Paperback: 528 pages
Publisher: Microsoft Press (October 11, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0735617880
ISBN-13: 978-0735617889

This book contains information that you're not going to find in any other book about the Windows XP registry. You'll learn how to track down where Windows XP and other programs store settings in the registry. You'll learn how to write scripts to edit the registry. You'll discover registry hacks that are both unique and useful. And you'll read about my personal experiences with the registry and what I consider my best practices. For example, in Chapter 2, "USing the Registry Editor," you'll learn how I quickly document my changes to the registry--right in the registry itself.

That's all stuff for power users, but more than half of this book is for IT professionals. Whether you're a desktop engineer, deployment engineer, or a support technician, you'll learn techniques that will make your job easier. A lot of the book focuses on how the registry affects Windows XP and Office XP deployment. You'll learn about creating and deploying setting with Windows XP and Office XP. You'll even learn how to buide your own Windows Installer package files expressly for managing settings in the registry. The best part is that just about every tool I suggest in this book is either free or very inexpensive.