Max,

but there was a tell-tale entry for something that WASN'T
standard Windows.

yet once again, I happened to find an entry which again
proved it's not starting completely from scratch!

.... but you did not tell us what it was, which means that all we can resort
to is to guess .. And thats a bit silly when looking at something as big
as the registry.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


-- Origional message:
Max schreef in berichtnieuws
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Could anyone please explain this to me?

About a year ago I had to re-install Windows to get over a virus, and
even though it was overwriting the old o/s (the set-up process
confirmed this, as it gave me a warning), I noticed later it had not
built the registry from scratch. OK, the virus was sorted, but there
was a tell-tale entry for something that WASN'T standard Windows. It
was nothing important, and was something I myself had once added, but
I had fully expected it to be lost. Very odd, I thought at the time,
but didn't dwell too much on it.

Anyway..... one year on, and I'm again re-installing Windows, but on a
different PC. This time I completely removed and created a new (the
only) partition. Did the install business, yet once again, I happened
to find an entry which again proved it's not starting completely from
scratch!

How on earth?! I thought I had definitely vanquished all trace of
Windows first, this time. I mean, if you had a new PC wih no operating
system at all, and had to put Windows on for the first time, it HAS to
build a new regisitry from nothing then, so......

I'm confused!

Thanks
Max