Re: Registry questions

From: George J. Wallace (georgejwallace_at_msn.com)
Date: 09/18/04

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      Thanks Jerry, I dl'ed RegMon last night and it looks like it might do what
    I want. That still doesn't answer my questions, though. Where does the XP
    registry live and will I have to keep WinMe around just to keep the UER.DAT
    and SYSTEM.DAT files?
      Thanks again for any help you can give.
    "Jerry" <NoSpamChiefZeke@MSN.com> wrote in message
    news:uc5mTqHnEHA.952@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
    > There is software that will monitor registry changes and prepare a list
    for
    > you of changes made as you add programs.
    > Do a Google search.
    >
    > "George J. Wallace" <georgejwallace@msn.com> wrote in message
    > news:%23tkWgiHnEHA.3868@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
    > > Hi;
    > > I just added an extra HD to my WinMe machine, partitioned it as 3
    drives
    > > (D, E, F) and installed XP as a dual boot system on D. Now it's time to
    > > start installing my applications. I want to take a snapshot of the
    > > registry
    > > before and after each install and then run FC (File Compare) on the
    > > snapshots and keep a running list of what keys were added/altered by
    each
    > > program (I've found that alot of apps like NAV and Adobe Reader leave
    junk
    > > all over the place when uninstalled/upgraded).
    > > The question is "Where did the registry go?". I had assumed that XP
    > > would
    > > have its' own registry in D:\Windows but can't find a USER.DAT or
    > > SYSTEM.DAT
    > > anywhere on the D drive. Is NTUSER.DAT the equivalent of USER.DAT? If
    > > yes,
    > > then what's the equivalent of SYSTEM.DAT? I've searched the D drive for
    > > files containing HKEY_USERS and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE with no luck. Is XP
    > > relying on the files back in the WinMe partition and if so, am I forever
    > > stuck with keeping WinMe in order to keep those files?
    > > Any help/enlightment would be greatly appreciated.
    > >
    > > --
    > > George J. Wallace
    > >
    > >
    >
    >

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