Windows XPs Registry Editor application displays each of the main registry entry strings in the registry in its own window. A powerful administrative tool that only includs read-only mode(note the following Warning) and a security configuration, which allows you to restrict access to some registry strings, keys, and subkeys.
Using the Registry Editor is as simple as starting it. From a command prompt, type regedit to start the program. You can also select Start → Run, type RegEdit, and click the OK button to start the Registry Editor. In either case, typing RegEdt32 will have exactly the same effect in Windows XP.
Warning Registry Changes Are Permanent! All changes made with the Registry Editor are immediate and, for all intents, permanent! Though you can go back and manually undo a change made with the Registry Editor, everything that you change with the Registry Editor affects the current registry.
Unlike Windows 2000's RegEdt32, XP's Registry Editor does not have a read-only mode. There is no safety net and nothing to catch your bloopers and booboos, and generally you'll have to clean up your own mess. In other words, you are editing the real, working, live, honest-to-goodness registry—not a copy. There is no Save command in the Registry Editor; you type in a change, and it is saved right then and there. So, make sure you have a backup of the registry files before fiddling with registry.
Once started, the Registry Editor displays the current registry By default, this is the local registry. However, you can open a registry on a remote computer by selecting File → Connect Network Registry and entering the name of the computer whose registry you want to open. If you cannot remember the exact name of the desired computer, the Select Computer window displays a list of all computers found in the domain directory.
0 comments, (600 reads) All Articles by, GentleGiant