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Understanding the Windows 2003 Registry

In this article we?ll dive into the Windows 2003 Registry and take a quick look at what it is, how you can configure it remotely and how to backup and restore it. This document is intended to be a reference that will help you to understand the core of Microsoft?s later generation operating system.

Introduced with Windows 95, the Registry is a central repository for unique user and machine configuration data. In basic terms, it is a big database that holds all of the Windows 2003 configuration information ? settings relative to user accounts, machine hardware and applications. Everything from user preferences (such as the background colour, screensaver, etc), to encrypted local account passwords are in there. Understanding the Windows 2003 Registry

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