This looks nice indeed. Is there a similar application that would
be able to monitor the whole windows registry (not only certain
branches as does Spybot's tea timer for example) ?
Thanks in advance.
Several options:
There are monitors that show all registry activity but unless you
use a filter to focus on specific branches, they show a very large
number of data that's essentially useless.
If you want something that will alert you when a program attempts to
make any change in the registry, you might have a few options. I
would suggest trying MJ Registry Watcher (search in google--don't
have the url right now). It only monitors specific branches but it
is very customizable and you can add as many branches as you want.
It will take some time to do that but if that's what you want.... I
should add, however, that if you do that, the alerts will probably
drive you crazy...there are many temporary changes in the registry
that occur with normal activity. Still...if you are interested in a
registry monitor, check out that program. It has a very
comprehensive list of branches and it's better than other programs
of its kind, including tea timer. It has a few minor bugs but they
do not cause problems or interfere with the basic functioning of the
program (and the author is working on them). Also, the
documentation is not great but there is a users' forum and the
author answers questions.
Another option is to use a program that takes a snapshot of the
registry and when you run it again later it shows you all the
changes. You can use one of the programs that monitor
installations. For example, I think that Total Uninstall can be
used for that purpose. The advantage of that method is that you
don't get all the unessential, temporary registry activity but only
the changes that you are probably interested in. So, for example,
if you take a snapshot once a week, you can have a record of the
registry changes that occured during that week (or, during any
interval you want). The disadvantage, of course, is that you do not
get an alert the moment the change occurs.
You could, of course, use a combination of the above methods (I do).
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