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It is my understanding that Windows 7 still uses the Registry.
The feature of Windows that I most despise.
If this is true, then what is the point of Windows 7 ?
Posted by: davebarnes   Posted on: 12/28/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Registry?  davebarnes | 12/28/08
Backwards Compatability  timber2008 | 12/28/08
There is another way to achieve backward compatibility  timiteh | 12/28/08
Really????  co-eddy | 12/28/08
Really  timiteh | 12/29/08
So what specifically do you despise...  Sleeper Service | 12/28/08
Perhaps he is talking of the Windows rot ?  timiteh | 12/28/08
What Windows rot?  Sleeper Service | 12/28/08
Ya need to use it a little bit  Linux User 147560 | 12/28/08
Yes seriously  timiteh | 12/28/08
So use CCleaner...  Sleeper Service | 12/28/08
Use an alternative O/S that just works.  fr0thy2 | 12/29/08
I already use it  timiteh | 12/29/08
Please detail this "rot" and how it negatively affects Windows.  ye | 12/29/08
That simple  timiteh | 12/29/08
@timiteh: I saw no details.  ye | 12/29/08
Well  timiteh | 12/29/08
@timiteh: The benchmarks I ask for would support your claim.  ye | 12/29/08
Don't be lazy.... Google it!  awasson@... | 12/29/08
@awasson: Don't be lazy...provide the information.  ye | 12/30/08
Machine performance differences  de-void | 12/30/08
The rot doesn't exist  Kaiwai | 01/03/09
Windows rot is.....  daMan25 | 12/29/08
you are just  Mectron | 12/29/08
Computer for me is a tool. Used to entertain or  James Quinn | 12/30/08
A definition  sjbinaz | 12/30/08
Having to edit it  davebarnes | 12/28/08
You're doing it wrong.  threedaysdwn | 12/28/08
Just try installing something - post-Symantec  V@... | 12/28/08
That's just silly.  threedaysdwn | 12/29/08
Walking on stilts  fr0thy2 | 12/29/08
I was *not* referring to OS-X.  V@... | 12/29/08
OS X doesn't have ".conf" files..  msalzberg | 12/29/08
Yes, third party problem  Anton Philidor | 12/29/08
Junked Up Registry  dfarrich@... | 12/29/08
Just for your info....  daMan25 | 12/29/08
What about trial software?  davebarnes | 12/28/08
Has nothing to do with the registry.  ye | 12/29/08
The problem of using System restore is  V@... | 12/29/08
@hartley.ra: Irrelevent. My comment was wrt 3rd party software.  ye | 12/29/08
That's not a registry problem.  dprozzo | 12/29/08
Absolutely right...  Sleeper Service | 12/29/08
Or...  dprozzo | 12/29/08
Tweaking is not a "have to"  ye | 12/29/08
At least you HAVE that option  Crestview | 12/29/08
Windows Live Mesh...  pico_D | 12/29/08
Problems running MS software on an MS O/S .. who'da thought!  fr0thy2 | 12/29/08
BETA BETA BETA BETA  devilmaster | 12/29/08
Sounds like a mess...  dprozzo | 12/29/08
1) It's a single point of failure  fr0thy2 | 12/29/08
Which is dirt simple to recover from if you should have a problem.  ye | 12/29/08
Most of these messages here  V@... | 12/29/08
Perhaps you missed where I wrote:  ye | 12/29/08
Meh... nt  V@... | 12/29/08
@hartley.ra: IOW you are right and I'm not mature enough to admit it. (nt)  ye | 12/29/08
Suggest using ERUNT  Anton Philidor | 12/29/08
We're not talking about bad installs. We're talking about...  ye | 12/29/08
Repairs  Anton Philidor | 12/29/08
@Anton Philidor: I have no experience with ERUNT as...  ye | 12/29/08
You've done..  msalzberg | 12/29/08
I haven't seen a damaged registry  Crestview | 12/29/08
Ever try to navigate it?  CobraA1 | 12/29/08
Why do you care what the CLSIDs are?  ye | 12/29/08
Yes, it's rarely ever necessary but it's not never-ever.  V@... | 12/29/08
Again you overlook words I've written. Specifically:  ye | 12/29/08
Hmm?  V@... | 12/29/08
Then spell it out in detail for me. (nt)  ye | 12/29/08
Trying to make shell extensions work  CobraA1 | 12/29/08
RE: Windows 7 beta 1 review  TheFUA | 12/28/08
I switched...  Jeremy W | 12/28/08
lol  rtk | 12/28/08
Not my experience at all.  dprozzo | 12/28/08
Different strokes with Vista  StraussWylde | 12/29/08
Vista machine works GREAT or like HELL  Jeremy W | 12/29/08
Agreed  Tiggster | 12/29/08
LOL....  daMan25 | 12/29/08
Unfortunately...  Sleeper Service | 12/30/08
If Mac is so perfect  Crestview | 12/29/08
Your IT person is cr@p  StraussWylde | 12/29/08
If you think that...  msalzberg | 12/29/08
RE: Windows 7 beta 1 review  Starbuck888 | 12/28/08
Wake up... or not.  kozmcrae | 12/28/08
No Kool Aid for me  Starbuck888 | 12/28/08
Pirates of Silicon Valley  StraussWylde | 12/29/08
RE: Windows 7 beta 1 review  pseudonamia | 12/28/08
Find something better to do.  Starbuck888 | 12/28/08
damn that shrinking 90%+ majority  omnicronx | 12/29/08
No...  Sleeper Service | 12/28/08
RE: No...  pseudonamia | 12/28/08
Good for you...  Sleeper Service | 12/28/08
Apple's fanboi legions...  Wolfie2K3 | 12/28/08
This is great.  kozmcrae | 12/28/08
Only Apple fanboi's?  StraussWylde | 12/29/08
Yes. There's a sucker born every minute.  V@... | 12/29/08
Not really...  Linux User 147560 | 12/28/08
And you think that you look smart  timiteh | 12/28/08
Uh is English a second language?  Linux User 147560 | 12/28/08
re: Uh is English a second language  me_shepherd | 12/28/08
Linux users really don't need you.  V@... | 12/29/08
As if i need anything from people like you  timiteh | 12/29/08
Wrong, wrong, wrong.  V@... | 12/29/08
Sounds like Hitler!  Tiggster | 12/29/08
Oh.. here comes the obligatory Hitler reference.  V@... | 12/29/08
But isn't it true?  Tiggster | 12/29/08
So then, why don't you just jump off  Crestview | 12/29/08
Sure, just as soon as you lot get out of the *nix forums. nt  V@... | 12/29/08
"windows users"  co-eddy | 12/28/08
Brain washed Apple users  Crestview | 12/29/08
What would the cultists do...  Crestview | 12/29/08
RE: Windows 7 beta 1 review  gargouri2001@... | 12/28/08
Can't benchmark beta versions  mhamann | 12/28/08
We Can benchmark any versions  gargouri2001@... | 12/29/08
I want the Beat version !!  sjbinaz | 12/30/08
RE: Windows 7 beta 1 review  stevesy17 | 12/28/08
Hear, Hear  bpolo | 12/29/08
RE: Windows 7 beta 1 review  doug@... | 12/28/08
Win7 installation time is equal to Vista  qmlscycrajg | 12/28/08
Then you're going to love ...  de-void | 12/30/08
Still bloated like VISTA  paper_ricebowl | 12/28/08
no  eggmanbubbagee@... | 12/28/08
no  eggmanbubbagee@... | 12/28/08
Well put.  Starbuck888 | 12/28/08
XP is sooo bloated!  pico_D | 12/29/08
A properly loaded and tweaked XP  Crestview | 12/29/08
Still a hog...  pico_D | 12/31/08
the 640k myth  rtk | 12/31/08
What prevent you  timiteh | 12/28/08
Wrong  Crestview | 12/29/08
pre-installed Vista copies suck due OEM crapware!  qmlscycrajg | 12/30/08
OSX Snow Leopard  Gnutella | 12/28/08
Curious i don't expect to see pigs fly anytime soon  timiteh | 12/28/08
Inferior Choice.  Gnutella | 12/28/08
I Tried Not to say anything BUTTTT  timothybward | 12/28/08
Inferior hardware?  TeeDawg | 12/29/08
Inferior choice ?  timiteh | 12/30/08
hello, hello Gnutella . .  eggmanbubbagee@... | 12/28/08
Its always the same thing with you Mac cultists  Crestview | 12/29/08
Is the end of the year is when  Mectron | 12/29/08
That's an interesting view...  msalzberg | 12/30/08
It's more of a platform, than an OS  Tariff | 01/05/09
Another crap full of bugs.  fennec | 12/28/08
idiot  eggmanbubbagee@... | 12/28/08
Just Curious  Badgered | 12/29/08
RE: Windows 7 beta 1 review  jj100 | 12/28/08
Not really  Johnny Vegas | 12/28/08
7 will also be a figleaf  eggmanbubbagee@... | 12/28/08
RE: Windows 7 beta 1 review  Starbuck888 | 12/28/08
RE: Windows 7 beta 1 review  blinkdt | 12/28/08
which is the problem...  pico_D | 12/29/08
Drivel.  Sleeper Service | 12/29/08
what is a registry?  pico_D | 12/29/08
re: Drivel  Badgered | 12/29/08
And it isn't.  Sleeper Service | 12/29/08
Well  Badgered | 12/29/08
So, even if you have to...  Sleeper Service | 12/29/08
But it doesn't speed up. I have never seen a registry cleaner...  ye | 12/29/08
RE: Windows 7 beta 1 review  blinkdt | 12/28/08
Benchmark Please  rakeshishere | 12/29/08
Why?  pico_D | 12/29/08
those are the benchmarks  gargouri2001@... | 12/29/08
UAC question  rseiler | 12/29/08
There's an exception for every rule!  de-void | 12/30/08
RE: Windows 7 beta 1 review  deltatux | 12/29/08
Don't knock it until you've tried it!  de-void | 12/30/08
Home networking/ Windows Castles....  JoeMama_z | 12/29/08
RE: Windows 7 beta 1 review  pico_D | 12/29/08
RE: Windows 7 beta 1 review  medezark@... | 12/29/08
RE: Windows 7 beta 1 review  halcyon wild | 12/29/08
DON'T TURN OFF UAC - EVER!  de-void | 12/30/08
I just love how Mac lets the loonies...  arizonahuskerfan | 12/29/08
RE: Windows 7 beta 1 review  arizonahuskerfan | 12/29/08
Microsoft has created a symbiotic eco-system of  V@... | 12/29/08
This...  MaxKorban | 12/29/08
To Adrian: Windows 7 features  claymann39@... | 12/29/08
Obviously you don't get out much...  Kromaethius | 12/29/08
Before ...  de-void | 12/30/08
RE: Windows 7 beta 1 review  mrrydogg | 12/29/08
So change it.  Sleeper Service | 12/30/08
RE: Windows 7 beta 1 review  jjmacey@... | 12/29/08
RE: Windows 7 beta 1 review  figmo@... | 12/29/08
Registry Rot - what is it?  BillDem | 12/29/08
RE: Windows 7 beta 1 review  anne.toney@... | 12/29/08
Vista is not good for developing on.  hka2020 | 12/29/08
Sheer FUD  Kromaethius | 12/29/08
Strange you should say that ...  de-void | 12/30/08
RE: Windows 7 beta 1 review  Steve Sabino | 12/29/08
RE: Windows 7 beta 1 review  zephs@... | 12/29/08
@Dingbat: fr0thy2  Mectron | 12/29/08
There is an old saying I think Chinese.....  James Quinn | 12/30/08
can I still tuck it down the left side?  walkerjian@... | 12/29/08
Yes (EOM)  de-void | 12/30/08
And So - the USUAL Micro$haft Bigots Are Out in Force  drprod@... | 12/29/08
Irony.  Sleeper Service | 12/30/08
RE: Windows 7 beta 1 review  Zlatko.Lakisic | 12/30/08
Don't knock it until you've tried it!  de-void | 12/30/08
Where is the classic start menu in Windows 7?  boed | 12/30/08
The Win7 Start Menu ...  de-void | 12/30/08
Classic menu removes the need for a huge start menu  boed | 12/30/08
Use the search  sjbinaz | 12/30/08
I don't see....  trenchsol | 12/30/08
Windows 7 beta impressions and a msg to apple zombies  Soulstorm | 12/30/08
Re: crashed applications  V@... | 12/30/08
Frezeeing applications  Soulstorm | 12/30/08
If the return stack is trashed  V@... | 12/31/08
Agreed  shellcodes_coder | 12/31/08
Apple?  MrViklund | 12/31/08
The issue?  pico_D | 12/31/08
True  gnesterenko | 12/31/08
Stability?  pico_D | 01/02/09
RE: Windows 7 beta 1 review  johnson_robert_roy@... | 12/31/08
KDE  MrViklund | 12/31/08
Best Windows Yet!  Windows Defender | 12/31/08
Whilst there are dumb users, there will always be tech-support.  V@... | 12/31/08
Beta  dannydaman9@... | 01/01/09
RE: Beta  Windows Defender | 01/01/09
torrents  dannydaman9@... | 01/01/09
RE: Windows 7 beta 1 review  mac@... | 01/01/09
RE: Windows 7 beta 1 review  marcinw | 01/01/09
your answer  mac@... | 01/01/09
good !  marcinw | 01/01/09
Mac advantages over Vista  shaggyct73 | 01/02/09
Window 7 Ultimate; Too many flavors?  tommcd64 | 01/02/09
RE: Windows 7 beta 1 review  tofirius | 01/02/09
RE: Windows 7 beta 1 review  hardrivn@... | 01/04/09
Incremental upgrades  protolink | 01/04/09
RE: Windows 7 beta 1 review  tlhigham | 01/06/09
RE: Windows 7 beta 1 review  shuolincoll | 01/07/09
RE: Windows 7 beta 1 review  Viraj Chitnis | 01/07/09
RE: Windows 7 beta 1 review  excrementologist@... | 01/09/09
RE: Windows 7 beta 1 review  gbanegas@... | 01/13/09
RE: Windows 7 beta 1 review  kerouackn@... | 01/26/09
RE: Windows 7 beta 1 review  51Cards | 03/02/09
Windows 7 Customer Preview Program  Fred Mackie | 03/19/09
OS Competition  geno_zd | 03/23/09
RE: Windows 7 beta 1 review  jason12343 | 07/22/09
RE: Windows 7 beta 1 review  webmaster21 | 11/08/09

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