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increasing windows xp registry size
Name: Kevin Date: September 26, 2003 at 11:10:24 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: unknown
Name: ops Date: September 26, 2003 at 11:27:07 Pacific
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There's no set size for the Registry. Like a text file, add text the file gets bigger, remove text and it gets smaller. It's dynamic and the user has no control over its size other than installing programs or uninstalling them.
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Response Number 2
Name: Randy J. Anderson Date: September 26, 2003 at 11:50:02 Pacific
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"There's no set size for the Registry. Like a text file, add text the file gets bigger, remove text and it gets smaller. It's dynamic and the user has no control over its size other than installing programs or uninstalling them."
Wrong! Windows 2000 and Windows XP do have a maximum registry size setting.
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Response Number 3
Name: Lesley Date: September 26, 2003 at 12:04:16 Pacific
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Randy
What happens when it gets 'full' ?
Just curious
Lesley
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Response Number 4
Name: ops Date: September 26, 2003 at 12:54:40 Pacific
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Thanks, Randy, didn't know that. Learn somethin' new every day.
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Response Number 5
Name: rac Date: September 26, 2003 at 13:22:59 Pacific
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Here's Microsoft's web page explaining how to change the space allocation for the size of the registry.
Didn't know that this existed, and when I went through all these hoops to reach the place to change registry size, there was no entry to change. I conclude, therefore, that my registry size must have no upper limit.
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Response Number 6
Name: Lesley Date: September 26, 2003 at 14:58:55 Pacific
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rac
I went there too - just to see - can change Paging File size - but nothing about the Registry
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