This
chapter won??™t discuss application or other settings that you??™d normally read about in a book
dedicated to the registry.
In this chapter, you??™ll learn how to do the following:
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Start and configure both RegEdit and SCRegEdit
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Script registry entries using RegIni
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Configure the console
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Configure the environment
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Manage hardware settings
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Manage software settings
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ESSENTIAL REGISTRY HACKS
Starting and Configuring the Registry Editor
As previously mentioned, the registry is a huge hierarchical database and like most databases, you
need tools to modify it. Applications modify portions of the registry all of the time. For example,
when you save your user settings, they very often appear in the registry and the application makes
the appropriate changes. However, you also need generic tools to work with the registry. Although
you??™ll find third-party tools on the market to work with the entire registry, you also have access to
two tools in Windows to perform the work.
The first tool is RegEdit, which provides both a command line interface and a GUI. Interestingly
enough, the RegEdit GUI works in Server Core so you can use either interface or both as needed.
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