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Jonathan Boles wrote:

> Does anyone know a way to stop Windows 98 from continually backing up
> outdated versions of the registry??? This problem is driving me MAD!!!

Don't use Windows 98, that will solve many of your problems...

--
Michael Hendy

Any technology, no matter how primitive, is magic to those who don't
understand it

"Jonathan Boles" <jaboles@ihug.com.au> wrote in message
news:akvqdv$the$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...
> [I KNOW this is OT, but I don't know where else to ask :-(((((( ]
>
> My problem is that Windows 98 keeps unnecessarily backing up obsolete
> versions of the registry.
>
> I'm trying to download a 140mb file using Download Accelerator Plus. This
is
> my 4th attempt. DAP stores info on resuming downloads in the registry, so
> when the computer is restarted and the registry is backed up, everything
> gets erased and the download manager can't resume the download, and I have
> to start all over again.

I'd be very surprised if DAP actually stored that info in the registry. You
should be able to stipulate in the options where it is stored. It also keeps
the partly downloaded file in one of it's own folders.


> Not to mention that my website's customer database is stored in the
registry
> too and so I'm getting emails from unhappy customers asking why their
> accounts have disappeared!!!

Again, I can't believe a customer database is being stored in the registry.


> Does anyone know a way to stop Windows 98 from continually backing up
> outdated versions of the registry??? This problem is driving me MAD!!!


I think you may have other problems. Update to XP.

On Mon, 2 Sep 2002 23:48:22 +1000, "Jonathan Boles"
<jaboles@ihug.com.au> - in a blinding flash of brilliance - wrote:

>[I KNOW this is OT, but I don't know where else to ask :-(((((( ]
>
>My problem is that Windows 98 keeps unnecessarily backing up obsolete
>versions of the registry.
>
>I'm trying to download a 140mb file using Download Accelerator Plus. This is
>my 4th attempt. DAP stores info on resuming downloads in the registry, so
>when the computer is restarted and the registry is backed up, everything
>gets erased and the download manager can't resume the download, and I have
>to start all over again.
>
>Not to mention that my website's customer database is stored in the registry
>too and so I'm getting emails from unhappy customers asking why their
>accounts have disappeared!!!
>
>Does anyone know a way to stop Windows 98 from continually backing up
>outdated versions of the registry??? This problem is driving me MAD!!!
>

"Backing up" an obsolete version of Win98 registry?? ... or
"Restoring" an obsolete version (sounds more likely).

You can turn off scanreg (Start -> Run, type msconfig <Enter>, go to
Startup and untick ScanRegistry) BUT BUT BUT BUT this is NOT NOT NOT
NOT recommended as a long-term/permanent solution.

Has happened to me before and I found the only solution was a "clean"
re-install of Win98 - solved all problems.

Also interesting results from a Google search about DAP - number of
search  results which indicate the extra "baggage" (adware and
spyware) that comes with DAP. I wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot
pole!!



You know it makes sense.
steam3801

"Jonathan Boles" <jaboles@ihug.com.au> wrote in
news:akvqdv$the$1@lust.ihug.co.nz:

> [I KNOW this is OT, but I don't know where else to ask :-(((((( ]

aus.computers

> My problem is that Windows 98 keeps unnecessarily backing up obsolete
> versions of the registry.
>
> I'm trying to download a 140mb file using Download Accelerator Plus.
> This is my 4th attempt. DAP stores info on resuming downloads in the
> registry, so when the computer is restarted and the registry is backed
> up, everything gets erased and the download manager can't resume the
> download, and I have to start all over again.
>
> Not to mention that my website's customer database is stored in the
> registry too and so I'm getting emails from unhappy customers asking
> why their accounts have disappeared!!!

Storing your customer database in the registry? That's fucking mad - and not
in the good sense.

> Does anyone know a way to stop Windows 98 from continually backing up
> outdated versions of the registry??? This problem is driving me MAD!!!

NFI.

try alt.windows98 - there's a lot of smart people there.

Justified Ancients of Mu-Mu wrote:

>"Jonathan Boles" <jaboles@ihug.com.au> wrote in
>news:akvqdv$the$1@lust.ihug.co.nz:
>
>>[I KNOW this is OT, but I don't know where else to ask :-(((((( ]
>>
>
>aus.computers
>
>
>>My problem is that Windows 98 keeps unnecessarily backing up obsolete
>>versions of the registry.
>>
>>I'm trying to download a 140mb file using Download Accelerator Plus.
>>This is my 4th attempt. DAP stores info on resuming downloads in the
>>registry, so when the computer is restarted and the registry is backed
>>up, everything gets erased and the download manager can't resume the
>>download, and I have to start all over again.
>>
>>Not to mention that my website's customer database is stored in the
>>registry too and so I'm getting emails from unhappy customers asking
>>why their accounts have disappeared!!!
>>
>
>Storing your customer database in the registry? That's fucking mad - and not
>in the good sense.
>
>>Does anyone know a way to stop Windows 98 from continually backing up
>>outdated versions of the registry??? This problem is driving me MAD!!!
>>
>
>NFI.
>

"Jonathan Boles" <jaboles@ihug.com.au> wrote in message
news:akvqdv$the$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...
> [I KNOW this is OT, but I don't know where else to ask :-(((((( ]
>
> My problem is that Windows 98 keeps unnecessarily backing up obsolete
> versions of the registry.
>
> I'm trying to download a 140mb file using Download Accelerator Plus. This
is
> my 4th attempt. DAP stores info on resuming downloads in the registry, so
> when the computer is restarted and the registry is backed up, everything
> gets erased and the download manager can't resume the download, and I have
> to start all over again.
>
> Not to mention that my website's customer database is stored in the
registry
> too and so I'm getting emails from unhappy customers asking why their
> accounts have disappeared!!!
>
> Does anyone know a way to stop Windows 98 from continually backing up
> outdated versions of the registry??? This problem is driving me MAD!!!

1) try asking aus.computers

2) DON'T USE WINDOWS 98 (XP is better)

3) When all else fails, change to Linux !!!



--
Paul Jones
http://peejay.is.dreaming.org

"steam3801" <justXlittleXoldXme@bigpond.com> wrote in message
news:l5d7nuk2pddisdep8d42ak9nd9sl8opfgn@4ax.com...
> Also interesting results from a Google search about DAP - number of
> search  results which indicate the extra "baggage" (adware and
> spyware) that comes with DAP. I wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot
> pole!!

http://www.lavasoft.nu/index.html

Works for me!!



--
Paul Jones
http://peejay.is.dreaming.org

Jonathan Boles wrote:

> Does anyone know a way to stop Windows 98 from continually backing up
> outdated versions of the registry??? This problem is driving me MAD!!!

Presumably Windy K has sabotaged your computer just to get at you.

"PeeJay" <zifnab@sp.am.tpg.com.au> wrote in message
news:3d741f78@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
> "steam3801" <justXlittleXoldXme@bigpond.com> wrote in message
> news:l5d7nuk2pddisdep8d42ak9nd9sl8opfgn@4ax.com...
> > Also interesting results from a Google search about DAP - number of
> > search  results which indicate the extra "baggage" (adware and
> > spyware) that comes with DAP. I wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot
> > pole!!
>
> http://www.lavasoft.nu/index.html
>
> Works for me!!

I actually don't have any spy/adware problems with DAP, I must be using an
older version or something.

"Justified Ancients of Mu-Mu" <last.train@trancentral.mu.cow> wrote in
message news:Xns927EAE678AB6CEggFarm412@210.49.20.254...
> "Jonathan Boles" <jaboles@ihug.com.au> wrote in
> news:akvqdv$the$1@lust.ihug.co.nz:
>
> > [I KNOW this is OT, but I don't know where else to ask :-(((((( ]
>
> aus.computers
>
> > My problem is that Windows 98 keeps unnecessarily backing up obsolete
> > versions of the registry.
> >
> > I'm trying to download a 140mb file using Download Accelerator Plus.
> > This is my 4th attempt. DAP stores info on resuming downloads in the
> > registry, so when the computer is restarted and the registry is backed
> > up, everything gets erased and the download manager can't resume the
> > download, and I have to start all over again.
> >
> > Not to mention that my website's customer database is stored in the
> > registry too and so I'm getting emails from unhappy customers asking
> > why their accounts have disappeared!!!
>
> Storing your customer database in the registry? That's fucking mad - and
not
> in the good sense.

Oh really?

1. I don't know perl
2. I don't know SQL
3. The CGI programming env I use, RapidQ, provides a direct interface to the
registry through a QRegistry component
4. Its very EASY, FAST and it WORKS (when this backup problem isn't stopping
it)!

"Eddie Oliver" <eoliver@efs.mq.edu.au> wrote in message
news:3D748FF3.B7672957@efs.mq.edu.au...
> Jonathan Boles wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know a way to stop Windows 98 from continually backing up
> > outdated versions of the registry??? This problem is driving me MAD!!!
>
> Presumably Windy K has sabotaged your computer just to get at you.

Presumably not.

[Replying to post accessed on Google, ihug's flaky news server is skipping
messages again]

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From: Tezza (tezza2002@netspace.net.au)
Subject: Re: [OT] Computer help urgent! [/OT]
Newsgroups: aus.rail
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Date: 2002-09-02 09:10:31 PST
I'd be very surprised if DAP actually stored that info in the registry. You
should be able to stipulate in the options where it is stored. It also keeps
the partly downloaded file in one of it's own folders.
[...]
Again, I can't believe a customer database is being stored in the registry.
[...]
I think you may have other problems. Update to XP.
---------------------------------------------------
DAP actually does store the info in the registry. It stores the partially
downloaded file on the hard disk in a temporary folder, but the *location*
of that file is stored in the registry (at HKLM\Software\Speedbit\Download
Accelerator Plus\FileList to be exact). So when the registry is restored,
the location is lost, and DAP reverts back to the (incorrect) default. Since
it can't find the partially downloaded file, it starts the download from the
beginning.

As for the database...
1. I don't know perl
2. I don't know SQL
3. The CGI programming env I use, RapidQ, provides a direct interface to the
registry through a QRegistry component
4. Its very EASY, FAST and it WORKS (when this backup problem isn't stopping
it)!




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From: steam3801 (justXlittleXoldXme@bigpond.com)
Subject: Re: [OT] Computer help urgent! [/OT]
Newsgroups: aus.rail
View this article only
Date: 2002-09-02 12:20:35 PST
[...]
"Backing up" an obsolete version of Win98 registry?? ... or
"Restoring" an obsolete version (sounds more likely).

You can turn off scanreg (Start -> Run, type msconfig <Enter>, go to
Startup and untick ScanRegistry) BUT BUT BUT BUT this is NOT NOT NOT
NOT recommended as a long-term/permanent solution.

Has happened to me before and I found the only solution was a "clean"
re-install of Win98 - solved all problems.
---------------------------------------------------


Yes, I meant 'restoring'. It was late at night :-)

I disabled the scanregw, but the problem results from the 'dos' version of
the scanreg. There's the scanregw which is the windows one, but there's one
which runs in dos (it kinda looks like ScanDisk) that I don't know how to
disable.

On Tue, 3 Sep 2002 21:36:58 +1000, "Jonathan Boles"
<jaboles@ihug.com.au> wrote:

>I disabled the scanregw, but the problem results from the 'dos' version of
>the scanreg. There's the scanregw which is the windows one, but there's one
>which runs in dos (it kinda looks like ScanDisk) that I don't know how to
>disable.

Just disable the one showing in msconfig... should do the trick.  But
the fact this is happening at all shows that something is corrupting
the registry so that the old version has to be restored at each
restart.  My money would be on that database program.

IMHO, storing any of this kind of information in the registry is very
very bad programming.  Can't help you with the database... but for the
download program... try something like Go!Zilla.


Albert Alcoceba
  <><
alberta@ihug.com.au
http://www.answersbook.org/

"Jonathan Boles" <jaboles@ihug.com.au> wrote in message
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> [Replying to post accessed on Google, ihug's flaky news server is skipping
> messages again]

> DAP actually does store the info in the registry. It stores the partially
> downloaded file on the hard disk in a temporary folder, but the *location*
> of that file is stored in the registry (at HKLM\Software\Speedbit\Download
> Accelerator Plus\FileList to be exact). So when the registry is restored,
> the location is lost, and DAP reverts back to the (incorrect) default.
Since
> it can't find the partially downloaded file, it starts the download from
the
> beginning.

Well it's a piece of shit then isn't it? What sort of program stores path
information temporarily in the registry? A very slackly programmed one,
thats what.

What's the use of these download accelerators anyway? Surely a 56k modem
only goes 56k. Surely hardware compression in the modem is about as good as
it gets for speed? Surely people one day will stop being thick and ditch all
these shitty things and give us computer techs a lot less to roll our eyes
back about!

Win98 is a losers OS anyway - a mere toy.

Ivan

"Ivan Smith" <ivsmith11@hotmail.com.nx> wrote in message
news:ynhd9.13021$Dr5.56988@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> What's the use of these download accelerators anyway? Surely a 56k modem
> only goes 56k. Surely hardware compression in the modem is about as good
as
> it gets for speed? Surely people one day will stop being thick and ditch
all
> these shitty things and give us computer techs a lot less to roll our eyes
> back about!

Download accellerators are quite handy, they'll make more than one
connection to the site and/or download from different sites at the same
time, thereby greatly decreasing the amount of time it takes to download a
file. They can also be scheduled to download at certain times and keep track
of partial downloads and resume at a later time.