Viewing external Registry

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I have a registry that I exported from a server and would like to
view on a desktop. what can I use to view this?
 
If you mean a REG file you can use notepad.exe

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| I have a registry that I exported from a server and would like to
| view on a desktop. what can I use to view this?
 
If you mean a REG file you can use notepad.exe

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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| I have a registry that I exported from a server and would like to
| view on a desktop. what can I use to view this?
 
thank you,
do you know where in a W2K registry would I find what services are
running and what software is installed?
 
thank you,
do you know where in a W2K registry would I find what services are
running and what software is installed?
 
In said:
I have a registry that I exported from a server and would like to
view on a desktop. what can I use to view this?
Click to expand...

It might be easier and more useful to copy the servers freshly backed
up hive files on disk, then "load" them into regedt32 on another
system....
 
In said:
I have a registry that I exported from a server and would like to
view on a desktop. what can I use to view this?
Click to expand...

It might be easier and more useful to copy the servers freshly backed
up hive files on disk, then "load" them into regedt32 on another
system....
 
Patrick said:
do you know where in a W2K registry would I find what
services are running
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The keys under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\
will give you an indication (note that if the "Start" value is set
to 4, the service is disabled)

and what software is installed?
Click to expand...

The keys under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
will give you an indication
 
Patrick said:
do you know where in a W2K registry would I find what
services are running
Click to expand...

The keys under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\
will give you an indication (note that if the "Start" value is set
to 4, the service is disabled)

and what software is installed?
Click to expand...

The keys under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
will give you an indication
 
thank you very much for the quick response

The keys under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\
will give you an indication (note that if the "Start" value is set
to 4, the service is disabled)



The keys under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
will give you an indication
Click to expand...
 
thank you very much for the quick response

The keys under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\
will give you an indication (note that if the "Start" value is set
to 4, the service is disabled)



The keys under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
will give you an indication
Click to expand...
 
0x0 "Boot" Represents a part of the driver stack for the boot volume and
must therefore be loaded by the Boot Loader.
0x1 "System" Represents a driver to be loaded subsystem at Kernel
initialization.
0x2 "Automatic" To be loaded or started automatically for all startups,
regardless of service type.
0x3 "Manual" Available, regardless of type, but will not be started until
the user starts it (for example, by using the Devices icon in Control
Panel).
0x4 "Disabled" NOT TO BE STARTED UNDER ANY CONDITIONS.


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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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| can you tell me what status for the service the number 1,2,3, stand
| for? thanks
 
0x0 "Boot" Represents a part of the driver stack for the boot volume and
must therefore be loaded by the Boot Loader.
0x1 "System" Represents a driver to be loaded subsystem at Kernel
initialization.
0x2 "Automatic" To be loaded or started automatically for all startups,
regardless of service type.
0x3 "Manual" Available, regardless of type, but will not be started until
the user starts it (for example, by using the Devices icon in Control
Panel).
0x4 "Disabled" NOT TO BE STARTED UNDER ANY CONDITIONS.


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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:
| can you tell me what status for the service the number 1,2,3, stand
| for? thanks
 
when I export the registry from the remote server, can I export the
whole reg or do I just need the hive. I have an entire registry
exported and regedt32 is asking me to load a hive. I point to the
registry i have saved then put in a hive name but it says it cannot
complete the operation.
 
when I export the registry from the remote server, can I export the
whole reg or do I just need the hive. I have an entire registry
exported and regedt32 is asking me to load a hive. I point to the
registry i have saved then put in a hive name but it says it cannot
complete the operation.
 
In said:
when I export the registry from the remote server, can I export
the whole reg or do I just need the hive. I have an entire
Click to expand...

"Export" is traditionally a term used to describe saving portions of
the registry to a text (typical .REG) file.
registry exported and regedt32 is asking me to load a hive. I
point to the registry i have saved then put in a hive name but it
says it cannot complete the operation.
Click to expand...

The ntbackup.exe when making an ERD (and with the box, "Also
backup..." checked) will save the system (and the logged Admin
user's) registry hives to files at %systemroot%\repair\RegBack\ as
files. Binary Hive files.

It is these files (not "exports") that may be "loaded" into
regedt32.exe (regedit on XP) on the same or other machine. One
cannot "Load hive..." a text REG file. Since you just want to
read/search many cautions omitted here, but be sure to "unload" the
hive file before exiting the registry editor. It seems you would
want primarity the hive files SOFTWARE and SYSTEM for your
investigation.
 
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