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Tweaking.com Support & Help / Re: Are old Registry Backup backup files compatible with newest vers of Reg Backup?

« on: April 05, 2015, 05:01:46 am »

Thanks for the replies, Willie and Shane.

  Willie: nope, the GUI doesn't say "Update Available".  On the version I have, the options regarding update are on the Settings tab.  There's a little box that says "Update Available?" with a rectangular button below the box to click to check if there's a newer version, which, when clicked, comes back with "You are up to date."  Strange, huh??

   Shane: thanks for confirming that the new versions can read backups made by the older versions fine.  AND, double thanks for the reminder to not go to a backup that's real old, because that might break a few things.  I've actually had Windows Update turned off for a while (long story why), but I do a registry backup before I install any new programs.  I just wanted to make sure that if I make a backup with this old version before updating Registry Backup itself, I would be able to get back to one of those earlier backups if needed.

    Many thanks, guys  [... looking for the "thumbs up" smiley.... hmmm, lol....]

                        

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Tweaking.com Support & Help / [Solved] Are old Registry Backup backup files compatible with newest versions?

« on: March 28, 2015, 10:30:04 pm »

Hello Shane --

   First of all, I want to tell you how much I appreciate having your Registry Backup program available.  I was a longtime user of ERUNT for many years, and dismayed to find that people who seemed to know what they were talking about said that it wouldn't work with Windows 7 & 64-bit.  So of course, I was very very happy to find your simple and reliable Registry Backup program.

   I think I've had version 1.4.3 for about three years.  I have the checkbox checked to check for new versions at program startup, but for some reason it never mentioned that there were new versions available.  You can imagine my surprise when I was out on the tweaking.com web site and found that Registry Backup had progressed to version 2.2!  Even when I ran my version 1.4.3 again and specifically clicked on the "Check Now For Updates", it came back and said I had the latest version.  Strange, huh?  Oh well, prolly nothing to try to suss out, as no one will be downloading that old version any more anyway.

   Before I updated to version 2.2 I wanted to make sure that my current backups (made by version 1.4.3) will be readable by version 1.2.  My guess is that there will be no problem, but I need to know for sure.

   Also, if you can tell me if I should uninstall the old version first, or just run the latest installer and it will install right on top of the older version without me having to first uninstall the old version.

    Thanks so much for your attention to this.  Your programs and your care for the users is awesome...

      Bob Luckey (In chilly Boston, lol...)

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Tweaking.com Support & Help / Re: Suggestion for "Registry Backup" - Option to choose # of backup copies to keep?

« on: December 12, 2012, 02:24:36 pm »

Yesss!  The option to keep a minimum number of backups would be awesome!   

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Tweaking.com Support & Help / Is Safe Mode necessary for doing a restore in Registry Backup?

« on: December 11, 2012, 02:40:25 am »

Probably a dumb question, but here goes...

    You mention doing a restore with Registry Backup in a few ways: from Windows Recovery Environment, by going into Safe Mode and using the Command Line, by using a Live CD to boot a separate Operating System and do a file copy to replace the corrupt or unwanted registry files with the backup.

     Ummmm...... does the lack of mentioning calling up cmd.exe from the Start Button and using the command line from there mean that trying to do that would NOT be successful or advisable?  I know of course you'd have to re-boot right after you did that, but if for some reason the Windows copy of Registry Backup couldn't be called to do the restore, could a user use the command line from within Windows to run the restore program that's included with each set of backups, at C:\RegBackup\{Computername}...   ??

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Tweaking.com Support & Help / Suggestion for "Registry Backup" - Option to choose # of backup copies to keep?

« on: December 11, 2012, 02:25:02 am »

Hi Shane --

   I wanted to offer a suggestion for your consideration if you ever get to tinkering with Registry Backup again in the future, which is that you add an option for the user to choose to keep X number of registry backup sets (in addition to the option that is already provided of choosing to keep them for X number of days).

   That would be useful for me, and maybe for others, for a couple reasons: one, would eliminate the possibility that you set the program to delete backups older than X days, then when you go off on vacation for X +1 days you come home to find that when you fire your computer up you no longer have any registry backup sets; second reason is that I don't usually schedule registry backups according to date, but rather I do them when I make an important system change, install a program, etc.  I might make three backups in one day, then go a month without making another.  That way I can keep fewer backup "sets" that cover a longer period of time and a wider spread of system changes.  If there was an option where I could tell the program to keep the last x number of backup sets, that would fit in with that scenario really well.

    Just something to consider possibly adding, in some of your "free time" (HAR HAR HAR, right??)... 

   Actually, I think others might find this useful as well...

Robert....

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Tweaking.com Support & Help / Do VSS Copies done for Regristry Backup Accumulate somewhere?

« on: December 11, 2012, 02:07:38 am »

Hi Shane --

  Thanks so much for answering my earlier questions about how to use Registry Backup (in terms of running As Admin, etc.).  I'm very *EXCITED!!* to find an updated replacement for ERUNT  !!  I have a couple other questions about the program that I don't see addressed anywhere already, so I figured I may as well just go ahead and ask.  Personally my tendency would be to want to put all the questions in one thread, but I think it can be more helpful to label each question with a separate thread in case the subject is of interest to anyone else, so I guess I'll post a couple new threads.

Part of the reason I like using something like ERUNT or your Registry Backup program is that it helps me keep my System Partition down to a relatively reasonable size, which encourages doing more regular image backups of the partition, as opposed to if I was using System Restore or other built-in MS Utilities, which may tend to bloat the partition and make imaging a more time- and disk-consuming exercise.

Thinking about that consideration of keeping disk space down to a minimum, it occurred to me that if you use VSS to get the registry copies, those VSS "snapshot copies" may be hanging around somewhere and may start to eat up disk space.  Can you tell me if they do start to accumulate somewhere, and if so where, and if there is some way to limit the number of copies of them that hang around or some way to delete them?

I'd just hate to find that the program had a "downside" like that.

Thanks for your time in replying...

Robert...

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Tweaking.com Support & Help / Re: standard account and reg back up

« on: December 10, 2012, 12:46:49 am »

Hello Shane --

   I used to use ERUNT for years, and loved it.  Now with the "considerations" related to using it with Win 7 I've been looking for something else to use, just came across a reference to this site, just starting from the top down, checking what the forum has to say to learn more.  I'm newish to Win 7 from XP, always used to run XP as an admin (in ignorance), finding UAC in Win 7 can sometimes create frustrations trying to do some things I'm used to doing without having to deal with UAC, am wondering if the program can just be run "As Admin" by right-clicking on it and choosing that option, or by making a shortcut and modifying the shortcut to run with admin privileges.  I wouldn't be using it on a pre-scheduled basis, just after system changes, program installations, etc. so perhaps the previous posts in this thread don't necessarily apply when running it "manually"?

   Hmmm... after reading thru the online help info on this, I don't see any mention at all of the need to run As Admin.  Maybe that isn't necessary at all??  If it IS necessary, you might consider adding that to the FAQ or somewhere, for people like myself that aren't so savvy as to know the answer to that without having to ask... 

     Oh... and... if I want it to backup registry settings for other users who have their user accounts password protected, would I need to actually log on as the "Main Admin" (the account that was automatically set up upon Windows installation", or is it fine to stay in my account, but running with Admin privileges (I haven't quite figured out if those two things are actually the same or not, from Windows point of view, as far as privileges are concerned, grrr....).

   Thanks for your time in responding to this inquiry -- much appreciated.

         Robert

P.S.  I also always used to run CleanMem, in my XP system - great little program!  Still useful in Win 7??