Exporter (0) Imprimer Développer tout  Inside the Registry  By
Mark Russinovich   Article from Windows NT Magazine  The
Registry is the centralized configuration database for Windows
NT and Windows 2000, as well as for applications. The Registry
stores information about tuning parameters, device
configuration, and user preferences. Many books and articles can
help you learn about the logical layout of the Registry. These
resources describe where the Registry stores specific
configuration settings, which values the settings can store, and
what happens when you change the settings.  However, these
resources don't describe how NT physically manages the Registry.
In other words, how do NT and Windows 2000 organize the Registry
on disk, how do these OSs locate and retrieve configuration
information when an application requests this information, and
what measures do they employ to protect this database that's so
crucial to their operation?  This month, I'll show you how the
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