Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Inside Out Chapter 14 (Web hosting directory)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Inside Out Chapter 14 Once you connect, you get a new icon for the remote computer under your My Computer icon. Double-click this icon to access the physical root keys on the remote computer (HKEY_ LOCAL_MACHINE and HKEY_USERS). The logical root keys aren t available because they are either dynamically created or simply pointers to subsets of information from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and HKEY_USERS. You can then edit the computer s Registry as necessary. When you are done, you can select Disconnect Network Registry on the File menu and then choose the computer from which you want to disconnect. Registry Editor will then close the Registry on the remote computer and break the connection. When working with remote computers, you can also load or unload hives as discussed in the section Loading and Unloading Hives later in this chapter. If you re wondering why you would do this, the primary reason is to work with a specific hive, such as the hive that points to Jo Brown s user profile because she inadvertently changed the display mode to an invalid setting and can no longer access the computer locally. With her user profile data loaded, you could then edit the Registry to correct the problem and then save the changes so that she can once again log on to the system. Importing and Exporting Registry Data Sometimes you might find that it is necessary or useful to copy all or part of the Registry to a file. For example, if you ve installed a service or component that requires extensive configuration, you might want to use it on another computer without having to go through the whole configuration process again. So, instead, you would install the service or component baseline on the new computer, then export the application s Registry settings from the previous computer, copy them over to the other computer, and then import the Registry settings so that the service or component is properly configured. Of course, this technique works only if the complete configuration of the service or component is stored in the Registry, but you can probably see how useful being able to import and export Registry data can be. By using Registry Editor, it is fairly easy to import and export Registry data. This includes the entire Registry, branches of data stemming from a particular root key, and individual subkeys and the values they contain. When you export data, you create a .reg file that contains the designated Registry data. This Registry file is a script that can then be loaded back into the Registry of this or any other computer by importing it. Note Because the Registry script is written as standard text, you could view it and, if necessary, modify it in any standard text editor as well. Be aware, however, that double-clicking the .reg file launches Registry Editor, which prompts you as to whether you want to import the data into the Registry. If you are concerned about this, save the data to a file with the .hiv extension because double-clicking files with this extension won t start Registry Editor. Files with the .hiv extension must be manually imported (or you could simply change the file extension to .reg when it is time to use the data). 430 Part 4: Managing Windows Server 2003 Systems
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