On Thursday, February 3, 2011, 14:32:33, Mark Partous wrote: > Reading / loading the data of all programs that reside on a > computer at startup is overkill, particularly those programs > of which one knows, even at the time they are being installed, > that they will only be used a few times (or even only > once) a year.
Who says all data is loaded? Registry is a database, records are loaded when they are needed, and then paged out when not needed anymore. The data format is just optimised for quick updates, and the data is journaled so that unexpected shutdowns leave the contents in consistent state. -- < Jernej Simončič ><><><><>< http://eternallybored.org/ > Nothing can be done in one trip. -- Cook's Second Law of Travel ________________________________________________ Current version is 4.2.42 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
