The registry has evoked emotions from terror to mystery. Few Windows XP users consider the registry their friend. After all, think of it: The registry is the heart and soul of the Windows XP operating system. The registry is everything-it is the brain of the operating system. Damage the registry, and Windows XP quickly develops brain damage and needs major surgery.
This is it-the only book on the Windows XP registry that you will need. Now, I won't kid you; there are a few other books on the Windows registry. Every current version of Windows uses a similar registry structure, but we do find that there are sufficient differences between them make it difficult for one book to cover everything well.
Will you need another book or tool besides this book? Maybe not. But I do recommend that you get Microsoft's Windows XP Resource Kit, too; it has a lot of good utilities that you will find invaluable. The Windows XP Resource Kit also has a lot of good non-registry stuff. This book covers the Windows XP registry from A to Z. I've covered the standard stuff, from things that most of us should know to things that are not documented at all and are probably only known by a very few first-rate system administrators.
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