[BC] RE: The registry

[Jeff Johnson]

The major 'gotcha' with the registry, is that changes are made instantly.

Much of it is decipherable mainly to those familiar with the minutiae of 
the particular apps they program or the gearheads at M'soft.

It is a rather gigantic database of everything the computer needs to know 
about itself. It is stored in *.dat files.

A couple of areas to get to know are 'run' keys and the Winlogon page. 
There is more than one 'run' key - one for each user and the 'local 
machine'. If unwanted apps or services are starting on boot, they may 
appear in one of these 'run' keys if not found in any of the 'Startup' 
directories in the file system.

Jeff.Johnson at goodnews.net