Registry Editor

Summary

Provides a means for configuring applications, programs, and the operating system. The registry database is stored in a binary system called “hives”

Registry Keys

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (HKLM) contains the database for the machine as as whole and ti’s settings HKEY_UESRS database includes settings hat apply to the indivdual profiles HKEY_CURRENT_USER is a subset of HKEY_USERS with the settings for logged in user.

Hives

Hive files are just a single file without an extension inside of the C:\Windows\System32\Config folder

Editing the Registry

The registry has subfolders which contain additional entries. A value entry has three parts

1. the name of the value
2. the data type of the value
3. the value itself

The registry can be exported in a way that thenc an be importd into any other operating windows operating system running the same major version.