Appendix D. Per-Computer Settings

In Appendix C, you learned about many of the settings that Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Server (Windows) create for users in the registry. These settings are in HKCU. This appendix is about the per-computer settings in HKLM.

The branch HKLM\SOFTWARE is similar to HKCU\Software. In fact, the organization of this key is almost identical. The difference is that these settings are computer-oriented; they affect every user who logs on to the computer. However, you find some settings in both places, HKLM\SOFTWARE and HKCU\Software. This is common with Microsoft Office 2003 Editions and many of the policies in Windows, ...

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