On 10/13/2010 12:50, none wrote:
Was wondering if there is a way to read an old registry (user.dat& system.dat from 9 years ago).
I need certain entries from that time but don't know how to scan the
registry.

Boot to DOS and enter
regedit /?
for the command syntax.

Say your old user.dat is in C:\Windows\Temp, and you want to export the
HKCU\Software key to the file C:\MyExport.txt.

regedit /R:C:\Windows\Temp\user.dat /E C:\MyExport.txt
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software

(I doublespaced the above for readability. Single space the command)