The Old New Thing

June 29, 2005 - The Old New Thing

A simple story in pictures

June 29, 2005 Jun 29, 2005 06/29/05
Raymond Chen
Professionals at work is the title of this series of unattributed pictures. (Via memepool Nov 26, 2004.) I think they speak for themselves. (I apologize in advance for the lowbrow advertisements on the page...

Why isn't Windows Setup just a disk reimage plus a registry dump?

June 29, 2005 Jun 29, 2005 06/29/05
Raymond Chen
Why can't all the registry key needed by Windows Setup be precomputed and splorted at one go? One reason is that Windows Setup can be customized via a so-called "unattend file", which means that a lot of the work cannot be precalculated. Some settings also have cascade effects on other settings. Also, the model for component registration is ...