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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject: Re: The problem With Windows
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2024 15:10:08 -0000 (UTC)
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Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote at 12:15 this Saturday (GMT):
> chrisv wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>
>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>>>The Registry was introduced as a replacement for config files because app 
>>>developers were scattering those files all over the place. So in an effort 
>>>to tidy things up, Microsoft devised this thing called the “Registry” and 
>>>strong-armed developers into using it.
>>>
>>>So now, they scatter their config settings all over the Registry.
>>
>> In Micro$oft's defense, it seems that the Registry has worked well,
>> despite the denigration from the anti-M$ crowd.
>
> Worked well? Ever try to find out which of multiple copies of the same Registry
> key is the one you need to modify?
>
> And the damn thing gets bigger and bigger (and presumably slower and slower) as
> you install stuff.


And it's really annoying to back up a few keys in the whole mess.
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