Microsoft® Windows® Registry Guide, 2nd Edition

Chapter 10. Finding Registry Settings

In this chapter:

Comparing REG Files

Comparing with Reg.exe

Auditing the Registry

Monitoring the Registry

This chapter shows you how to relate a setting in the user interface to a value in the registry. Power users can use this information to find their own registry hacks. IT professionals will find registry information even more useful because they can use the information to locate settings in the registry for a variety of purposes. For example, after they’ve found settings, they can build administrative templates for them and deploy the settings on their network. They can write scripts that automatically apply the settings they found. They can even use this information to help build and deploy better default ...