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RE: AllVersions: Running Cygwin X w/ Registy Entries
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 12:19:22 +0100
- Subject: RE: AllVersions: Running Cygwin X w/ Registy Entries
- Reply-to: The Cygwin-Talk Malingering List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
Tim Prince wrote:
> Chris Taylor wrote:
>
>> It's not *directly* editing the registry. As a sysadmin, I'm telling you
>> it *is* different. The (l)user should *never* be allowed to edit the
>> registry themselves. That's a recipe for disaster. In my book, this
>> includes so-called junior sysadmins/techs/whatever.
>>
> No one should be allowed to make software which puts the (l)user in the
> position
> of having to use registry tools. But, this will not happen. For
> example, it is practically impossible to use Windows outside a corporate
> environment without installing something from SBC which habitually
> messes up the registry.
Huh? Have I been asleep at the switch for the past five years?
I've been using Windows "outside a corporate environment" for at least that
long and I've never yet had to install *anything* from the Southern Baptist
Congregation. Whether it messed up my registry or not!
cheers,
DaveK
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