WINDOWS 2000 REGISTRY FOR DUMMIES

Navigate the Registry with our unique fold-out map

Fine-tune your Registry with confidence — and turbocharge your system! If you're looking for an easy-to-follow road map to reliable Registry improvements, you've come to the right place. Whether you're a power user running Windows 2000 Professional or a network administrator running Windows 2000 Server, this friendly, failsafe guide delivers the tools you need to tinker with the Registry — and make your system faster, easier to use, and more secure. all this on the bonus CD-ROM RegMon freeware version — Watch Registry changes occur in real time Multi-Remote Registry Change 3.1 demo version — Make a Registry change and roll it out quickly over your network InstallWatch Basic 1.1 freeware version — Monitors changes that applications make to the operating system as they install PC with Pentium 166 or faster with 32MB RAM, Windows 2000 (any version); CD-ROM Drive (4x or faster). For complete information and system requirements, see the CD Appendix.

Discover how to: Customize the Registry to enhance Windows 2000 performance Create Registry backups to avoid disaster Make changes using control panels, REGEDIT, and REGEDIT32 Troubleshoot Registry problems Roll out Registry tweaks across a network

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PART I: Start Your Engines: Introducing the Registry.

Chapter 1: Why Does the Registry Matter?

Chapter 2: Registry Backup 101.

Chapter 3: Editing the Registry without a Registry Editor.

Chapter 4: Registry Editors, from Headlights to Taillights.

PART II: Rally Map: The Registry's Structure.

Chapter 5: Where the Files Are.

Chapter 6: The Registry's Logical Structure.

PART III: Mag Wheels and Pinstripes: Customizing the Registry.

Chapter 7: Customizing Security with the Registry.

Chapter 8: Customizing User Profiles.

Chapter 9: Customizing the Desktop.

PART IV: Flat Repair: Troubleshooting the Registry.

Chapter 10: A Dozen Registry Problems (And Solutions!).

Chapter 11: Restoring the Registry.

PART V: For Rally Masters Only: The Networked Registry.

Chapter 12: Network Management and the Registry.

Chapter 13: Network Services and the Registry.

PART VI: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 14: Ten (Or So) Registry Tricks.

Chapter 15: Ten (Or So) More Registry Tricks.

Appendix: About the CD.

Index.

IDG Books Worldwide End-User License Agreement.

Installation Instructions.

Book Registration Information.