Created for Windows power users and anyone who aspires to be one, Mastering Windows XP Registry provides focused, practical coverage of Windows' most important--and most challenging--element: the registry. Inside, you'll learn to customize Windows XP, optimize the network, and avoid scores of potential disasters, all by working with registry settings. If you're a power user, a system administrator, programmer, or consultant, this guide is absolutely essential.
Coverage includes: * Understanding registry keys and data types * Applying the secrets of the most important registry keys * Adjusting the Windows GUI through registry settings * Using the registry in networking * Optimizing performance by editing registry settings * Working with registry tools * Recovering from disasters * Eliminating unwanted keys, entries, applications, and files * Taking advantage of the registry in your own programs * Tracking registry changes made by applications * Navigating registry entries