Managing the Windows 2000 Registry
The Windows 2000 Registry is the repository for all hardware, software, and application configuration settings, and Managing the Windows 2000 Registry is the system administrator's guide to maintaining, monitoring, and updating the Registry database. The book, which is an update of Managing the Windows NT Registry, addresses four main areas:\ \ What is the Registry? Where does it live on disk? How do system services access and use it? What do you do if it's damaged or corrupted? Every 2000...
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This is the system administrator's guide to maintaining, monitoring, and updating the Registry database. A "must-have" for every 2000 systems manager or administrator, it covers what the Registry is and where it lives on the disk, available tools, Registry access from programs, and Registry content. Booknews Explains how to safely use the Registry database; how to administer, back up, and recover Registry data on computers running Windows 2000, both locally and over the network; and how to use the Registry editing tools Microsoft supplies, such as RegEdt32, the system policy editor, and group policies. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Prefaceix1.A Gentle Introduction to the Registry1A Brief History of the Registry1What Does the Registry Do?10Advantages Offered by the Registry17Registry Zen202.Registry Nuts and Bolts22How the Registry Is Structured22What Goes in the Registry44Getting Data In and Out543.In Case of Emergency56Don't Panic!56Safety Strategies57All About Emergency Repair Disks61Backing Up the Registry71Restoring a Backed-up Registry834.Using RegEdit90Know Your Limitations90Learning the RegEdit Interface91"Just Browsing, Thanks"93Connecting to Other Machines' Registries95Searching for Keys and Values96Printing Registry Contents98Working with Keys and Values98Exporting and Importing Data106RegEdit Command-Line Options1125.Using RegEdt32114How RegEdt32 and RegEdit Differ114Learning the RegEdt32 Interface115Browsing with RegEdt32119Remote Registry Editing121Searching for Keys123Saving and Loading Registry Keys124Printing Registry Contents127Editing Keys and Values127Registry Security Fundamentals134Securing Registry Keys in Windows 2000136Securing Registry Keys in Windows NT1436.Using the System Policy Editor151All About System Policies151Introducing the System Policy Editor158Managing Policies with POLEDIT159Distributing Policies168What's in the Standard Policy Templates173Picking the Right Policies1847.Using Group Policies186What Are Group Policies?186Introducing the Group Policy Snap-in193Managing Policies198Distributing Policies203What's in the Standard Policy Templates?2088.Programming with the Registry210The Registry API210The Shell Utility API Routines247Programming with C/C++264Programming with Perl272Programming with Visual Basic2849.Administering the Registry296Setting Defaults for New User Accounts296Using Initialization File Mapping300Limiting Remote Registry Access303Fixing Registry Security ACLs in Windows NT307Adding Registry ACLs to Group Policy Objects311Encrypting HKLM\\SAM with SYSKEY313Miscellaneous Good Stuff322Using the Resource Kit Registry Utilities326Reg: The One-Size-Fits-All Registry Tool328Spying on the Registry with RegMon34510.Registry Tweaks351User Interface Tweaks352Filesystem Tweaks356Security Tweaks358Performance Tweaks364Network Tweaks372Printing Tweaks37411.The Registry Documented377What's Here and What's Not377HKLM\\HARDWARE378HKLM\\SOFTWARE379HKLM\\SYSTEM388HKU411HKCR412HKCU414HKCC424HKDD424A.User Configuration Group Policy Objects425B.Computer Configuration Group Policy Objects471Index505
\ BooknewsExplains how to safely use the Registry database; how to administer, back up, and recover Registry data on computers running Windows 2000, both locally and over the network; and how to use the Registry editing tools Microsoft supplies, such as RegEdt32, the system policy editor, and group policies. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
