Managing the Windows 2000 Registry
by Paul Robichaux


The unconfirmed error reports are from readers. They have not yet been 
approved or disproved by the author or editor and represent solely the
opinion of the reader.

If you have technical questions or error reports, you can send them to
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This page was updated January 7, 2002.


Here's a key to the markup:

        [page-number]: serious technical mistake
        {page-number}: minor technical mistake
        <page-number>: important language/formatting problem
        (page-number): language change or minor formatting problem
        ?page-number?: reader question or request for clarification


UNCONFIRMED errors and comments from readers: 


{38}  last sentence in last paragraph;
I'm pretty sure that 189,000 decimal is actually 0x2E248 hex, not 0x2d620 hex.


{43}  the second line under the figure 2-4;
Reg_QWORD_LITTLE_ENDIAN -> Reg_DWORD_LITTLE_ENDIAN


[49]  20th line from the top of the page;
HKLM/Setup -> HKLM/SYSTEM/Setup or SYSTEM/Setup


[368]  3rd paragraph under Speed Up System Shutdowns;
Paragraph states "value is ... expressed in microseconds (1000 microseconds make one 
second)." Should read milliseconds, instead of microseconds. 

There are 1,000,000 microseconds in a second. By adjusting the timeout value to 5 seconds,
you would set the value to 5,000,000 microseconds. This would give an actual result of 
5,000,000 milliseconds, due to the error. This would mean the value was set at 5000 
seconds, or over an hour, instead of the intended 5 seconds. 

By stating 1000 microseconds equals 1 second, you have minimized the potential for creating
massive errors, except for those that understand the differences between micro- and 
milli- seconds. Might be OK for uninformed users, but most computer administrators will 
get confused, as I did.


[386] DontDisplayLastUsername description;

The description is incorrect.  This value has changed from NT4 to W2K.  The 
value is now located in 
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System,
according to Q article Q237890.