Chapter 2: Registry Backup and Recovery

Overview

Solutions to problems are easy to find:
the problem's a great contribution.
What's truly an art is to wring from your mind
a problem to fit a solution.

Piet Hein
The Last Things First grook

What? A backup copy? What is a backup copy

A sad, everyday experience

If you're a system administrator or technical support specialist, you're certainly able to provide many examples illustrating situations where users called for technical support when encountering registry problems. Sometimes (fortunately, this case isn't common) the user encounters registry corruption problems before he or she can start Windows for the first time. Registry corruption is especially probable when inexperienced users modify the registry, because they often set incorrect values or even delete necessary keys. All these actions result in registry corruption.

Before proceeding any further, I recommend that you study alternative methods of modifying the registry and various techniques of registry backup and recovery. There are several alternative methods of editing the Windows NT/2000/XP registry you can use to solve the problem or configure the system parameters. Some of these methods were described in Chapter 1. Some Internet resources provide various tips on solving problems using complicated registry editing procedures. Users with a sound knowledge of Windows XP functionality may find simpler and, at the same time, more elegant solutions, since most problems can be solved using Control Panel applets and other administrative utilities.

Caution 

If you make an error while modifying the registry (for example, by setting incorrect values or deleting vital registry entries), you may prevent Windows NT/2000/XP from booting. Whenever possible, modify the system configuration using Control Panel applets or other administrative utilities. Registry editor should be used only as a last resort. System administrators may wish to restrict user access to the registry in order to protect the system configuration. This topic will be discussed in detail in Chapter 9.



Windows XP Registry
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