REGISTRY CLEANER

[clare]

No, edlin is a line editor.(sometimes also called a file editor) Norton Disk Doctor was a disk editor.

[clare]

It was clunky, but it was POWERFULL. Compared to edit, it was a genius.

How about OS9 for the colour computer from the "shack". A fully functional myli-user, multi-tasking OS on 32K of ram (might have even been functional on 16K)

[krw]

Wrong.

So you agree that he was NOT right.

That wasn't under discussion.

[krw]

I was remembering that Edlin would read disk sectors. A bit of research tells me I need to do more research. I worked for IBM at the time, so used their internal tools, so obviously misremembered Edlin incorrectly.

[Roy]

rote:

=3D=3D You are right...he was NOT right but there were somewhat equivalent functions in the ini, bat, sys, com and dat files. =3D=3D

[Robert Green]

That was "debug" (to edit disks directly).

-- Bobby G.

[clare]

H e was right they ran on top of DOS

[HeyBub]

And now its come full circle. For TEN YEARS, Microsoft had been ragging on developers to NOT store application specific data in the registry. With Vista, the rule was enforced.

That meant that applications like QuickBooks could not run on Vista nor could the be made to run. QuickBooks - and many other applications - stored piddly stuff in the registry (next check number, date of last backup, etc.) and now the OS said "Not by the hair on my chinney-chin-chin!".

[Red Green]

[e-mail] wrote in news: [e-mail]:

This whole thread is starting to sound like retired commissioner Regan on the Blue Bloods TV show - "Well back in the day...." :-)

[notbob]

Solve the entire registry problem easily. Use linux.

nb

[Roy]

=3D=3D Well Lum, I remember when the only computer peripheral we had was made of wood and graphite and had a sharp pointy end which interfaced with unbleached paper and could be manually manipulated in such a way as to solve complex mathematical equations and such. Them was the days...I remember them well. =3D=3D

[Red Green]

Roy wrote in news: [e-mail]:

Well back in the day....

[Gary H]

Don't forget the last one, Windows ME. It wasn't much of an improvement over 98, but it does exist.

[Mark Lloyd]

[snip]

I used a word processor that ran on that. It accurately simulated a manual typewriter by including all the sounds. You'd get:

bang bang bang bang bang bang ding bang bang click clang bang bang bang bang bang bang

[snip]

[clare]

That's one Microsoft is trying hard to forget.

[Oren]

The perfect reasons folks stayed with Win 98 SE. The most stabile at the time. Then came later, good versions of NT4 with a registry editor.

[Rudy]

I use WinASO, it was highly rated by CNET when it came out..Hasnt caused any crashes yet

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[krw]

Doh!