Microsoft® Windows 7 Unleashed

Chapter 12. Tweaking the Windows 7 Registry

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• Firing Up the Registry Editor

• Getting to Know the Registry

• Understanding the Registry Files

• Keeping the Registry Safe

• Working with Registry Entries

• Finding Registry Entries

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	It is almost everywhere the case that soon after it is begotten the greater part of human wisdom is laid to rest in repositories.
	--G. C. Lichtenberg

When you change the desktop background using Control Panel’s Personalization window, the next time you start your computer, how does Windows 7 know which image or color you selected? If you change your video display driver, how does Windows 7 know to use that driver at startup and not the original driver loaded during setup? In other words, ...