Azat Posted April 21, 2003 Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 I am one who plays with the Registry, but always tell people that they should not go in unless they are ready to loose everything. Like Garo said you should always backup your registry. You can do that by backing up user.db and system.db files. In NT/Xp/2000 there are alos security and couple of other files, but they can be recovered much easier. You could also turn on auto reg backup on the new OSes. There are alos lots of free tools to help you play with some of the settings and startups. Winpatrol and TweakUI come to mind. You can find lots of very cool things to do with the registry here: http://www.winguides.com/registry/ but be warned, you can screw up your system as well if you are not careful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted April 21, 2003 Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 Harut, looks like Intel was waiting for you to buy your laptop before doing THIS But don't worry, it takes a couple of months for intel price cuts to reach the retail market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harut Posted April 21, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 thanks guys, but there is a better way.the first step is formating the HD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harut Posted April 21, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 the only things that i'm not confortable with are the services.there are 3-4 dozen potential (some running, some stopped) services in my comp. what the heck are those?! also, what's up with this XP. the only thing that needs an access (from zonealarm) to the internet on my win98 is the isp program.now, on xp i had to grant access to 4-5 things before i could connect to the internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted April 21, 2003 Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 Harut, most those services are needed parts of XP. XP is very different than 98 ... it's a "real" OS so there'll be a lot of layers and things running. Don't disable or remove anything that you are unsure about. First make sure it is junk, then stop it. By the way, formatting the HD may not be as good an option as you may think. Installing an OS on a laptop is usually much harder than a desktop. You need to have all sorts of drivers etc etc ... plus then if something goes wrong, Dell won't be able to help you. Their solution will be to use the system recovery disk and go back to factory condition (wiping out all your data in the mean time). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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