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It was common in the Windows 9x days for the two Registry Hives (SYSTEM.DAT and USER.DAT) to get corrupted leading to an unbootable system or to get fragmented

by Lammy 2y ago

It was common in the Windows 9x days for the two Registry Hives (SYSTEM.DAT and USER.DAT) to get corrupted leading to an unbootable system or to get fragmented and/or full of disused values from poorly-uninstalled software leading to increased memory usage. Here are some KB articles to check out for context: - https://helparchive.huntertur.net/document/105563 https://helparchive.huntertur.net/document/105563 - https://helparchive.huntertur.net/document/89799 https://helparchive.huntertur.net/document/89799 - https://helparchive.huntertur.net/document/89794 https://helparchive.huntertur.net/document/89794

p_l 2y ago
Been there, know the pain, still not actually a big difference to the question of modifying "unexported" settings