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And what do you think would happen if Microsoft only allowed certified apps
And what do you think would happen if Microsoft only allowed certified applications to run on Windows? People would scream bloody murder despite the fact that all Windows 2000 certified applications would run on Windows XP or Vista without any problems. A lot of problems with Windows would go away if people only ran logo-certified applications.

The fact of the matter is, .NET applications can actually be run without an installer. They don't use the registry and they only use localized XML configuration files. You look at the stuff from SysInternals and a lot of those applications run without the need to install. You look at uTorrent and it?s the same thing. Any good application would explicitly specify a local copy of the DLL and avoid DLL sharing hell.
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The user who installs a million apps in to his computer has some responsibi  georgeou | 08/10/07
I was in symantec when the so called kernel lockout happend  ericsami | 08/10/07
And what do you think would happen if Microsoft only allowed certified apps  georgeou | 08/10/07
Sysinternals *DO* install  rpmyers1 | 08/12/07
Depends on which application  georgeou | 08/12/07
Not as easy as all that  rpmyers1 | 08/12/07
Thats No Explaination...  TheBoyBailey | 08/11/07
I said everyone bears some responsibility  georgeou | 08/11/07
You are going off topic ...  TheBoyBailey | 08/11/07
They do, it's called SysInternals  georgeou | 08/12/07
SysInternals is not an MS developed application.  Letophoro | 08/13/07
Wow - its actually ok to buy a company that does it better  andrej770 | 08/13/07
Poor Linux zealots.  nighthawk808 | 08/15/07
I agree to a certain extent...  msalzberg | 08/11/07
The real weak spot is that Windows allows uncertified software  georgeou | 08/11/07
Huh?  Jeremy W | 08/11/07
Please detail these issues  ye | 08/12/07
That's easy  Linux User 147560 | 08/13/07
When *Nix gets to the point where grandma can use it. Call me!  andrej770 | 08/13/07
Where are the details?  ye | 08/13/07
Andrej, give me your phone number.  nighthawk808 | 08/15/07
No. The real weak spot...  bportlock | 08/11/07
Again, Windows permits uncertified software  georgeou | 08/12/07
I'm not arguing with you George....  bportlock | 08/13/07
Actually the registry structure is very well defined.  ye | 08/12/07
Definition is nothing to do with it  bportlock | 08/13/07
What clearly does not work?  ye | 08/13/07
Re: Ye  bportlock | 08/14/07
bportlock: How do text files maintain consistency?  ye | 08/14/07
re: ye  bportlock | 08/14/07
Registry is no different than text files  ye | 08/14/07
God forbid  nighthawk808 | 08/15/07
MS at fault, but not the only OS with a messy room...  R_Connelie@... | 08/11/07
I use a registry maintenance tool  ye | 08/12/07
Hmmm....  bportlock | 08/12/07
Please detail how this would be implemented  ye | 08/12/07
Quite simple really  bportlock | 08/12/07
No, it's not that simple  rpmyers1 | 08/12/07
I did not expect...  bportlock | 08/13/07
Already in place  ye | 08/12/07
Yes but...  bportlock | 08/13/07
For many MS trying to "Ensure" anything is a threat!  andrej770 | 08/13/07
Re: andrej770  bportlock | 08/13/07
To: bportlock  andrej770 | 08/13/07
Re: andrej770  bportlock | 08/13/07
"The fact" may be conjecture  bmgoodman | 08/13/07
not so...  pavka@... | 08/13/07
UniBlue actually works  birddawg | 08/13/07
Registry Mechanic  chrome_slinky@... | 08/13/07
EUSING Free registry cleaner  boogie2277@... | 08/15/07
yes Registry cleaning helps  Jim Johnson | 08/15/07
RE: The fact that Uniblue's RegistryBooster does its job is bad news about Windows  jkrantman | 07/06/08
RE: in response to jkrantman  Hilary_Uniblue | 07/18/08
Uniblue Support  pdalton@... | 02/27/09
RE: The fact that Uniblue's RegistryBooster does its job is bad news about Windows  s5e5com | 07/06/09
RE: The fact that Uniblue's RegistryBooster does its job is bad news about  yourweldguru@... | 09/28/09
RE: The fact that Uniblue's RegistryBooster does its job is bad news about Windows  cogsinister | 10/01/09

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