Microsoft® Windows® Vista™ Unleashed

Chapter 11. Getting to Know the Windows Vista Registry

IN THIS CHAPTER

• A Synopsis of the Registry

• Understanding the Registry Files

• Keeping the Registry Safe

• Working with Registry Entries

• Finding Registry Entries

As you learn throughout this book, a big part of unleashing Windows Vista involves customizing the interface and the accessories either to suit your personal style or to extract every last ounce of performance from your system. For the most part, these customization options are handled via the following mechanisms:

• Control Panel

• Group policies

• Property sheets for individual objects

• Program menu commands and dialog boxes

• Command-line switches

But there is another, even more powerful mechanism you can use to customize Windows Vista: the Registry. No, ...