03-14-14 10:49 Roy Witt wrote to Ed Vance about XP Slow at Hibernating   
      
    RW> @MSGID: <5324CFC4.12716.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    RW>  Brer Ed Vance wrote to Brer Roy Witt about XP Slow at   
    RW> Hibernating:   
      
    EV>> If M$ wrote the OS's Correctly the Registry wouldn't be such a   
    EV>> bother.   
      
    RW>> It's no bother, it just takes its sweet time getting around to   
    RW>> allowing your PC to boot.   
      
    EV> I'll say AMEN! to that! Brer Roy!,   
      
    EV> 'Sweet Time' is the Right word to describe Booting Up a modern   
    EV> computer, in this day and time.   
      
    RW> I'd change that to sweat time...   
      
   Brer Roy,   
      
   Yep!, sometimes I sweat wondering when it will let me see the Log On   
   Screen so I can finally get to do something I turned it on for that I   
   wanted to do.   
      
    EV> The Commodore 64 Booted Up before I could take a second breath,   
    EV> and shut down just as fast, Except maybe for the C= GEOS GUI Prg???.   
      
    RW> It had a window type of OS?   
      
   Yep!, Commodore even sold a Mouse that worked with GEOS.   
   IIRC CBM had two mouse models for sale, one of my friends got a   
   C= Mouse to use for GEOS.   
      
   GEOS had applications for Writing and Painting.   
   There were others but I'm not able to recall any others.   
   Probably Wikipedia has a Commodore GEOS page to tell all about it.   
      
    EV> I can't remember if it required you to 'wind it down' like all the   
    EV> MS Windows OSs expected to be done so it could keep its act in order.   
      
    RW> You  wouldn't be very happy with it if it dumped your pgms out   
    RW> of memory before it had a chance to save any work you've done.   
      
   Anytime the Lights Blinked in my room, the C=64 and whatever I was   
   doing was lost.   
   If I was typing in a PRG from a Magazine I periodically Saved what   
   I was doing in case my A.C. Power was interupted.   
      
   Last year when I was using the Commodore 64 for something, my wife   
   flipped the wall switch as she left my room, just a short BLINK!,   
   but the Boot Screen came up on my C=64.   
      
   Since that happened I ran a extension cord from the UPS over to the   
   Power Strip the Commodore gear is plugged in to.   
      
    EV>> I can't remember for sure if Windows 3.x had a Registry or not, I'm   
    EV>> thinking it didn't, but I'm not for sure about my thoughts.   
      
    RW>> I'm not sure anymore either. I haven't used it in 15+ years and   
    RW>> glad to report that.   
      
   I looked and Yes!, Windows 3.1 has a Registry.   
   -snip-   
    EV> I "think" I remember reading to do a Save To Desktop type procedure   
    EV> just before doing any changes to the Registry, or something like   
    EV> that, 'Just In Case' the Registry got corrupted, or power went off,   
    EV> etc. while doing some editing in it.   
      
    RW> Making a backup of the registry before you proceed with making   
    RW> any changes to it will help you recover from things that go   
    RW> bang in the night. It's best to keep that backup off of the   
    RW> boot drive.   
      
    EV> Safety First!   
      
   You're Right!, it Should be on another HDD instead of me putting   
   it on the Desktop as MS suggests to do.   
   THANKS!   
      
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