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From: za kAT on 4 Feb 2010 15:25
On 04 Feb 2010 15:12:34 GMT, Gordon Darling wrote:

> All you ever wanted to know about the registry (and the some!).
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724871(VS.85).aspx

Thx Gordon. The fact that I thought Wow! when I saw this, has conviced me I
need to see a psychiatrist.

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From: Hank Scorpio on 4 Feb 2010 18:46
"FredW" <fredw(a)blackholespam.net> wrote >

> ...
> Look at the size of your Windows folder.
>
> A lot of files (mostly *.dll) are installed with programs and
> "forgotten" during uninstall.
> Therefore Windows will gradually require more GB.

Thanks Fred; is it the size of the folder that slows Windows down? Or is
there something about .dll files (and other useless files accumulating from
deleted programs) other than their size that slows Windows? You see what I
am getting at...is there a way to refresh Windows other than by a full
reinstall?


From: John Corliss on 4 Feb 2010 22:55
Gordon Darling wrote:
> On Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:37:42 -0800, John Corliss wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>> Currently, the ERUNT backup of my registry is 44.2 mb.
>>
>> 44.2 mb!!!! What in the WORLD can account for what's supposed to be a
>> simple settings file repository being that large? I've heard two things:
>>
>> 1. There are parts of the registry that you aren't allowed access to
>>
>> 2. Microsoft has made it possible to embed executable files in the
>> registry.
>>
>> IMO if true, the latter is reprehensible and there's simply no possible
>> excuse for that being the situation.
>>
>> I would really like to be able to know just *exactly* what's going on in
>> my registry.
>
> All you ever wanted to know about the registry (and the some!).
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724871(VS.85).aspx

Well, this part is certainly very informative:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724872%28VS.85%29.aspx
_____________________________________________________________________
Registry Element Size Limits

The following table identifies the size limits for the various registry
elements.

Registry Element Size Limit
Key name 255 characters
Value name 16,383 characters

Windows 2000: 260 ANSI characters or 16,383 Unicode characters.

Value Available memory (latest format)
1 MB (standard format)

Tree A registry tree can be 512 levels deep. You can create up to
32 levels at a time through a single registry API call.

Long values (more than 2,048 bytes) should be stored in a file, and the
location of the file should be stored in the registry. This helps the
registry perform efficiently.

The file location can be the name of a value or the data of a value.
Each backslash in the location string must be preceded by another
backslash as an escape character. For example, specify
"C:\\mydir\\myfile" to store the string "C:\mydir\myfile". A file
location can also be the name of a key if it is within the 255-character
limit for key names and does not contain backslashes, which are not
allowed in key names.

Regedit.exe does not display value names longer than 255 characters, so
if you use Regedit to confirm creation of a value it may appear that
creation has failed. Check the return value of RegSetValueEx for
ERROR_SUCCESS to confirm successful creation of a value, and use the
reg.exe command-line tool to view value names of any length.

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From: Man-wai Chang to The Door (24000bps) on 5 Feb 2010 08:22
> Eusing Free Registry Cleaner is a free registry repair software that
> allows you to safely clean and repair registry problems with a few
> simple mouse clicks. ..........
>
> Freeware, via ollydbg or email registration from site.
> :)

Don't use it. And if you do, be prepared to re-install your Window$. :)

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From: Shadow on 5 Feb 2010 09:28
On Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:22:24 +0800, "Man-wai Chang to The Door
(24000bps)" <toylet.toylet(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>> Eusing Free Registry Cleaner is a free registry repair software that
>> allows you to safely clean and repair registry problems with a few
>> simple mouse clicks. ..........
>>
>> Freeware, via ollydbg or email registration from site.
>> :)
>
>Don't use it. And if you do, be prepared to re-install your Window$. :)
I've been using it for ages. Regseeker since my 98SE days. I
still have a DOS 6.2 install SOMEWHERE on my computer. Also a win3.11.

What is a re-install ?? Is is always necessary? I need to read
up on this :)

[]'s
dir e:\dos
////
31/05/1994 06:22 56.670 command.com
31/05/1994 06:22 66.806 drvspace.bin
31/05/1994 06:22 40.997 io.sys
31/05/1994 06:22 38.172 msdos.sys
/////
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