IT Troubleshooting

Registry info

Everything you always wanted to know about the registry, but were afraid to ask...

• Resource Kit Registry Reference - Windows 2003
• 256986 - Windows registry information for advanced users
• 100010 - What are Control Sets? What is CurrentControlSet?
• 179365 - INFO: Run, RunOnce, RunServices, RunServicesOnce and Startup
• Windows Registry Information Database - by Jon Wallace



• 141377 - Differences Between Regedit.exe and Regedt32.exe
• 305097 - How to view the system registry by using 64-bit versions of Windows
• 310516 - HOW TO: Add, Modify, or Delete Registry Subkeys and Values by Using a Registration Entries (.reg) File
• 264584 - How to change registry values or permissions from a command line or a script
• 322756 - How to back up and restore the registry in Windows XP and Windows Vista



• Registry Reflection in Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 x64? Gone for Good! - by Helge Klein
• 831787 - “Prevent Access to Registry Editing Tools” policy changes in Windows XP and in Windows Server 2003



• 124594 - Understanding and Configuring Registry Size Limit (RSL)
• 317382 - HOW TO: Use the Registry Size Estimator Tool (Dureg.exe)
• 292726 - Registry Size Limit functionality has been removed from Windows Server 2003 and from Windows XP



• The Windows Registry in Terminal Server Environments - by Brian Madden

Known issues

• 822705 - Registry troubleshooting steps for advanced users
• 948698 - You cannot use the Reg.exe utility to access 64-bit registry keys on a 64-bit computer from a computer that is running a 32-bit version of Windows Server 2003
• 2021860 - Unable to delete certain registry keys - Error while deleting key

Registry hacks

• JSI FAQ - thousands of reghacks, by Jerold Schulman
• Windows Registry Guide - formerly RegEdit.com

Registry tools

• Free tool: List Registry Links (REG_LINK) - by Helge Klein
• Registry Commander - shows registry key time stamps
• RegShot - monitors registry changes through registry snapshots
• RegMon - monitors registry changes in real time
• RegToADM - create custom ADM from exported REG file, by Yizhar Hurwitz