On Dec 19, 2009, at 9:16 PM, Fred Holmes wrote:
Apparently the "new" security regime requires that all settings/ preferences be recorded in registry entries, rather than stored in a .ini file, either in the program directory (where it belongs, IMNSHO) or in the "Documents and Settings" folder. More places where a virus is not allowed write privileges because no one is.
I keep hoping the M$ will come to its senses and ditch this dangerous registry nuisance, but they keep digging themselves deeper.
M$ has a tendency to this. Outlook suffers from the same misguided design with all the user's email stuck into one big PST file.
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