Troubleshooting File System Problems

Chapter 4 describes the way that the system and applications store data in the registry, making registry-related problems such as misconfigured security and missing registry values and keys the source of many system and application failures. The system and applications also use files to store data, and they access executable and DLL image files. Misconfigured NTFS security and missing files or directories are therefore also a common source of system and application failures. This is because the system and applications often make assumptions about what they should be able to access and then misbehave in unexpected ways when the assumptions are violated.

Filemon shows all file activity as it occurs, which makes ...

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