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Disable backups, fine. Ok. But don't _lie to the user_

• antisthenes 7y ago
  Actually no, why is disabling backups in the name of saving 100MB of disk space ever OK? Did we go back to 1995 when disk space was expensive? I'd like to look the manager/developer who approved that change in the eye and ask them what the hell were they thinking. As far lying to the user goes...hasn't that been MS's motto for at least since W10 came out? That's the least surprising part. A poor technical decision is much more worrying.
  • londons_explore 7y ago
    The registry is still backed up via system restore points and versioned file history. It is still possible (albeit hard) to restore the registry to any point in time via those. These backups were really a bad plan - they were making a copy of the registry, and then a system restore point or 3rd party full system backup would backup all the backups.
    • SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
      I can't believe I had to scroll this far to see this comment. Thankyou for talking sense.