Managing Windows NT Registry (Paperback)

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Product Description

The Windows NT Registry is the repository for all hardware, software, and application configuration settings. Managing the Windows NT Registry is the system administrator's guide to maintaining, monitoring, and updating the Registry database. The book addresses four main areas:

• What the Registry is and where it lives on disk; includes a discussion of disaster recovery
• Available tools; includes Resource Kit utilities as well as the Registry Editors
• How to access the Registry from a program; includes examples in C++, Visual Basic, and Perl
• Registry content; includes descriptions of selected undocumented keys and a searchable online database

About the Author

Robichaux is an experienced software developer and author and the principal of Robichaux and Associates, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 360 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 1 edition (May 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565923782
• ISBN-13: 978-1565923782
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,468,003 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good book for beginners, July 28, 1998

By	"webgeekinc" (Port Charlotte, FL United States) - See all my reviews

Like most of the books on the Registry, this book does a very good job of explaining how to use RegEdit and RegEdt32. But in my opinion, it spends way to much time talking about "how" to access the registry and doesn't go into enough detail on what's in the registry. There's no comprehensive list of registry entries. If you are an NT administrator, there is some of the best information I've ever seen on policies here.

If you don't own any books on the Registry and you need a beginner's book on "How To" access the registry, this is the book you want. Otherwise, there are much better books on the subject.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Complete, useful & accessible treatment of WinNT registry, June 12, 1998

By A Customer

This book meets O'Reilly's usual high standards. I write books about Windows NT, and thought I knew the registry pretty thoroughly, but I learned several new things in almost every chapter.