Reduce Registry Size (Windows 2000)

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I am looking for some documents which will help me in reducing the
windows 2000 registry size.
Any pointers would be helpful
Thank you!
 
Programs|Accessories|System Tools|Backup, then choose ERD, then if you check
the box for "Also backup....", then the reg will also be backed up to
%systemroot%\repair\RegBack
leaving the
%systemroot%\repair\
directory files intact as original installation. This should compact the
hive during the backup.

Then compare the size of the system hive found in;
%systemroot%\repair\RegBack
with that of the in use hive found in;
%systemroot%\system32\config

If you see an improvement in size then you can replace registry hives from
within the recovery console by copying the files from
%systemroot%\repair\regback
to
%systemroot%\system32\config
(the system hive is all that should be necessary at this point)

To start the Recovery Console, start the computer from the Windows 2000
Setup CD or the Windows 2000 Setup floppy disks. If you do not have Setup
floppy disks and your computer cannot start from the Windows 2000 Setup CD,
use another Windows 2000-based computer to create the Setup floppy disks. At
the "Welcome to Setup" screen. Press F10 or R to repair a Windows 2000
installation, and then press C to use the Recovery Console. The Recovery
Console then prompts you for the administrator password. If you do not have
the correct password, Recovery Console does not allow access to the
computer. If an incorrect password is entered three times, the Recovery
Console quits and restarts the computer. Note If the registry is corrupted
or missing or no valid installations are found, the Recovery Console starts
in the root of the startup volume without requiring a password. You cannot
access any folders, but you can carry out commands such as chkdsk, fixboot,
and fixmbr for limited disk repairs. Once the password has been validated,
you have full access to the Recovery Console, but limited access to the hard
disk. You can only access the following folders on your computer: drive
root, %systemroot% or %windir%


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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
|I am looking for some documents which will help me in reducing the
| windows 2000 registry size.
| Any pointers would be helpful
| Thank you!
 
Thanks Dave. It's very helpful but i've not tried yet.
I'm using CA BrightStor ARCServe Backup software to backup data and system
on my server. But the job was incomplete due to the registry size is larger
than 512KB (??) (see from the log file). I checked the current registry size
is 20MB. So I just wonder that is it possible to reduce registry size from
20MB to less than 512KB?
 
Something isn't right. No that wouldn't be possible. Maybe search out the
error here.

http://supportconnect.ca.com/sc/kb/kbsearch.jsp

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Thanks Dave. It's very helpful but i've not tried yet.
| I'm using CA BrightStor ARCServe Backup software to backup data and system
| on my server. But the job was incomplete due to the registry size is
larger
| than 512KB (??) (see from the log file). I checked the current registry
size
| is 20MB. So I just wonder that is it possible to reduce registry size from
| 20MB to less than 512KB?
 
That really doesn't make sense. The Windows 2000 registry is always going
to be much larger than 512 KB. The software hive alone was 5720 KB when
my system was built and it's about three times that now. Please post the
entire message verbatim. Someone might be able to figure out from that
what's going on.
 
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