On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
The big problem that I see with Windows is that any
program that's
installed insinuates itself throughout the system. ?It copies DLLs
into the system folder, makes changes to the registry and may even
spawn system processes. ?It's like crabgrass in your lawn.
I try to keep my Windows systems running with minimum slowdown by
putting applications, data and as much non-system related stuff on a
different partition when I install. ?It helps, but a system reload
usually entails re-installing everything again. ? Why the decision
was made against "compartmentalizing" the changes that applications
make to the system, is something I've never had satisfactory
explained.
When an application is uninstalled, it almost always leaves a pile of
detritus behind in the registry.
Has anyone had any experience with XPLite? They claim that you can
install XP on much slower/older machines when you remove a lot of
crud. There's a 98Lite also.
brian