Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Inside Out (Remote web server) Inside Out
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Inside Out Inside Out Chapter 14 Using export and import processes to distribute Registry changes The export and import processes provide a convenient way to distribute Registry changes to users. You could, for example, export a subkey with an important configuration change and then mail the associated .reg file to users so they could import it simply by double-clicking it. Alternately, you could copy the .reg file to a network share where users could access and load it. Either way, you have a quick and easy way to distribute Registry changes. Officially, however, distributing Registry changes in this manner is frowned upon because of the potential security problems associated with doing so. The preferred technique is to distribute Registry changes through Group Policy as discussed in Part 7. Loading and Unloading Hive Files Just as you sometimes must import or export Registry data, you ll sometimes need to work with individual hive files. The most common reason for doing this, as discussed previously, is when you must modify a user s profile to correct an issue that prevents the user from accessing or using a system. Here, you would load the user s Ntuser.dat file into Registry Editor and then make the necessary changes. Another reason for doing this would be to change a particular part of the Registry on a remote system. For example, if you needed to repair an area of the Registry, you could load the related hive file into the Registry of another machine and then repair the problem on the remote machine. Loading and unloading hives affects only HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and HKEY_USERS, and you can perform these actions only when one of these root keys is selected. Rather than replacing the selected root key, the hive you are loading then becomes a subkey of that root key. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and HKEY_USERS are of course used to build all the logical root keys used on a system, so you could in fact work with any area of the Registry. After you select either HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_USERS in Registry Editor, you can load a hive for the current machine or another machine by selecting Load Hive on the File menu. Registry Editor then prompts you for the location and name of the previously saved hive file. Select the file, and then click Open. Afterward, enter a name for the key under which the hive will reside while it is loaded into the current system s Registry, and then click OK. 432 Part 4: Managing Windows Server 2003 Systems
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