Why so many ControlSets in Registry?

[coolink]

I was looking at the registry and found these Controlsets:

HKey_Local_Machine\System\ControlSet001
HKey_Local_Machine\System\ControlSet002
HKey_Local_Machine\System\ControlSet003
HKey_Local_Machine\System\ControlSet004
HKey_Local_Machine\System\ControlSet005
HKey_Local_Machine\System\CurrentControlSet

Why so many? My other computer has only 2.

Windows XP Pro SP2

 

[DelJo63]

I was looking at the registry and found these Controlsets:

HKey_Local_Machine\System\ControlSet001
HKey_Local_Machine\System\ControlSet002
HKey_Local_Machine\System\ControlSet003
HKey_Local_Machine\System\ControlSet004
HKey_Local_Machine\System\ControlSet005
HKey_Local_Machine\System\CurrentControlSet

Why so many? My other computer has only 2.

Windows XP Pro SP2

Me too! The active set is CurrentControlSet and ControlSet001 + ControlSet002
are used for 'the last known good configuration'

I guess your system has save more than two 'last known ...'