Reduce the Registry Size in Windows 2000

[Veron]

Dear All,

How to reduce the registry size in windows 2000 server? coz It keep on
increasing.
All branches are using the terminal service to login into our server to
access the data and print reports. Everyday i saw the registry size is keep
on increasing.
Only 4 months, the registry size is increased to 100 MB, we cannot just only
increasing the registry size, right ? If I'm not mistaken, it have certain
limits.

If we are using the vindows 2003 server, the OS itself will automatically
readjust the registry size NOT like windows 2000 servers.

So may i know how to reduce the registry size instead of configure to
increase it ?


Pls advice.


tq,
Veron

 

[Dave Patrick]

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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Regards,

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

:
| Dear All,
|
| How to reduce the registry size in windows 2000 server? coz It keep on
| increasing.
| All branches are using the terminal service to login into our server to
| access the data and print reports. Everyday i saw the registry size is
keep
| on increasing.
| Only 4 months, the registry size is increased to 100 MB, we cannot just
only
| increasing the registry size, right ? If I'm not mistaken, it have certain
| limits.
|
| If we are using the vindows 2003 server, the OS itself will automatically
| readjust the registry size NOT like windows 2000 servers.
|
| So may i know how to reduce the registry size instead of configure to
| increase it ?
|
|
| Pls advice.
|
|
| tq,
| Veron
|
|
|

 

[Mark V]

Dear All,

How to reduce the registry size in windows 2000 server? coz It
keep on increasing.

Identifying the reason it continues to increase in size is
paramount. You must locate the process which is causing this and
either stop it from doing so or arrange for spurious entries to be
removed periodically. REGMON from Sysinternals may be useful for
identifying the problem as might "snapshot and compare" registry
utilities.

All branches are using the terminal service to login into our
server to access the data and print reports. Everyday i saw the
registry size is keep on increasing.
Only 4 months, the registry size is increased to 100 MB, we
cannot just only increasing the registry size, right ? If I'm
not mistaken, it have certain limits.

Presumably then this is the SOFTWARE hive? You are correct in that
uncontrolled/unexplained registry growth is not acceptable. You
will hit the wall eventually.

If we are using the vindows 2003 server, the OS itself will
automatically readjust the registry size NOT like windows 2000
servers.

So may i know how to reduce the registry size instead of
configure to increase it ?

See Dave's "compacting" post. But I suspect you have a "bad
process" somewhere that needs to be located and fixed, prevented,
or cleaned up after (in that order of preference).