Steve Welsh wrote:

> Well, the Windoze Registry has blossomed from an ill-conceived concept
> in Win95 to the sprawling, totally out-of-control nightmare that it now
> is. It is totally beyond redemption, and I would challenge anyone that
> claims to know what every single entry in the Registry is, or does.
>
> e.g. WTF? {2D18D25D-8E3D-F766-DF01-828AAC3A96F8} etc, etc
>
> OK this is not code, but I think the quote still applies - Eric Raymond
> "Elegant code is not only correct, but visibly, transparently correct."
>
> I suppose Jim will disagree ;)
>
> Imhotep wrote:
>> "Last week, the Internet Storm Center, a group of security professionals
>> that track threats on the Net, flagged a flaw in how a common Microsoft
>> Windows utility and several anti-spyware utilities detect system changes
>> made by malicious software. By using long names for registry keys,
>> spyware programs could, in a simple way, hide from such utilities yet
>> still force the system to run the malicious program every time the
>> compromised computer starts up."
>>
>> http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11300
>>
>> Im

Yes, I agree with you. The registry was intentionally made overly complex as
to force companies to become a "Microsoft partner". In doing so, it has
augmented into a sloppy beast ripe for hackers/crackers.

I still the the old Linux/Bsd way: A simple configuration file the you can
edit with any text processor. Clean and simple...

Imhotep