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December 9th 09, 05:21 PM
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I have a vista machine (quad-core 500gb hdd) that's a couple years
old. The registry is now 30.2 GB! So from time to time it goes out to lunch when it is doing shadow copy or restore point creation. I just can't begin to imagine what could be stored in the registry that is 30 Gig. The registry is supposed to be for settings AFASIK but I've seen blob chunks in there that are quite large and I guess that's how this is happening. Any advice on reducing the size, future prevention of this, or other registry management advice would be appreciated! Thanks. 
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December 9th 09, 06:48 PM
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On Dec 9, 12:21*pm, SPDy wrote:
I have a vista machine (quad-core 500gb hdd) that's a couple years old. The registry is now 30.2 GB! *So from time to time it goes out to lunch when it is doing shadow copy or restore point creation. *I just can't begin to imagine what could be stored in the registry that is 30 Gig. *The registry is supposed to be for settings AFASIK but I've seen blob chunks in there that are quite large and I guess that's how this is happening. *Any advice on reducing the size, future prevention of this, or other registry management advice would be appreciated! Thanks. OK. My login profile is 30gb. The registry is 125mb. The profile must include all directories under my use name. Not sure if 125mb registry is too large...
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December 9th 09, 06:48 PM
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On Dec 9, 12:21*pm, SPDy wrote:
I have a vista machine (quad-core 500gb hdd) that's a couple years old. The registry is now 30.2 GB! *So from time to time it goes out to lunch when it is doing shadow copy or restore point creation. *I just can't begin to imagine what could be stored in the registry that is 30 Gig. *The registry is supposed to be for settings AFASIK but I've seen blob chunks in there that are quite large and I guess that's how this is happening. *Any advice on reducing the size, future prevention of this, or other registry management advice would be appreciated! Thanks. OK. My login profile is 30gb. The registry is 125mb. The profile must include all directories under my use name. Not sure if 125mb registry is too large...
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December 9th 09, 08:32 PM
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On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 11:48:02 -0800 (PST), SPDy
wrote: On Dec 9, 12:21*pm, SPDy wrote: I have a vista machine (quad-core 500gb hdd) that's a couple years old. The registry is now 30.2 GB! *So from time to time it goes out to lunch when it is doing shadow copy or restore point creation. *I just can't begin to imagine what could be stored in the registry that is 30 Gig. *The registry is supposed to be for settings AFASIK but I've seen blob chunks in there that are quite large and I guess that's how this is happening. *Any advice on reducing the size, future prevention of this, or other registry management advice would be appreciated! Thanks. OK. My login profile is 30gb. The registry is 125mb. The profile must include all directories under my use name. Not sure if 125mb registry is too large... No, not especially large. My reg file is 707 MB, but I do have a lot of crap installed. Maybe someday I'll get around to cleaning out my HD. But with 1 TB and 600 GB free,at this point, who cares? James
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December 9th 09, 08:32 PM
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On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 11:48:02 -0800 (PST), SPDy
wrote: On Dec 9, 12:21*pm, SPDy wrote: I have a vista machine (quad-core 500gb hdd) that's a couple years old. The registry is now 30.2 GB! *So from time to time it goes out to lunch when it is doing shadow copy or restore point creation. *I just can't begin to imagine what could be stored in the registry that is 30 Gig. *The registry is supposed to be for settings AFASIK but I've seen blob chunks in there that are quite large and I guess that's how this is happening. *Any advice on reducing the size, future prevention of this, or other registry management advice would be appreciated! Thanks. OK. My login profile is 30gb. The registry is 125mb. The profile must include all directories under my use name. Not sure if 125mb registry is too large... No, not especially large. My reg file is 707 MB, but I do have a lot of crap installed. Maybe someday I'll get around to cleaning out my HD. But with 1 TB and 600 GB free,at this point, who cares? James
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December 10th 09, 01:38 PM
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wrote in message ... On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 11:48:02 -0800 (PST), SPDy wrote: On Dec 9, 12:21 pm, SPDy wrote: I have a vista machine (quad-core 500gb hdd) that's a couple years old. The registry is now 30.2 GB! So from time to time it goes out to lunch when it is doing shadow copy or restore point creation. I just can't begin to imagine what could be stored in the registry that is 30 Gig. The registry is supposed to be for settings AFASIK but I've seen blob chunks in there that are quite large and I guess that's how this is happening. Any advice on reducing the size, future prevention of this, or other registry management advice would be appreciated! Thanks. OK. My login profile is 30gb. The registry is 125mb. The profile must include all directories under my use name. Not sure if 125mb registry is too large... No, not especially large. My reg file is 707 MB, but I do have a lot of crap installed. Maybe someday I'll get around to cleaning out my HD. But with 1 TB and 600 GB free,at this point, who cares? James How do I find the size of my registry?
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December 10th 09, 01:38 PM
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wrote in message ... On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 11:48:02 -0800 (PST), SPDy wrote: On Dec 9, 12:21 pm, SPDy wrote: I have a vista machine (quad-core 500gb hdd) that's a couple years old. The registry is now 30.2 GB! So from time to time it goes out to lunch when it is doing shadow copy or restore point creation. I just can't begin to imagine what could be stored in the registry that is 30 Gig. The registry is supposed to be for settings AFASIK but I've seen blob chunks in there that are quite large and I guess that's how this is happening. Any advice on reducing the size, future prevention of this, or other registry management advice would be appreciated! Thanks. OK. My login profile is 30gb. The registry is 125mb. The profile must include all directories under my use name. Not sure if 125mb registry is too large... No, not especially large. My reg file is 707 MB, but I do have a lot of crap installed. Maybe someday I'll get around to cleaning out my HD. But with 1 TB and 600 GB free,at this point, who cares? James How do I find the size of my registry?
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December 10th 09, 03:37 PM
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Tom wrote:
How do I find the size of my registry? The WinXP/Vista/Win7 registry can be found in C:\Windows\System32\Config\. It'll be divided into several data files, such as SAM, Security, Software, and System. The user-specific portion of the registry is stored in each user profile, in a file named NTUser.dat. To determine the size of /your/ (other users' registries will naturally be different) registry, simply add the sizes for these files together. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot
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December 10th 09, 03:37 PM
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Tom wrote:
How do I find the size of my registry? The WinXP/Vista/Win7 registry can be found in C:\Windows\System32\Config\. It'll be divided into several data files, such as SAM, Security, Software, and System. The user-specific portion of the registry is stored in each user profile, in a file named NTUser.dat. To determine the size of /your/ (other users' registries will naturally be different) registry, simply add the sizes for these files together. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot
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December 10th 09, 04:54 PM
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"Bruce Chambers" wrote in message ... Tom wrote: How do I find the size of my registry? The WinXP/Vista/Win7 registry can be found in C:\Windows\System32\Config\. It'll be divided into several data files, such as SAM, Security, Software, and System. The user-specific portion of the registry is stored in each user profile, in a file named NTUser.dat. To determine the size of /your/ (other users' registries will naturally be different) registry, simply add the sizes for these files together. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot thank you...
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