11-28-01 Chapter 13
WINDOWS REGISTRY
- Data Base that store the windows setting or configuration information for:
- - Software
- -- Installed
- -- Setting
- - Hardware
- -- Installed
- -- Setting
- - User Config
- -- Current user
- -- All users

Hierarchical Data Base
- Data types
- - Binary data (1 or 0, True or false, Off or On)
- -- Reg-Binary
- - Hexidecimal
- -- Reg-Word
- - Text
- -- Reg-SZ

Registry Editor
- Regedit
- - Search for string type.
- Regedt32 (no I)
- - Will show hidden key.

Backing up the Registry (if make a change and it does not work then use the back up)
- From the Registry Editor, Export the registry file.
- Or use the system backup in System tool and select System State.

www.winguides.com/registry/

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Lycos
Yahoo!
InfoSeek