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Re:Microsoft explains the lack of Registry backups in Window... by londons_explore on Monday July 01, 2019 @02:53PM (#20328514)
I don't really see the need to have the ability to uninstall service packs... Especially not if it's wasting 25% of the space on my tiny SSD!

The original windows installation media could be used to restore the system if something went horribly wrong anyway. Why the need to keep every previously used version of every dll?

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Re:Microsoft explains the lack of Registry backups in Window... by arpa on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @01:35AM (#20332413)
Because Microsoft. We will lie to you about making registry backups successfully to save a few megs of space, bud god forbid we touch the winsxs elephant in the room.
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Re:Microsoft explains the lack of Registry backups in Window... by WorldMaker on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @01:18PM (#20337228)
Because Windows doesn't always have access to the installation media, even when it is a partition on the same drive?

There was an Insider blog post somewhat recently about Windows 10 trying to repack things into installation media over time, when it's a recovery image on the local machine. It sounds like they are working to better the situation.

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