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RegClean for NT WorkStation 4.0
- Thread starter VB400
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Hi VB400!<br>
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I doubt the efficacy of RegClean on NT. There was an article in VB Programmers Journal a year or two ago where Microsoft came out and said that deleting keys and RegClean don't actually delete anything from the registry files -- they just get marked as being deleted. <br>
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What happens is your registry just gets larger and larger until your system is no longer able to boot. You can monitor your registry size in NT 4.0 by right-clicking on "My Computer", choosing the performance tab, then click the "Change" button under virtual memory. Your current registry size will be listed at the bottom. <br>
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I think by default NT starts at reserving 12mb for your registry. I'm currently at 23mb, and have reserved 40mb. I need to bump that up that at some point. About once a year I scrape the drives down to bare oxide and re-install everything. This gets me back down to a reasonable value, and cleans out the DLL plaque that builds up.<br>
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Chip H.<br>
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I doubt the efficacy of RegClean on NT. There was an article in VB Programmers Journal a year or two ago where Microsoft came out and said that deleting keys and RegClean don't actually delete anything from the registry files -- they just get marked as being deleted. <br>
<br>
What happens is your registry just gets larger and larger until your system is no longer able to boot. You can monitor your registry size in NT 4.0 by right-clicking on "My Computer", choosing the performance tab, then click the "Change" button under virtual memory. Your current registry size will be listed at the bottom. <br>
<br>
I think by default NT starts at reserving 12mb for your registry. I'm currently at 23mb, and have reserved 40mb. I need to bump that up that at some point. About once a year I scrape the drives down to bare oxide and re-install everything. This gets me back down to a reasonable value, and cleans out the DLL plaque that builds up.<br>
<br>
Chip H.<br>
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