The Windows Registry organizes all Windows system and user settings into a hierarchical structure of keys and values, replacing the older INI files. Each key contains specific types of data, and ...

“Centralized configuration database” is Microsoft’s long and rather more formal way of saying “registry” – that somewhat eccentric hierarchical database that now has a pivotal role in Windows ...

Any administrator who has worked with computers running Windows NT or any other Microsoft Windows systems should be familiar with the registry. Microsoft defines the registry as "a unified database ...

I vividly recall my first encounter with the Windows Registry. It was around a decade ago, while I was troubleshooting an issue with the PC, when an online tutorial suggested editing the registry as a ...

A handy tip was shared online this week, showing how you can use PowerShell to monitor changes to the Windows Registry over time. As Windows updates, application installs, setting changes, and malware ...