Re: Can't delete registry entry !! (suspected virus / trojan attack!)

October 23, 2008

Re: Can't delete registry entry !! (suspected virus / trojan attack!)

Moronic top-posting ONCE AGAIN corrected.

On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:54:18 -0500, Unknown wrote:

> "Aardvark" <aardvark@youllnever.know> wrote in message

> news:073Mk.43232$WX2.33169@newsfe17.ams2...

>> Moronic top-posting corrected:

>>

>> On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:12:49 -0500, Unknown wrote:

>>

>>> "gregg" <gregg@NOSPAMsaneearth.org> wrote in message

>>> news:gdpni711hmk@news1.newsguy.com...

>>>> On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:05:59 -0700, Hari Hari Mau wrote:

>>>>

>>>>> Just now I did a scan on registry, and found some suspecting entries

>>>>> there. So I use regedit trying to delete those entries.

>>>>>

>>>>> Lo and behold, when I tried to delete those entries, I got the

>>>>> "Unable to delete all specified values" error message, and they stay

>>>>> put !

>>>>>

>>>>> The registry entries are located at HKEY_Local_Machine->System-

>>>>> ControlSet002->Enum->ROOT->LEGACY_xxxyyy (name of programs)

>>>>>

>>>>> What can I do about these registries ?

>>>>>

>>>>> How to delete them ???

>>>>>

>>>>> Please help !!

>>>>

>>>> Sorry, I am running Linux and I don't have a Registry or an

>>>> Anti-Virus.

>>

>>> You may think you don't have a registry but you really have. It may

>>> not be called a registry but it is there.

>>

>> Please do tell where I can find my registry and how to recognise this

>> registry when I find it.

> Just try to create (write) any operating system without a registry. I

> would venture to say 'impossible'.

> Get a program listing for the program you want to find the registry for.

I'm not looking for a registry. You're telling me that I have one. I'm

asking you where I can find this so-called 'registry' in my Mandriva

2009.0 OS.

--

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http://www.liverpool08.com

October 23, 2008

Re: Can't delete registry entry !! (suspected virus / trojan attack !)

Re: Can't delete registry entry !! (suspected virus / trojan attack !)

Are you so moronic you can't read? Get a program listing and it'll be there.

It may not be called a registry but it'll be there

..

"Aardvark" <aardvark@youllnever.know> wrote in message

news:iD4Mk.44121$WX2.4408@newsfe17.ams2...

> Moronic top-posting ONCE AGAIN corrected.

>

> On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:54:18 -0500, Unknown wrote:

>

>> "Aardvark" <aardvark@youllnever.know> wrote in message

>> news:073Mk.43232$WX2.33169@newsfe17.ams2...

>>> Moronic top-posting corrected:

>>>

>>> On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:12:49 -0500, Unknown wrote:

>>>

>>>> "gregg" <gregg@NOSPAMsaneearth.org> wrote in message

>>>> news:gdpni711hmk@news1.newsguy.com...

>>>>> On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:05:59 -0700, Hari Hari Mau wrote:

>>>>>

>>>>>> Just now I did a scan on registry, and found some suspecting entries

>>>>>> there. So I use regedit trying to delete those entries.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Lo and behold, when I tried to delete those entries, I got the

>>>>>> "Unable to delete all specified values" error message, and they stay

>>>>>> put !

>>>>>>

>>>>>> The registry entries are located at HKEY_Local_Machine->System-

>>>>>> ControlSet002->Enum->ROOT->LEGACY_xxxyyy (name of programs)

>>>>>>

>>>>>> What can I do about these registries ?

>>>>>>

>>>>>> How to delete them ???

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Please help !!

>>>>>

>>>>> Sorry, I am running Linux and I don't have a Registry or an

>>>>> Anti-Virus.

>>>

>>>> You may think you don't have a registry but you really have. It may

>>>> not be called a registry but it is there.

>>>

>>> Please do tell where I can find my registry and how to recognise this

>>> registry when I find it.

>

>> Just try to create (write) any operating system without a registry. I

>> would venture to say 'impossible'.

>> Get a program listing for the program you want to find the registry for.

>

> I'm not looking for a registry. You're telling me that I have one. I'm

> asking you where I can find this so-called 'registry' in my Mandriva

> 2009.0 OS.

>

> --

> Liverpool. European City Of Culture 2008

> http://www.liverpool08.com

October 23, 2008

Re: Can't delete registry entry !! (suspected virus / trojan attack!)

Re: Can't delete registry entry !! (suspected virus / trojan attack!)

Unknown wrote:

> Are you so moronic you can't read? Get a program listing and it'll be there.

> It may not be called a registry but it'll be there

>

Thats pretty silly. You obviously have never used a *nix OS.

The closest thing to a registry might be /proc but thats just an opinion :)

> "Aardvark" <aardvark@youllnever.know> wrote in message

> news:iD4Mk.44121$WX2.4408@newsfe17.ams2...

>> Moronic top-posting ONCE AGAIN corrected.

>>

>> On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:54:18 -0500, Unknown wrote:

>>

>>> "Aardvark" <aardvark@youllnever.know> wrote in message

>>> news:073Mk.43232$WX2.33169@newsfe17.ams2...

>>>> Moronic top-posting corrected:

>>>>

>>>> On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:12:49 -0500, Unknown wrote:

>>>>

>>>>> "gregg" <gregg@NOSPAMsaneearth.org> wrote in message

>>>>> news:gdpni711hmk@news1.newsguy.com...

>>>>>> On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:05:59 -0700, Hari Hari Mau wrote:

>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Just now I did a scan on registry, and found some suspecting entries

>>>>>>> there. So I use regedit trying to delete those entries.

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Lo and behold, when I tried to delete those entries, I got the

>>>>>>> "Unable to delete all specified values" error message, and they stay

>>>>>>> put !

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> The registry entries are located at HKEY_Local_Machine->System-

>>>>>>> ControlSet002->Enum->ROOT->LEGACY_xxxyyy (name of programs)

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> What can I do about these registries ?

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> How to delete them ???

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Please help !!

>>>>>> Sorry, I am running Linux and I don't have a Registry or an

>>>>>> Anti-Virus.

>>>>> You may think you don't have a registry but you really have. It may

>>>>> not be called a registry but it is there.

>>>> Please do tell where I can find my registry and how to recognise this

>>>> registry when I find it.

>>> Just try to create (write) any operating system without a registry. I

>>> would venture to say 'impossible'.

>>> Get a program listing for the program you want to find the registry for.

>> I'm not looking for a registry. You're telling me that I have one. I'm

>> asking you where I can find this so-called 'registry' in my Mandriva

>> 2009.0 OS.

>>

>> --

>> Liverpool. European City Of Culture 2008

>> http://www.liverpool08.com

>

--

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I pinged a host that wasn't there

It wasn't there again today

The host resolved to NSA.

October 23, 2008

Re: Can't delete registry entry !! (suspected virus / trojan attack !)

Re: Can't delete registry entry !! (suspected virus / trojan attack !)

What is your definition of a registry? What would you call a list of

constants, hardware etc?

"§ñühw¤£f" <snuhwolf@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:KIqdnRsovK8geZ3UnZ2dnUVZ_uCdnZ2d@centurytel.net...

> Unknown wrote:

>> Are you so moronic you can't read? Get a program listing and it'll be

>> there. It may not be called a registry but it'll be there

>>

>

> Thats pretty silly. You obviously have never used a *nix OS.

> The closest thing to a registry might be /proc but thats just an opinion

> :)

>

>> "Aardvark" <aardvark@youllnever.know> wrote in message

>> news:iD4Mk.44121$WX2.4408@newsfe17.ams2...

>>> Moronic top-posting ONCE AGAIN corrected.

>>>

>>> On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:54:18 -0500, Unknown wrote:

>>>

>>>> "Aardvark" <aardvark@youllnever.know> wrote in message

>>>> news:073Mk.43232$WX2.33169@newsfe17.ams2...

>>>>> Moronic top-posting corrected:

>>>>>

>>>>> On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:12:49 -0500, Unknown wrote:

>>>>>

>>>>>> "gregg" <gregg@NOSPAMsaneearth.org> wrote in message

>>>>>> news:gdpni711hmk@news1.newsguy.com...

>>>>>>> On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:05:59 -0700, Hari Hari Mau wrote:

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> Just now I did a scan on registry, and found some suspecting

>>>>>>>> entries

>>>>>>>> there. So I use regedit trying to delete those entries.

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> Lo and behold, when I tried to delete those entries, I got the

>>>>>>>> "Unable to delete all specified values" error message, and they

>>>>>>>> stay

>>>>>>>> put !

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> The registry entries are located at HKEY_Local_Machine->System-

>>>>>>>> ControlSet002->Enum->ROOT->LEGACY_xxxyyy (name of programs)

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> What can I do about these registries ?

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> How to delete them ???

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> Please help !!

>>>>>>> Sorry, I am running Linux and I don't have a Registry or an

>>>>>>> Anti-Virus.

>>>>>> You may think you don't have a registry but you really have. It may

>>>>>> not be called a registry but it is there.

>>>>> Please do tell where I can find my registry and how to recognise this

>>>>> registry when I find it.

>>>> Just try to create (write) any operating system without a registry. I

>>>> would venture to say 'impossible'.

>>>> Get a program listing for the program you want to find the registry

>>>> for.

>>> I'm not looking for a registry. You're telling me that I have one. I'm

>>> asking you where I can find this so-called 'registry' in my Mandriva

>>> 2009.0 OS.

>>>

>>> --

>>> Liverpool. European City Of Culture 2008

>>> http://www.liverpool08.com

>>

>

> --

> Last night while sitting in my chair

> I pinged a host that wasn't there

> It wasn't there again today

> The host resolved to NSA.

October 23, 2008

Re: Can't delete registry entry !! (suspected virus / trojan attack!)

Re: Can't delete registry entry !! (suspected virus / trojan attack!)

On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:57:58 -0600, §ñühw¤£f wrote:

> Unknown wrote:

>> Are you so moronic you can't read? Get a program listing and it'll be

>> there. It may not be called a registry but it'll be there

>>

> That's pretty silly. You obviously have never used a *nix OS.The closest

> thing to a registry might be /proc but that's just an opinion

And even that isn't THAT close. :-)

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October 23, 2008

Re: Can't delete registry entry !! (suspected virus / trojan attack!)

Re: Can't delete registry entry !! (suspected virus / trojan attack!)

On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:12:32 +0000, Aardvark wrote:

> On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:57:58 -0600, §ñühw¤£f wrote:

>

>> Unknown wrote:

>>> Are you so moronic you can't read? Get a program listing and it'll be

>>> there. It may not be called a registry but it'll be there

>>>

>> That's pretty silly. You obviously have never used a *nix OS.The

>> closest thing to a registry might be /proc but that's just an opinion

>

> And even that isn't THAT close. :-)

And now the top-posting moronic clown has decided I'm English. :-)

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October 23, 2008

Re: Can't delete registry entry !! (suspected virus / trojan attack !)

Re: Can't delete registry entry !! (suspected virus / trojan attack !)

In article <ux5Mk.4124$x%.180@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc.com>,

Unknown <unknown@unknown.kom> wrote:

>All operating systems have a registry.

>It may not be called that but you cannot write one with out it.

What functionality should we be looking for, in case it isn't

called a registry?

The MS Windows "registry" is used for several different purposes:

- it keeps track of all officially "installed" programs

and keeps track of information about the programs, such as which

shared libraries they use

- it is used as a central repository of user-independant

system and application configuration information

- it is used as a central repository of user authentication

information and of user authorizations

- it is used as a central repository of per-user interactive

preferences (e.g., where the task-bar should appear), and of per-user

application configuration information ("preferences")

I have used and continue to use multiuser operating systems that

had none of these features, or which allowed the information

to be purged (possibly making the system more cumbersome

to upgrade, but the system did not -rely- on the information.)

The closest I can come to any of these roles is that a number of

operating systems use a plain-text file in a known location to

control user authentication -- which usernames are known, and

what their passwords are (possibly storing encrypted passwords.)

If you want to -define- that isolated functionality as being

enough of a "registry" to prove your statement... well, I've

also used operating systems that had no user control file at all.

Being able to distinguish between users is not a defining characteristic

of what -is- or -is not- an operating system.

October 23, 2008

Re: Can't delete registry entry !! (suspected virus / trojan attack!)

Re: Can't delete registry entry !! (suspected virus / trojan attack!)

Hello, I'm a recent convert to Ubuntu from Windows, and I can tell you

there is no registry in Ubuntu Linux. This operating system keeps it's

settings in text files scattered around the file system. This reduces

the overload required to load everything into memory at once like you do

with the registry.

It also makes it easier to look up things about your system as it can

often be done with a simple text editor.

Later, Ray Parrish

§ñühw¤£f wrote:

> Unknown wrote:

>> Are you so moronic you can't read? Get a program listing and it'll be

>> there. It may not be called a registry but it'll be there

>>

>

> Thats pretty silly. You obviously have never used a *nix OS.

> The closest thing to a registry might be /proc but thats just an opinion :)

>

>> "Aardvark" <aardvark@youllnever.know> wrote in message

>> news:iD4Mk.44121$WX2.4408@newsfe17.ams2...

>>> Moronic top-posting ONCE AGAIN corrected.

>>>

>>> On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:54:18 -0500, Unknown wrote:

>>>

>>>> "Aardvark" <aardvark@youllnever.know> wrote in message

>>>> news:073Mk.43232$WX2.33169@newsfe17.ams2...

>>>>> Moronic top-posting corrected:

>>>>>

>>>>> On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:12:49 -0500, Unknown wrote:

>>>>>

>>>>>> "gregg" <gregg@NOSPAMsaneearth.org> wrote in message

>>>>>> news:gdpni711hmk@news1.newsguy.com...

>>>>>>> On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:05:59 -0700, Hari Hari Mau wrote:

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> Just now I did a scan on registry, and found some suspecting

>>>>>>>> entries

>>>>>>>> there. So I use regedit trying to delete those entries.

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> Lo and behold, when I tried to delete those entries, I got the

>>>>>>>> "Unable to delete all specified values" error message, and they

>>>>>>>> stay

>>>>>>>> put !

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> The registry entries are located at HKEY_Local_Machine->System-

>>>>>>>> ControlSet002->Enum->ROOT->LEGACY_xxxyyy (name of programs)

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> What can I do about these registries ?

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> How to delete them ???

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> Please help !!

>>>>>>> Sorry, I am running Linux and I don't have a Registry or an

>>>>>>> Anti-Virus.

>>>>>> You may think you don't have a registry but you really have. It may

>>>>>> not be called a registry but it is there.

>>>>> Please do tell where I can find my registry and how to recognise this

>>>>> registry when I find it.

>>>> Just try to create (write) any operating system without a registry. I

>>>> would venture to say 'impossible'.

>>>> Get a program listing for the program you want to find the registry

>>>> for.

>>> I'm not looking for a registry. You're telling me that I have one. I'm

>>> asking you where I can find this so-called 'registry' in my Mandriva

>>> 2009.0 OS.

>>>

>>> --

>>> Liverpool. European City Of Culture 2008

>>> http://www.liverpool08.com

>>

>

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October 24, 2008

Re: Can't delete registry entry !! (suspected virus / trojan attack !)

Re: Can't delete registry entry !! (suspected virus / trojan attack !)

Ray Parrish wrote:

> Hello, I'm a recent convert to Ubuntu from Windows, and I can tell you

> there is no registry in Ubuntu Linux. This operating system keeps it's

> settings in text files scattered around the file system. This reduces

> the overload required to load everything into memory at once like you do

> with the registry.

Seems like that also means it will take more time to open and use some apps,

though, due to the necessity of reading into memory, and/or writing out to

disk), those setting files on the disk each time. (to retrieve and

continually update the settings).

> It also makes it easier to look up things about your system as it can

> often be done with a simple text editor.

>

> Later, Ray Parrish

>

> §ñühw¤£f wrote:

>> Unknown wrote:

>>> Are you so moronic you can't read? Get a program listing and it'll be

>>> there. It may not be called a registry but it'll be there

>>>

>>

>> Thats pretty silly. You obviously have never used a *nix OS.

>> The closest thing to a registry might be /proc but thats just an opinion

>> :)

>>

>>> "Aardvark" <aardvark@youllnever.know> wrote in message

>>> news:iD4Mk.44121$WX2.4408@newsfe17.ams2...

>>>> Moronic top-posting ONCE AGAIN corrected.

>>>>

>>>> On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:54:18 -0500, Unknown wrote:

>>>>

>>>>> "Aardvark" <aardvark@youllnever.know> wrote in message

>>>>> news:073Mk.43232$WX2.33169@newsfe17.ams2...

>>>>>> Moronic top-posting corrected:

>>>>>>

>>>>>> On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:12:49 -0500, Unknown wrote:

>>>>>>

>>>>>>> "gregg" <gregg@NOSPAMsaneearth.org> wrote in message

>>>>>>> news:gdpni711hmk@news1.newsguy.com...

>>>>>>>> On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:05:59 -0700, Hari Hari Mau wrote:

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>> Just now I did a scan on registry, and found some suspecting

>>>>>>>>> entries

>>>>>>>>> there. So I use regedit trying to delete those entries.

>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>> Lo and behold, when I tried to delete those entries, I got the

>>>>>>>>> "Unable to delete all specified values" error message, and they

>>>>>>>>> stay

>>>>>>>>> put !

>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>> The registry entries are located at HKEY_Local_Machine->System-

>>>>>>>>> ControlSet002->Enum->ROOT->LEGACY_xxxyyy (name of programs)

>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>> What can I do about these registries ?

>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>> How to delete them ???

>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>> Please help !!

>>>>>>>> Sorry, I am running Linux and I don't have a Registry or an

>>>>>>>> Anti-Virus.

>>>>>>> You may think you don't have a registry but you really have. It may

>>>>>>> not be called a registry but it is there.

>>>>>> Please do tell where I can find my registry and how to recognise this

>>>>>> registry when I find it.

>>>>> Just try to create (write) any operating system without a registry. I

>>>>> would venture to say 'impossible'.

>>>>> Get a program listing for the program you want to find the registry

>>>>> for.

>>>> I'm not looking for a registry. You're telling me that I have one. I'm

>>>> asking you where I can find this so-called 'registry' in my Mandriva

>>>> 2009.0 OS.

>>>>

>>>> --

>>>> Liverpool. European City Of Culture 2008

>>>> http://www.liverpool08.com

>>>

>>

>

> --

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> <http://www.rayslinks.com/Troubleshooting%20and%20fixing%20Windows.html>

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October 24, 2008

Re: Can't delete registry entry !! (suspected virus / trojan attack!)

Re: Can't delete registry entry !! (suspected virus / trojan attack!)

Bill in Co. wrote:

> Ray Parrish wrote:

>> Hello, I'm a recent convert to Ubuntu from Windows, and I can tell you

>> there is no registry in Ubuntu Linux. This operating system keeps it's

>> settings in text files scattered around the file system. This reduces

>> the overload required to load everything into memory at once like you do

>> with the registry.

>

> Seems like that also means it will take more time to open and use some apps,

> though, due to the necessity of reading into memory, and/or writing out to

> disk), those setting files on the disk each time. (to retrieve and

> continually update the settings).

Well, in my experience with Ubuntu so far, every program I use on it is

faster than any on Windows. This operating system is much snappier and I

can change between open programs quickly without the Winbloze lag I

experience on my XP side of this machine.

Later, Ray Parrish

>

>> It also makes it easier to look up things about your system as it can

>> often be done with a simple text editor.

>>

>> Later, Ray Parrish

>>

>> §ñühw¤£f wrote:

>>> Unknown wrote:

>>>> Are you so moronic you can't read? Get a program listing and it'll be

>>>> there. It may not be called a registry but it'll be there

>>>>

>>> Thats pretty silly. You obviously have never used a *nix OS.

>>> The closest thing to a registry might be /proc but thats just an opinion

>>> :)

>>>

>>>> "Aardvark" <aardvark@youllnever.know> wrote in message

>>>> news:iD4Mk.44121$WX2.4408@newsfe17.ams2...

>>>>> Moronic top-posting ONCE AGAIN corrected.

>>>>>

>>>>> On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:54:18 -0500, Unknown wrote:

>>>>>

>>>>>> "Aardvark" <aardvark@youllnever.know> wrote in message

>>>>>> news:073Mk.43232$WX2.33169@newsfe17.ams2...

>>>>>>> Moronic top-posting corrected:

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:12:49 -0500, Unknown wrote:

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> "gregg" <gregg@NOSPAMsaneearth.org> wrote in message

>>>>>>>> news:gdpni711hmk@news1.newsguy.com...

>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:05:59 -0700, Hari Hari Mau wrote:

>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>> Just now I did a scan on registry, and found some suspecting

>>>>>>>>>> entries

>>>>>>>>>> there. So I use regedit trying to delete those entries.

>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>> Lo and behold, when I tried to delete those entries, I got the

>>>>>>>>>> "Unable to delete all specified values" error message, and they

>>>>>>>>>> stay

>>>>>>>>>> put !

>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>> The registry entries are located at HKEY_Local_Machine->System-

>>>>>>>>>> ControlSet002->Enum->ROOT->LEGACY_xxxyyy (name of programs)

>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>> What can I do about these registries ?

>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>> How to delete them ???

>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>> Please help !!

>>>>>>>>> Sorry, I am running Linux and I don't have a Registry or an

>>>>>>>>> Anti-Virus.

>>>>>>>> You may think you don't have a registry but you really have. It may

>>>>>>>> not be called a registry but it is there.

>>>>>>> Please do tell where I can find my registry and how to recognise this

>>>>>>> registry when I find it.

>>>>>> Just try to create (write) any operating system without a registry. I

>>>>>> would venture to say 'impossible'.

>>>>>> Get a program listing for the program you want to find the registry

>>>>>> for.

>>>>> I'm not looking for a registry. You're telling me that I have one. I'm

>>>>> asking you where I can find this so-called 'registry' in my Mandriva

>>>>> 2009.0 OS.

>>>>>

>>>>> --

>>>>> Liverpool. European City Of Culture 2008

>>>>> http://www.liverpool08.com

>>>>

>>>

>> --

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>> <http://www.rayslinks.com/Troubleshooting%20and%20fixing%20Windows.html>

>> Trouble shooting and Fixing Windows

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>

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October 24, 2008

Re: Can't delete registry entry !! (suspected virus / trojan attack !)

Re: Can't delete registry entry !! (suspected virus / trojan attack !)

In article <e4#XtfXNJHA.1160@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>,

Bill in Co. <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote:

>Ray Parrish wrote:

>> Hello, I'm a recent convert to Ubuntu from Windows, and I can tell you

>> there is no registry in Ubuntu Linux. This operating system keeps it's

>> settings in text files scattered around the file system. This reduces

>> the overload required to load everything into memory at once like you do

>> with the registry.

>Seems like that also means it will take more time to open and use some apps,

>though, due to the necessity of reading into memory, and/or writing out to

>disk), those setting files on the disk each time. (to retrieve and

>continually update the settings).

The time is usually not significant. The user preferences files

are typically located either directly in the user's home directory

or else in an application-specific subdirectory of the user's home

directory. A logged-in user's home directory would most often be

in the filesystem cache (because it gets used frequently), so there

-might- be time involved to read one directory off of disk, and then

the file. For applications that the user uses frequently, the

preferences might already be in the filesystem cache.

So Yes, there might be a disk access or two involved, followed by

the time to parse the file (which, in unix-like systems, would usually

be in text format rather than in binary format, by convention.)

On the other hand, if you are not keeping the preferences for

*everything* locked into memory, you have more memory available for

the filesystem cache.

Then there's the amount of time you save not having to trace down

software that uses registry hacks to infect the entire system...

October 24, 2008

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Re: Can't delete registry entry !! (suspected virus / trojan attack !)

On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:55:58 -0500, unknown quoth:

> Thank God that was your last response. Nitwit Limeys like you can't read.

> All operating systems have a registry.

> It may not be called that but you cannot write one with out it.

> Get a listing for your Mandriva, if that's the name of your OS and look for

> it.

do you mean 'kernel'?

Felmon

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