From: Mike N. 

On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:36:57 -0400, "Geo"  wrote:

>I am one of the few people on earth who actually "gets" the
registry. My
>only issue with it is that it's a bitch to backup.

   Then you'd be very happy with Linux.   Just backup the /etc tree.

>Just today I finished moving my main desktop at work to a new computer. I
>backed up to tape, installed OS on new box, did a full restore to new box,
>upgraded with OS CD to make it redetect the hardware properly and poof all
>the apps were broken. So I saved the software sections from HKLM and HKCU
>parts of the registry, edited a few OS related parts out, and loaded them on
>the new box and presto all my apps, copyprotection and all came back fully
>in tact without requiring any fussing with reinstalling.

   Yes, but let's see you do that when you move to XP!

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