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<blockquote data-quote="Bluleaf" data-source="post: 2991914" data-attributes="member: 118847"><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: darkred"><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/nerd.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":nerd:" title="Nerd :nerd:" data-shortname=":nerd:" /> Windows System Registry<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/nerd.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":nerd:" title="Nerd :nerd:" data-shortname=":nerd:" /> </span></span></span></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkred">Understanding the basic structure</span></span></span></strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="color: darkred">Windows is what is known as a "graphical user interface", allowing users to point and click their way through various icons to change settings via various checkboxes and menus. However, there is another way to customize virtually everything in the operating system all from a single point - the System Registry. In fact, some options can only be set via the System Registry - the choice simply doesn't exist in the graphical menus. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="color: darkred">Almost all software installed on the PC will impact the System Registry. Preferences regarding hardware, options, and other software settings will all be added to the huge database of the Registry. Thus the System Registry isn't just the central nervous system for the Operating System (OS), it's the central nervous system for the OS and any applications installed to that OS. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="color: darkred">The System Registry is also where malware "registers" itself to run on the system, or makes other modifications that can have a critical impact on the functioning of your PC. Thus, familiarizing yourself with the System Registry is not just a good way to tweak your PC, it's essential if you wish to be able to manually defend it. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="color: darkred">The System Registy operates much like Windows Explorer. That is to say, top tier items are folders known as keys which, when expanded, display various second tier items, also known as keys. Additional third-tier keys may also be contained within second tier keys, etc. In other words, just as Windows has folders and subfolders, the registry has keys and subkeys. Within those keys are values. To see the values a particular key contains, you first select (highlight) the key in the left pane, and the value(s) will appear in the right pane. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="color: darkred">When a key is collapsed - that is to say, all the other keys within it are not visible - a + sign will appear to the left of the key name in the left pane. Clicking the + sign will expand that key. The key will now have a - sign to the left of it and second tier keys will be seen below it. When a + sign appears to the left of a key name, it means that other keys are contained within it. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="color: darkred">More on this topic: </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="color: darkred"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Symbol'">· </span></span><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Accessing the System Registry</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="color: darkred"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Symbol'">· </span></span><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Backing up the System Registry</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="color: darkred"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Symbol'">· </span></span><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Backing up individual keys</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="color: darkred"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Symbol'">· </span></span><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Modifying or deleting values</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="color: darkred"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">ctd..........</span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluleaf, post: 2991914, member: 118847"] [B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=5][COLOR=darkred]:nerd: Windows System Registry:nerd: [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkred]Understanding the basic structure[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Century Gothic][COLOR=darkred]Windows is what is known as a "graphical user interface", allowing users to point and click their way through various icons to change settings via various checkboxes and menus. However, there is another way to customize virtually everything in the operating system all from a single point - the System Registry. In fact, some options can only be set via the System Registry - the choice simply doesn't exist in the graphical menus. [/COLOR][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Century Gothic][COLOR=darkred]Almost all software installed on the PC will impact the System Registry. Preferences regarding hardware, options, and other software settings will all be added to the huge database of the Registry. Thus the System Registry isn't just the central nervous system for the Operating System (OS), it's the central nervous system for the OS and any applications installed to that OS. [/COLOR][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Century Gothic][COLOR=darkred]The System Registry is also where malware "registers" itself to run on the system, or makes other modifications that can have a critical impact on the functioning of your PC. Thus, familiarizing yourself with the System Registry is not just a good way to tweak your PC, it's essential if you wish to be able to manually defend it. [/COLOR][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Century Gothic][COLOR=darkred]The System Registy operates much like Windows Explorer. That is to say, top tier items are folders known as keys which, when expanded, display various second tier items, also known as keys. Additional third-tier keys may also be contained within second tier keys, etc. In other words, just as Windows has folders and subfolders, the registry has keys and subkeys. Within those keys are values. To see the values a particular key contains, you first select (highlight) the key in the left pane, and the value(s) will appear in the right pane. [/COLOR][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Century Gothic][COLOR=darkred]When a key is collapsed - that is to say, all the other keys within it are not visible - a + sign will appear to the left of the key name in the left pane. Clicking the + sign will expand that key. The key will now have a - sign to the left of it and second tier keys will be seen below it. When a + sign appears to the left of a key name, it means that other keys are contained within it. [/COLOR][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Century Gothic][COLOR=darkred]More on this topic: [/COLOR][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Century Gothic][COLOR=darkred][COLOR=#333333][FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#333333][FONT=Verdana]Accessing the System Registry[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][COLOR=darkred][COLOR=#333333][FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#333333][FONT=Verdana]Backing up the System Registry[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][COLOR=darkred][COLOR=#333333][FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#333333][FONT=Verdana]Backing up individual keys[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][COLOR=darkred][COLOR=#333333][FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#333333][FONT=Verdana]Modifying or deleting values[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][COLOR=darkred][COLOR=#333333][FONT=Verdana][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][COLOR=darkred][COLOR=#333333][FONT=Verdana]ctd..........[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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