Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 Inside Out

Chapter 14. Managing the Registry

• Introducing the Registry

• Understanding the Registry Structure

• Registry Root Keys

• Registry Data: How It Is Stored and Used

• Managing the Registry

• Backing Up and Restoring the Registry

• Maintaining the Registry

• Securing the Registry

Everyone who accesses a computer, whether in a workgroup or on a domain, at one time or another has worked with the Microsoft Windows Registry whether the person realizes it or not. Whenever you log on, your user preferences are read from the Registry. Whenever you make changes to the system configuration, install applications or hardware, or make other changes to the working environment, the changes are stored in the Registry. Whenever you uninstall hardware, applications, or system components, ...