![]() ![]() In came the registry to rid us of these restrictions and make it easier to recover settings after a crash, control access to and track system changes. They did however have some restrictions such as size limitations and no support for multiple users. INI files were good because they were short and easy to edit. ![]() INI files (that stored configuration settings in editable txt files). The registry was brought about to replace the old. Everything from user preferences (such as the background colour, screensaver, etc), to encrypted local account passwords are in there. In basic terms, it is a big database that holds all of the Windows 2003 configuration information – settings relative to user accounts, machine hardware and applications. Introduced with Windows 95, the Registry is a central repository for unique user and machine configuration data.
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