateful for the link too.
Had a good read, and ended up doing half a dozen more linked references as well.... big-endian/little-endian, atomicity, etc. Good stuff.

:nerd:
Paul.Cov (425)
1320668 2013-01-01 18:39:00 Should we still be backing up the registry like they used to say years ago ?

And if so what is the best way ?
Digby (677)
1320669 2013-01-01 18:59:00 Should we still be backing up the registry like they used to say years ago ?

And if so what is the best way ?
It was advisable to do that with Windows 98, but System Restore does it for you. You could back it up if you want to by exporting all or just a portion to a reg file.
Terry Porritt (14)
1320670 2013-01-02 19:26:00 I don't reccomend trying this for no reason but if your registry gets corrupted and causes bootup issue you can usually just delete it and windows suddenly remembers there is a backup of the previous version hiding somewhere. dugimodo (138)
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