Mastering Windows 2000 registry

Provides focused coverage of Windows most important, and challenging, element: the registry. Text will demystify the Windows Registry, optimize performance, avoid disasters, fix problems, and includes invaluable reference to registry keys, enteries, and data types. Softcover. earthweb.com......Page 0 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Table of Contents......Page 1 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction......Page 9 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:What Is a Registry[TITLE]#151; and Why?......Page 14 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:What Is a Registry[TITLE]#151; and Why?......Page 17 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:What Is a Registry[TITLE]#151; and Why?......Page 20 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:What Is a Registry[TITLE]#151; and Why?......Page 23 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Readme.1st: Preventing Disaster!......Page 25 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Readme.1st: Preventing Disaster!......Page 28 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Readme.1st: Preventing Disaster!......Page 31 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Readme.1st: Preventing Disaster!......Page 34 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Readme.1st: Preventing Disaster!......Page 37 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Readme.1st: Preventing Disaster!......Page 40 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Readme.1st: Preventing Disaster!......Page 43 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Readme.1st: Preventing Disaster!......Page 46 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Readme.1st: Preventing Disaster!......Page 49 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Readme.1st: Preventing Disaster!......Page 52 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Anatomy of the Registry: The Blood, Gore, and Guts......Page 54 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Anatomy of the Registry: The Blood, Gore, and Guts......Page 56 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Anatomy of the Registry: The Blood, Gore, and Guts......Page 59 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Anatomy of the Registry: The Blood, Gore, and Guts......Page 62 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Anatomy of the Registry: The Blood, Gore, and Guts......Page 65 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Anatomy of the Registry: The Blood, Gore, and Guts......Page 68 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Anatomy of the Registry: The Blood, Gore, and Guts......Page 71 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Anatomy of the Registry: The Blood, Gore, and Guts......Page 74 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Registry Tools and Tips: Getting the Work Done......Page 77 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Registry Tools and Tips: Getting the Work Done......Page 80 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Registry Tools and Tips: Getting the Work Done......Page 83 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Registry Tools and Tips: Getting the Work Done......Page 86 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Registry Tools and Tips: Getting the Work Done......Page 89 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Registry Tools and Tips: Getting the Work Done......Page 92 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Registry Tools and Tips: Getting the Work Done......Page 94 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Registry Tools and Tips: Getting the Work Done......Page 97 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Registry Tools and Tips: Getting the Work Done......Page 101 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Registry Tools and Tips: Getting the Work Done......Page 104 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Registry Tools and Tips: Getting the Work Done......Page 107 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Registry Tools and Tips: Getting the Work Done......Page 111 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Registry Tools and Tips: Getting the Work Done......Page 114 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Policies, Good for One, Good for All......Page 117 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Policies, Good for One, Good for All......Page 120 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Policies, Good for One, Good for All......Page 123 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Policies, Good for One, Good for All......Page 126 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Policies, Good for One, Good for All......Page 129 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Associations, Linkages, and OLE: How Confusing Can This Get?......Page 133 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Associations, Linkages, and OLE: How Confusing Can This Get?......Page 136 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Associations, Linkages, and OLE: How Confusing Can This Get?......Page 139 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Associations, Linkages, and OLE: How Confusing Can This Get?......Page 142 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Associations, Linkages, and OLE: How Confusing Can This Get?......Page 145 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Associations, Linkages, and OLE: How Confusing Can This Get?......Page 148 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Associations, Linkages, and OLE: How Confusing Can This Get?......Page 151 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Associations, Linkages, and OLE: How Confusing Can This Get?......Page 154 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Why, Oh Why, Are There System.ini and Win.ini Files?......Page 157 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Why, Oh Why, Are There System.ini and Win.ini Files?......Page 160 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Getting Rid of the Unwanted......Page 163 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Getting Rid of the Unwanted......Page 166 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Getting Rid of the Unwanted......Page 169 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Getting Rid of the Unwanted......Page 173 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Getting Rid of the Unwanted......Page 176 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Recovering from Disaster, or Making the Best of a Bad Situation......Page 178 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Recovering from Disaster, or Making the Best of a Bad Situation......Page 181 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Recovering from Disaster, or Making the Best of a Bad Situation......Page 183 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Recovering from Disaster, or Making the Best of a Bad Situation......Page 187 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Recovering from Disaster, or Making the Best of a Bad Situation......Page 189 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Recovering from Disaster, or Making the Best of a Bad Situation......Page 192 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Recovering from Disaster, or Making the Best of a Bad Situation......Page 195 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Recovering from Disaster, or Making the Best of a Bad Situation......Page 198 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Programming and the Registry: A Developer[TITLE]#146;s Paradise?......Page 201 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Programming and the Registry: A Developer[TITLE]#146;s Paradise?......Page 203 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Programming and the Registry: A Developer[TITLE]#146;s Paradise?......Page 206 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Programming and the Registry: A Developer[TITLE]#146;s Paradise?......Page 208 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Programming and the Registry: A Developer[TITLE]#146;s Paradise?......Page 212 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Programming and the Registry: A Developer[TITLE]#146;s Paradise?......Page 216 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Programming and the Registry: A Developer[TITLE]#146;s Paradise?......Page 218 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Programming and the Registry: A Developer[TITLE]#146;s Paradise?......Page 220 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:The Performance Monitor Meets the Registry......Page 222 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:The Performance Monitor Meets the Registry......Page 225 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:The Performance Monitor Meets the Registry......Page 228 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:The Performance Monitor Meets the Registry......Page 234 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:The Performance Monitor Meets the Registry......Page 237 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:The Windows and Office Registry Entries......Page 240 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:The Windows and Office Registry Entries......Page 243 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:The Windows and Office Registry Entries......Page 246 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:The Windows and Office Registry Entries......Page 249 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:The Windows and Office Registry Entries......Page 252 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:The Windows and Office Registry Entries......Page 255 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:The Windows and Office Registry Entries......Page 258 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:The Windows and Office Registry Entries......Page 261 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:The Windows and Office Registry Entries......Page 265 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:The Windows and Office Registry Entries......Page 269 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:The Windows and Office Registry Entries......Page 273 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Networking 2000 User Interface: Changing How It Looks......Page 275 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Networking 2000 User Interface: Changing How It Looks......Page 277 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Networking 2000 User Interface: Changing How It Looks......Page 280 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Networking 2000 User Interface: Changing How It Looks......Page 282 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Networking 2000 User Interface: Changing How It Looks......Page 284 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Networking 2000 User Interface: Changing How It Looks......Page 287 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Networking 2000 User Interface: Changing How It Looks......Page 290 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Networking 2000 User Interface: Changing How It Looks......Page 292 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Networking 2000 User Interface: Changing How It Looks......Page 295 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Networking 2000 User Interface: Changing How It Looks......Page 298 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Microsoft Office Entries......Page 301 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Microsoft Office Entries......Page 303 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Microsoft Office Entries......Page 305 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Microsoft Office Entries......Page 308 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Microsoft Office Entries......Page 312 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Microsoft Office Entries......Page 315 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Microsoft Office Entries......Page 318 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Microsoft Office Entries......Page 321 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT......Page 324 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT......Page 327 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT......Page 330 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT......Page 332 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT......Page 335 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT......Page 338 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_CURRENT_USER and HKEY_USERS......Page 341 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_CURRENT_USER and HKEY_USERS......Page 344 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_CURRENT_USER and HKEY_USERS......Page 346 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_CURRENT_USER and HKEY_USERS......Page 349 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_CURRENT_USER and HKEY_USERS......Page 351 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_CURRENT_USER and HKEY_USERS......Page 353 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_CURRENT_USER and HKEY_USERS......Page 356 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_CURRENT_USER and HKEY_USERS......Page 358 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_CURRENT_USER and HKEY_USERS......Page 361 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_CURRENT_USER and HKEY_USERS......Page 363 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_CURRENT_USER and HKEY_USERS......Page 365 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_CURRENT_USER and HKEY_USERS......Page 367 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_CURRENT_USER and HKEY_USERS......Page 370 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_CURRENT_USER and HKEY_USERS......Page 373 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_CURRENT_USER and HKEY_USERS......Page 376 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_CURRENT_USER and HKEY_USERS......Page 379 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE......Page 382 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE......Page 385 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE......Page 388 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE......Page 392 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE......Page 395 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE......Page 398 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE......Page 401 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE......Page 404 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software......Page 407 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software......Page 410 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software......Page 413 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software......Page 416 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software......Page 419 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Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software......Page 456 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System and HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG......Page 459 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System and HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG......Page 462 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System and HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG......Page 466 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System and HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG......Page 469 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System and HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG......Page 472 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System and HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG......Page 475 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System and HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG......Page 478 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System and HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG......Page 481 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System and HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG......Page 485 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System and HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG......Page 488 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System and HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG......Page 491 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System and HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG......Page 493 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System and HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG......Page 496 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System and HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG......Page 498 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System and HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG......Page 501 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System and HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG......Page 504 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System and HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG......Page 507 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System and HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG......Page 510 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System and HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG......Page 513 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Introduction to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System and HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG......Page 516 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Common Hives and Keys......Page 519 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Registry Data Types......Page 533 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Where Can I Get More Help?......Page 545 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Performance Counters......Page 557 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Plug-and-Play Identifiers......Page 573 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Office 2000 CLSIDs......Page 583 Mastering Windows 2000 Registry:Index......Page 594

Expert Advice for Windows 2000 Administrators, Programmers, and Power Users

Mastering Windows 2000 Registry takes you to guruhood fast. Created for experienced system administrators, programmers, and consultants, this reference provides focused coverage of Windows' most important—and most challenging—element: the Registry. Inside, you'll learn to customize Windows 2000, optimize the network, and avoid scores of potential disasters, all by working with Registry settings. If you have to be prepared to troubleshoot the latest version of Windows, this guide is absolutely essential. Coverage includes:
* Understanding registry keys and data types
* Applying the secrets of the most important registry keys
* Adjusting the Windows UI through registry settings
* Using the registry in networking
* Optimizing performance by editing registry settings
* Working with registry tools
* Recovering from disasters
* Eliminating unwanted keys, entries, applications, and files
* Taking advantage of the registry in your own programs
* Tracking registry changes made by applications
* Navigating registry entries

Annotation The Registry, a critical file management system for Windows 95, 98, and NT, is a complex and misunderstood element of the Microsoft Operating System architecture. The Expert Guide to Windows 2000 Registry teaches readers about the Registry architecture and how it can be monitored and modified to suit their administrative and personal needs Some users of Windows NT know exactly what the registry is: a system designed to cause users and administrators to lose their hair.