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Thread ID: 107035	2010-02-01 19:44:00	The registry is a set of half a dozen or so mission-critical files hidden away in the	pctek (84)	PC World Chat

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854425	2010-02-02 08:19:00	Possibly he meant to type folders instead of files, bit much ripping the guy a new one for a typo :) The registry is a set of half a dozen or so mission-critical folders hidden away in the system folders.	feersumendjinn (64)
854426	2010-02-02 08:35:00	Possibly he meant to type folders instead of files, bit much ripping the guy a new one for a typo :) Dont think it was a typo. The word files is mentioned to many times to be a one off typo (within the whole article) The registry is a set of half a dozen or so mission-critical files hidden away in the system folders. They contain everything Windows needs to know about the hardware and software environment it is operating in. Obviously these files are important, hence the melodramatic warnings and why automatic backups are constantly made, just in case the primary set get corrupted. If a person is going to write for a public paper / website, then its open to remarks, good, bad or indifferent. * Next week: So what can be accomplished by editing a registry? That should be interesting. ;) Doesn't bother me in the slightest, Its people who like to fiddle (and theres plenty) that start deleting reg files after reading articles like that them wonder why their PC/Laptop plays up.	wainuitech (129)
854427	2010-02-02 08:51:00	I liked the "as useful as an ejector seat in a helicopter" comment though! You can have an ejection seat in a helicopter the Russe have them. Explosive bolts fire off the blades first	prefect (6291)
854428	2010-02-02 08:51:00	From that article so only 6 or so critical files eh! - idiot. But hang on, if theres only 6 or so -- what could possibly go wrong, just leave the important ones alone :confused: I still cant see how he's an idiot, The registry is made up of a small handful of files, regedit just presents them in an editable interface, and each entry isn't a separate file, its just an entry in a database. Unless I'm an idiot just like the person who wrote the article, in which case I seek enlightenment.	Metla (12)
854429	2010-02-02 09:09:00	Metla, no one said you were an idiot. Your skills and knowledge is never in question. By the way that article is written, any one who doesn't know better can be lead to believe if they went into the reg, and started deleting - then the PC wouldn't have problems. IS that guy going to repair their PC for free because they followed his advice -- Like Hell. Dont say it doesn't happen because it does - its amazing what some people will dump because they think they know what they are doing - then find out to late they don't. I'm positive when you were doing PC's for a living you will have seen lots of stupid acts by so called experts, that you ended up fixing. One I seen a couple of years ago - a brand new PC I delivered to a person, within 2 hours it wouldn't run or boot. WHY ?? the so called " I know what I'm doing" expert decided that to save some space he would dump a lot of un-needed folders/files out of the windows folder, because it took up to much room-- THEN tried to claim it on a warranty - HA! warranties don't cover people doing stupid things. BTW - I'm not getting into a sh1t slinging match about what can and cant be deleted from the reg - I've better things to do. Question / Challenge: I'll set up a New install, Windows XP (easy OS) please name the 6 or so critical files - then I'll delete all the others out of the registry and we'll see if it runs.	wainuitech (129)
854430	2010-02-02 10:00:00	The article makes a clear distinction between the ~6 files that make up the registry, and the keys/hives inside them. Ie, the 6 registry files in C:\Windows\System32\Config, each user's Ntuser.dat file, and each user's Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\Usrclass.dat file. I don't see where it suggests anyone go on a deleting spree. And I have never heard of anybody referring to registry keys as files or hives as folders :S	george12 (7)
854431	2010-02-02 10:06:00	Metla, no one said you were an idiot. Of course they have, Many times, and mostly for good reason. Lmfao.	Metla (12)
854432	2010-02-02 10:13:00	Question / Challenge: I'll set up a New install, Windows XP (easy OS) please name the 6 or so critical files - then I'll delete all the others out of the registry and we'll see if it runs. The 6 files are the registry, in its entirety. They are not in it, they are it.	Metla (12)
854433	2010-02-02 18:44:00	It's not the first time the guy has written for the paper. He was promoting Nortons a while back.	pctek (84)
854434	2010-02-02 19:18:00	I'm with Metla . . . the registry is comprised of only a handful of files, so I don't understand the harsh criticism of someone for providing relatively correct information . While his article may well lead some less knowledgeable users to confuse the files within the file system that store registry data, with the keys within the registry itself, he has at least tried to ensure a differentiation . However, he could have clarified that what you see in RegEdit are not "files" but hives and keys, and that there should be hundreds / thousands of these . Perhaps he will clarify this in his next article, about what you can do by editing the registry . While I certainly have disagreed with some of the opinions and statements in this article in the past, I can't see the big issue with this one . He hasn't provided false information, perhaps the prevailing thought here is that it's better to lie to users? If so, then so be it . As for promoting Norton products . . . their 2009 range and onwards are very, very good .	inphinity (7274)
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