Windows NT Registry Guide

This package focuses on specific information about the Windows Operating System, Windows NT Services, DCOM and Windows 32 API and how each relates to the Registry and makes use of it. Programming guidelines for accessing, maintaining and utilizing the registry are included.

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The Windows NT Registry is a key component of the Windows NT operating system that stores and controls the access of information used to initialize and configure Windows NT applications. All technologies on the Windows NT platform make extensive use of the Registry and its features. The Windows NT Registry Guide will provide you with guidelines for accessing, maintaining, and utilizing the Registry. The first part of this book explains how to edit the Registry as well as how to program to it. The second part of the book unveils the mysterious information stored in the Registry and how that information affects your application development. It covers the Registry's role in relation to a number of emerging technologies you will be using (if you aren't already), including DCOM and ActiveX. The Windows NT Registry Guide includes: *A thorough description and C++ examples of how to use each Windows Registry API function. *Tips and examples for using the Registry API in Visual Basic. *An explanation of how the Event Log and Performance Monitor make use of the Registry in order to produce their functionality. *Information on how to implement self-registering DLL and EXE applications.*
A discussion of the Registry's role in supporting a number of emerging technologies, including ActiveX.Practical examples demonstrate the use of the Registry feature. The enclosed disk contains the source code from the examples included in the book. Weiying Chen is a software consultant working for Microsoft. She specializes in developing Windows NT applications. Her current technology focus is OLE and ActiveX. She has contributed to both ActiveX Unleashed and NT Server Unleashed. Wayne Berry is a Microsoft developer who co-authored ActiveX Unleashed and specializes in Web design for the Internet. Wayne can be contacted at waynebe@microsoft.com 0201694735B04062001