Re: unable to boot into xp

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Thankyou for the additional information in that it is Remote Hives and not simply previous versions when using regedit.

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"John John" <audetweld@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23EFOkvDCHHA.3620@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Windows NT and Windows 2000 cannot load remote hives using Regedit, with these earlier NT versions you have to use Regedt32 to perform the operation. Also, in these earlier versions Regedit cannot do registry security and permissions and it cannot do certain types of values like REG_MULTI_SZ REG_EXPAND_Z, these have to be done with Regedt32. Of course Regedit can load the local hives and it can connect to a network registry, but it can't do what is shown in the article in question. On these earlier Windows versions Regedt32 is the real registry editor, Regedit was thrown in mostly for its search capabilities and value renaming abilities that Regedt32 doesn't have. With Windows XP onward the capabilities of Regedt32 were all rolled up and included in the new Regedit version.

John

Brian A wrote:

I'm sure this was a mistype on your part.
<quote>
Windows versions prior to XP cannot load registry hives with Regedit, that is why the article instructs you to use Regedt32.
</quote>

Prior versions did use regedit.


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