Re: programming good practices: registry etiquette and incompetent programmers
- From: "Unknown" <unknown@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:39:33 -0500
Correct!
"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The people here who keep talking about "needing to maintain and clean out
the registry" are often just so clueless - which is bad enough; but when
they espouse their uneducated and inexperienced "advice" to others, it's
just criminal.
Unknown wrote:
The very first caution (Do not use this procedure on an OEM installed OS)
eliminates about 90% of all Windows users.
" db.·.. ><))) ·>` .. ." <databaseben.public.newsgroup.microsoft.com>
wrote
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if that were true, then
this would not be:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545
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it is best that everyone relies
on the number one authority
of windows and all others
just stay on your buggies and
pass on thru....
--
db·´¯`·...¸><)))º>
"HeyBub" <heybub@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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there are a number of reasons
all of which are not in our
control.
however what you do have is
control over your computer and
maintaining the registry is
imperative to the performance
of your system.
The registry either works or it doesn't. There is no "maintenance"
necessary. The registry won't rot if you don't oil it.
the registry is a database file
and the imperative is that its
data needs to be reconciled to
the data on the disk.
That is mostly true.
if the registry contains worthless
data because the parent files
are no longer valid or found
on the disk, then the worthless
data needs to be removed from
the registry.
That is manifestly NOT true.
removing faulty data from the
registry not only makes it accurate
but reduces the file size as well.
Accuracy, in this case, is over-rated. No one cares about the size.
the result of having a very large
registry data base because it contains
worthless data also increases
the fragmentation of the
registry file and increases the
risk of a corrupted registry
and crash.
The size of the registry is virtually unaffected by application
entries.
Entries placed in the registry in response to application installations
amounts to a negligible percentage of the contents.
microsoft invented windows
and invented the registry. they
also invented the first registry
cleaner.
therefore i suggest you take
advantage of their wisdom
and generosity for there latest
utility:
http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/article/registry_cleaner_why.htm
But first, ask yourself WHY Microsoft invented a registry cleaner? I
believe they did so because people insisted upon having one - like they
insist on taking antibiotics when they have a cold! We have no
empirical
evidence that Microsoft's registry cleaner actually does anything and
ample evidence that the difference between using Microsoft's cleaner
and
doing nothing is zero.
For all we know, Microsoft's registry cleaner is a placebo.
.
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