DC> On 04 Aug 05  04:52:46, Mike Roberts got back to Dan Ceppa
->> Re: 486sx20

 DC>>  MP> I have found that, once an XP system gets messed up, it is a lot
 DC>>  MP> harder to fix than a 98SE system.

 DC>> That's what I'm hearing and I'm not liking that...

 MR>> Is it?or is it not the truth though, that the more we add programs and
 MR>> they go in and change windows there own way. The more our systems start
 MR>> mucking up on  us?  I hate it when you add a piece of software and all
 MR>> of a sudden, You whole windows manner of operation changes.

 DC> Which is my point.  A program should either share existing
 DC> SYS files or set up it's own base for itself.

 I had my system working the way I like it.

 My daughter came to visit from Turkey. While here she bought an
 IPOD. She put the software to download songs on my computer. Now
 the CTL-ALT-Del function is not quite right, and my TV recording
 schedualer doesn't work.

 I see no reason for any application to change the registry.
 Every program should have it's own intialization file, and
 operate from that. The OS should take care of everything else.

BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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