Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is?

On 10/15/2024 9:01 AM, CrudeSausage wrote:

Le 2024-10-15 à 01 h 30, Lawrence D'Oliveiro a écrit :

On Sun, 13 Oct 2024 09:44:27 -0400, DFS wrote:
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On 10/13/2024 2:56 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

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On Sat, 12 Oct 2024 19:51:52 -0400, DFS wrote:
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You've been able to read the Registry since the beginning with VB/A or
C# or C++.

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With special APIs. Normal file-manipulation commands cannot be used
with the Registry.

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No duh.  It's not a normal file.

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Funny, weren’t you trying to claim earlier that the Registry could indeed
be manipulated as easily as Linux config files?

 That claim would be erroneous.

I never made that claim, or anything like it.
Larry Duh's lie about me is erroneous.  He said it was impossible to compare the current Registry settings to previous ones, or make comments in the Registry about changes you made.  Both are possible, so I corrected him.  Now he's lying about what I said.
I expect nothing less than such Snittish behavior from Linux lusers.

The mere fact that you have no idea where to go in the registry to find the configuration of a particular setting speaks volumes.

You very very rarely have to visit the crazed monstrosity MS calls the Registry.  Your app settings are almost always made via a GUI, which is a superior way to configure software.
Example: open SumatraPDF.  Go to menu | Settings | Advanced Options. It's a joke (like the slrn config file).  It tells you to go to a website for documentation.  Every one of those settings should be on a GUI with checkboxes, dropdowns and textboxes, grouped together logically, with onscreen documentation and/or a mouse tip that shows up when you hover.
GUI config screens should, and usually do, read a configuration text file when they open, and write it when you click Save.

They purposefully made the registry difficult to navigate with entries like fff34sSFD2232--11 that there is no denying Linux is much easier.

Google Generative AI says "The Windows Registry sometimes uses seemingly obfuscated names for keys as a security measure to make it harder for malicious actors to easily locate and manipulate sensitive data stored within the registry, especially when combined with techniques like using null characters to hide entries from standard registry editors, effectively creating a layer of obscurity that requires more advanced tools to access and modify."