Windows PowerShell™ 2.0: Administrator’s Pocket Consultant

Chapter 12. Managing and Securing the Registry

• Understanding Registry Keys and Values

• Navigating the Registry

• Managing Registry Keys and Values

• Comparing Registry Keys

• Viewing and Managing Registry Security Settings

• Auditing the Registry

The Windows registry stores configuration settings. Using the Registry provider built into Windows PowerShell, you can view, add, delete, compare, and copy registry entries. Because the Windows registry is essential to the proper operation of the operating system, make changes to the registry only when you know how these changes will affect the system. You should perform all registry changes within the context of a transaction. Transactions were discussed in the "Creating Transactions" section in Chapter 7. With transactions, ...