Yes, WIN NT has a similar problem. NT handles the registry
slightly better, so the effects are not as serious on program
performance (and definitely more securely, even from
ligitimate registry users unfortunately). But the problem
still exists.
Unfortunately, though I don't want to put words into Networm's
mouth, unless you REALLY reinstall it, that is, wipe the
sucker clean and install from zero (or install to a new location
then delete the old), you retain the old registry in both
95 and NT. NT has a clean install option, which Zeuspaul and
I have recently experienced. As far as I know, 95 doesn't
have that; to get a clean install I think you must either
wipe (or rename) the 95 directory or install into a new one.
BUT if you do this you must then reinstall ALL of your
applicationsk, with the possible exception of some legacy
16-bit apps that were too dumb to use the registry. Thank
goodness for those! I can still play Alfred Scheinwold at
bridge while I reinstall everything else on the face of the
earth. Did you believe how great it was that those
"self-updating" apps updated themselves off the internet?
If you believed that, guess what: You now get to believe
it again. Pardon me, but screw that! (I actually have
a slightly shorter word in mind which delicacy prevents
me from posting.) If I can't download the update and
keep it, I won't make it.
In either OS, this is a VERY VERY painful procedure; so
painful that I have never done it except on a new machine
or when forced. So far for NT I've never been forced.
Even when I did a complet NT reinstall, I jimmied the registry
to get back all my old application setups. This is not
without its dangers, and I've suffered a few of those, but
it was better than the alternative. But of course I now
have the same registry bloat I had before, at least under
the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software key (the one I jimmied).
The biggest offender by a considerable margin, BTW.
Maybe Networm can explain further. Perhaps he has a method
I don't know about.
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