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More info?)
I have no idea what macs do.
Description of the Registry
The Microsoft Computer Dictionary, Fifth Edition, defines the registry as:
A central hierarchical database used in Microsoft Windows 9x, Windows CE,
Windows NT, and Windows 2000 used to store information necessary to
configure the system for one or more users, applications and hardware
devices.
The Registry contains information that Windows continually references during
operation, such as profiles for each user, the applications installed on the
computer and the types of documents that each can create, property sheet
settings for folders and application icons, what hardware exists on the
system, and the ports that are being used.
The Registry replaces most of the text-based .ini files used in Windows 3.x
and MS-DOS configuration files, such as the Autoexec.bat and Config.sys.
Although the Registry is common to several Windows operating systems, there
are some differences among them.
Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;256986
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:%23iPL97IBFHA.2032@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
Dennis M. Marks <denmarks@yahoo.com> hunted and pecked:
> Does the PC Registry file have basically the same purpose as the Mac
> Preferences file? To me it seems to be an advanced and structured
> form of the Mac Preferences.
>
> Note that I am referring to Mac systems prior to system 10. The
> preferences structure may have changed there.
>
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> Dennis Marks
> denmarks@yahoo.com
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