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A database used by the Windows operating system to store configuration information.

Most Windows applications write data to the Registry, at least during installation.

You can edit the Registry directly by using the Registry Editor (regedit.exe) provided with the operating system. However, you must take great care because errors in the Registry could disable your computer.

Windows regularly (daily) makes copies of the registry and retains the last several copies. So, if a major problem develops when installing a new program, it is possible to tell Windows to return to the registry settings that existed yesterday or last week.

This capability can save you alot of headaches.

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NewsLinks (April 29, 2001) - A leading consumer service that tests Web shopping sites, criticizes JCPenney and seven other top e-tailers as offenders in a study of corporate spam. A study began in December 2000.

Newsletter requests were made to 41 top shopping sites. After receiving each company's first e-mail, an "unsubscribed" request was sent to each company's newsletter. Most of the e-tailers passed the unsubscribe test with flying colors. But eight of the shopping sites continued to send unwanted e-mails despite repeated "unsubscribe" requests.

JCPenney was named the worst offender among the eight companies because it sent the greatest number of unwanted e-mails. And the messages were hefty graphical downloads containing numerous pictures. Asked about the study, a JCPenney's spokesperson said, "Apparently someone isn't doing their job. There should be a person taking care of the Web site at all times to add and subtract names, and if you don't want to get e-mails from us any more, then you shouldn't have to."

Corporate spam differs from the typical spam that Internet users often receive. Typical spam messages tend to promote get-rich-quick schemes and adult entertainment. The messages originate from companies you've never heard of and usually contain false return addresses.

Corporate spam messages, by contrast, bear the names of well-known industry leaders. This makes it difficult to stop corporate spam using "spam filters." Using a filter to block all e-mails from such large companies could interfere with important business dealings.

We all know that in the realm of computing, the term bug means a glitch, error, or flaw that can compromise the workings of a computer system.

In 1945, at the Naval Weapons Center in Dalhgren, Virginia, a moth flew into one of the relays of a Harvard Mark II computer and jammed it. Legendary computer science pioneer Grace Hopper found the bug. The moth was removed from the system and taped to the official report of the incident, making that document the first bug report in history.

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