What do OSX and Linux (Ubuntu for example) use instead of the registry? What is their solution to the issue, and what benefits/problems do these have? Click to expand... The answer here is first: a ...

The Windows Registry is a crucial Windows operating system component that stores configuration settings and options. However, if you incorrectly make changes to the Registry, it could cause Windows to ...

Special filtering software launched Aug. 2. By Christie Eliezer Less than a week after Kazaa’s agreement to pay a $115 million piracy settlement to the global music and movie industries, Kazaa ...

As a child of the '80s, I grew up working with the DOS operating system. For those who might not be familiar with DOS, it was an acronym for Disk Operating System. The OS could fit onto a single ...

Windows Registry or simply registry is a repository that stores low-level configurations and settings associated with the Windows operating system and its various programs. It’s one of those system ...

Ever since Windows 95, Microsoft has only allowed file paths up to 260 characters (which, to be fair, was much nicer than the 8 character limit previously). Now, with a registry tweak, you can exceed ...

When Windows is no longer able to start it is typically because of a problem in the Windows Registry, a driver conflict, or malware crashing the computer. Windows startup issues can be one of the most ...