All;

In response to David Bockman's post .......

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XP does away completely with the Windows Registry scheme.
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Maintenance tasks like updating the Registry and defragmenting the hard
drive can delay the
process, but eventually it must be done.
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FYI .... Two years ago (before XP hit the shelves) Microsoft awarded me the
title of "WindowsXP Associate Expert".
This doesn't mean much, but it does indicate that I have some experience
with XP.
There are only 600 "Experts" worldwide.

All flavors of Windows have a registry.
As each new OS hits the streets, the registry gets bigger and bigger.
For example, the registry in my new Windows 2003 Server is in excess of 50
Mbytes !!
I bet that's bigger than most peoples hard drives !!

MS has gone out of their way to install features which ensure users don't
directly interact with his/her registry.
In fact, I'd suggest that most users stay away from their registry.
Small, unintentional errors will bring the whole system to it's knees.

"Defragging" your hard drive is a thing of the past.
With XP's NTFS file system, defragging is not necessary.

If anyone in this group needs minor help with their XP systems please
contact me off-group and I'll try to help.
Please don't inundate me !!

Mark Hill - Harrisburg PA - Zone 6

(sorry for being long winded)

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