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    Windows 98 Registery... ?

    What is Windows... Registery. for...?
    I have read some thing about a it But I wanted to completely understand Windows 98 Registery.. As Windows Help is Quite.. For the Case...
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    Imagine it as a bit system database....stores settings for the system and the applications

    When you click on a doc file, how does it know to open it with word? - registry
    How does a system know its host name? - registry

    There's a rather good book called Windows Registry in 24 hours (and suprisingly it is good for a 24 hours book)

    I dont know if its still published......but its a good start....

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    I wanted to Somewhat Play with the Registery.. Also..

    Originally posted by Fordy
    Imagine it as a bit system database....stores settings for the system and the applications

    When you click on a doc file, how does it know to open it with word? - registry
    How does a system know its host name? - registry

    There's a rather good book called Windows Registry in 24 hours (and suprisingly it is good for a 24 hours book)

    I dont know if its still published......but its a good start....
    I also after understanding what is the Registery doing on the back end... I Also wanted to play with the Registery... to Check what really is the Power in Registery.. of Windows.
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    In which file... Registery Values ARe Stored???

    How can I Set Speed of Menu Show Delay.. With Registery???
    That... is What I had read somewhere.. so I made a concept that .. registery controls... Every thing.. but where all these Registery Values aRe Stored...????
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    Originally posted by Salem
    http://www.annoyances.org/ has a lot of info about fiddling with the UI aspects of windows
    I have visited the Site.. But I could't Find.. In Detail.. what do i Want....
    I want some tips and Tricks... of Registery...
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    www.regedit.com

    if that doens't help u nothing will!

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    Originally posted by Ride -or- Die
    www.regedit.com

    if that doens't help u nothing will!
    I have visited the site.. but i wanted here to discuss the hidden tricks.. on this Board... of Registery..
    One day you will ask what more important to you..
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    Theres too many to discuss.

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    Imagine the registry literally as the spinal cord for your computer and the operating system.

    You mess with that unstable thing at your own peril.

    I warn you now-- back up everything you don't want to lose, and in fact, use regedit to make a copy of your registry before you fool with it and save it in the root of your C:\ drive you so can access it with an emergency boot disk.

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    whooo, how cool my start menu now has my name. Whooo. (yes I realize this is actuly a hex change, but um i dont' care.

    Anyways. that's the only thing that worked in what I did. Everything else didnt'.
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    ..or you could do USEFUL things like edit IE part of registry to kill pop ups,stop web sites removing tool bars and stuff..and lots of other stuff
    Such is life.

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    Go to www.sysinternals.com .....its a site created and run by Mark Russinovich........on there he has an app called regmon......it's a realtime windows into the registry to allow you to view the system writting and reading to and from the various keys

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    edit IE part of registry to kill pop ups
    Can u do that in xp??

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