Viewing Windows 2000 registry files

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Andrew S.

I am using a disk imaging utility to deploy Windows 2000. I need to
check a setting in the registry on one of my builds and have the
ability using a tool to extract individual files. Is there a way to
extract the regsitry files (system.dat and user.dat) and view them in
regedit or regedt32?

If the native Microsoft registry tools do not work for this purpose,
is there a third party tool I can use to open these files and view
them?
 
Those files are not used with Windows 2000 but regedt32.exe will work for
the Windows 2000 registry files.

You'll find them in
%windir%\system32\config

the current_user hive is in
%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\%username%\ntuser.dat

The last reg backup files in
%windir%\repair\RegBack

and the original as-installed files in
%windir%\repair


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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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:
| I am using a disk imaging utility to deploy Windows 2000. I need to
| check a setting in the registry on one of my builds and have the
| ability using a tool to extract individual files. Is there a way to
| extract the regsitry files (system.dat and user.dat) and view them in
| regedit or regedt32?
|
| If the native Microsoft registry tools do not work for this purpose,
| is there a third party tool I can use to open these files and view
| them?
 
It appears the file I need is one called 'software'. I have tried
opening it with the Win2k version of regedt32.exe but there is no
option I can find to just view the contents of the file. It seems
that I would need to apply the registry key in order to view it. Are
there any utilities out there that would just allow me to view it?

Please assist.
 
Run regedt32, then from the Local Machine Hive, choose Registry|Load Hive.
Then navigate to the location of the hive you want to edit (software). Give
it some tempname (doesn't matter what). Then when your done, move the cursor
back to tempname, then Registry|Unload Hive, Registry|Exit


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect


:
| It appears the file I need is one called 'software'. I have tried
| opening it with the Win2k version of regedt32.exe but there is no
| option I can find to just view the contents of the file. It seems
| that I would need to apply the registry key in order to view it. Are
| there any utilities out there that would just allow me to view it?
|
| Please assist.
 
Dave,

However well that regedt32 works, it does not seem to work on files no
located corectly. We have the same issues with Ghost images. Usin
Ghost Explorer, I can got in an fetch back the config, RegBackup, an
other directories, however i need to put them in a separat
subdirectory such as D:\analyze to keep them from overwriting m
system's working files. When you bring up RegEdt32, it only has th
option of loading your own values or the values on another networ
connected running machine. There is not option to load from file
store elsewhere, such as D:\Analyze\config....

Dave said:
*Those files are not used with Windows 2000 but regedt32.exe wil
work for
the Windows 2000 registry files.

You'll find them in
%windir%\system32\config

the current_user hive is in
%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\%username%\ntuser.dat

The last reg backup files in
%windir%\repair\RegBack

and the original as-installed files in
%windir%\repair


--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect


:
| I am using a disk imaging utility to deploy Windows 2000. I nee
to
| check a setting in the registry on one of my builds and have the
| ability using a tool to extract individual files. Is there a wa
to
| extract the regsitry files (system.dat and user.dat) and view the
in
| regedit or regedt32?
|
| If the native Microsoft registry tools do not work for thi
purpose,
| is there a third party tool I can use to open these files and view
| them?
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Never heard of this issue before. regedt32.exe cares nothing about the
location of the hive you're wanting to load. You just wouldn't be able to
load a hive that is already in use.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect


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|
| Dave,
|
| However well that regedt32 works, it does not seem to work on files not
| located corectly. We have the same issues with Ghost images. Using
| Ghost Explorer, I can got in an fetch back the config, RegBackup, and
| other directories, however i need to put them in a separate
| subdirectory such as D:\analyze to keep them from overwriting my
| system's working files. When you bring up RegEdt32, it only has the
| option of loading your own values or the values on another network
| connected running machine. There is not option to load from files
| store elsewhere, such as D:\Analyze\config....
 
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