• Enterprise Nooblet Container (unregistered) in reply to SilentRunner

    I think you should spend some more time lurking before posting. Frist is a joke about people yelling that they were first in the comments field. Some 40 years ago.

    As for taking digs at Microsoft, you do realize that they do more than just Visual Basic, right? C# seems to be well liked, and I at least have no hatred for MS Windows. (Even thought I use Ubuntu myself)

  • Retsila (unregistered) in reply to Guvante
    The registry isn't useless, just over-used. The idea of a central place for configuration settings per machine is a decent one. And in fact it does quite well when used correctly.
    the registry is the most insane idea I have ever seen. now corruption of 1 file can destroy a whole OS (yes I know there are tools to edit the registry that should enable it to be fixed but in the real world that seldom happens)
  • Endaar (unregistered) in reply to Anonymous Bob
    Anonymous Bob:
    Amen to that. Just today I was investigating the "icacls" command to change the ACLs on some files via a batch file. It turns out it won't break the inheritance chain of ACLs, which seems to be how most permissions are passed on through the directory tree. So, to break the chains (without using the GUI), you have to get the old xcacls.vbs that was used on XP. Oh, and it's not supported and not guaranteed to work on Win 7. Great. How do they let a half baked tool like icacls out the door?

    http://www.gbordier.com/gbtools/fileacl.asp

  • barf 4eva (unregistered)

    "But no matter, they thought -- it was only Visual Basic."

    Now there is the real WTF... You should know when immersing yourself in VB6 or earlier, that the can of worms is complimentary!

  • (cs) in reply to Retsila
    Retsila:
    The registry isn't useless, just over-used. The idea of a central place for configuration settings per machine is a decent one. And in fact it does quite well when used correctly.
    the registry is the most insane idea I have ever seen. now corruption of 1 file can destroy a whole OS (yes I know there are tools to edit the registry that should enable it to be fixed but in the real world that seldom happens)

    Any OS can fail. Backup is necessary. If you want back up, look forward to severe availability services available for this purpose.

  • stray (unregistered) in reply to Norman Diamond
    Norman Diamond:
    Microsoft told them they wouldn't have to keep old CDs because expired MSDN subscriptions would still allow downloads. Some people call me unprofessional for not being 10% trustful of Microsoft.
    If these people allow up to 10% trust into Microsoft before calling someone unprofessional, I call them blue-eyed hippies.
  • Paul R (unregistered)

    That is plain scary - I'd hate to think what you'll find in the next batch of code.

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