recent versions of Windows compress the registry on its own, automatically,
and recovers wasted space. deleting unused entries can be bad because it is
very hard to tell what are unused entry unless you know how Microsoft wants
applications to put entries in the registry in the first place. users are
caught in a Catch-22 because programs that put wrong entries in there cause
slowdowns and crashes and removing them is critical to fixing those
problems. uninstallers that don't remove entries can also do the same. this
of course is compounded by Microsoft changing their mind on where things
have to go over the years, and applications that don't follow the rules but
still work until Microsoft decides it needs to start enforcing the rule. the
worst problems happen when a crash occurs during shutdown and you get a
corrupted registry. i've had that a couple of times and the computer usually
won't come up until you reinstall Windows, sometimes only after a clean
install.
Herb....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Boris Liberman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 12:58 AM
Subject: Re: OT - Cleaning and Defragmenting Windows Registry
I essentially wrote exactly what you said. You can *delete* the unused
entries by use of certain programs. You can also *compress" the registry
by *removing* the empty spaces. The first operation can be done, usually
by professional. The second operation is *highly* unadvised as it may
render your computer dead.
