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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.
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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) |
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On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:04:59 -0400, Bill Blanton
wrote: 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) Wow, this is great to know. Yet all the windows reg editors insist on using the registry that's in use at the time. How come none (none?) allow one to specify the address like the dos version does? There are other occasions when one would want to examine a registry, like if one had a copy of a partition, but not easily bootable, and wanted to find out what an entry was, that seems fouled up in the registry in use. |
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Apart from the DOS method....
Regdat - Browse old Win95/Win98/Me Registry Files. http://www.regdat.com/ RegExport is a basic version of Regdat designed for users who want to occasionally export information from old Win9x/WinMe registry files. ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.com/index.htm On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 11:50:11 -0500, in microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, "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. Thanks for your help |
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mm I came across this webpage that you may like to look at:::
http://applicationbistro.com/bistro/...&limitstart=10 it on a script uses WMI to get a list of all available drive letters and prints out the first and last available drive letters. These drive letters can be used for mapping a remote file share, mounting an external drive, etc. "mm" wrote in message ... On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:04:59 -0400, Bill Blanton wrote: 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) Wow, this is great to know. Yet all the windows reg editors insist on using the registry that's in use at the time. How come none (none?) allow one to specify the address like the dos version does? There are other occasions when one would want to examine a registry, like if one had a copy of a partition, but not easily bootable, and wanted to find out what an entry was, that seems fouled up in the registry in use. |
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Scriptomatic 2.0
This world-famous tool writes WMI scripts so you don't have to. Produces scripts in VBScript, Perl, Python, and JScript. Also provides numerous output formats for running scripts, from plain text to Web page to XML. Try it now! http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../dd939957.aspx Just install it on my XP Run WMI Namesspace = root\CIMV2 WMI Class = Win32_DiskDriveToDiskPartition Out in HTML and get Property Value Computer HOT-TEXT Antecedent \\HOT-TEXT\root\cimv2:Win32_DiskDrive.DeviceID="\\\\.\\P HYSICALDRIVE0" Dependent \\HOT-TEXT\root\cimv2:Win32_DiskPartition.DeviceID="Disk #0, Partition #0" Antecedent \\HOT-TEXT\root\cimv2:Win32_DiskDrive.DeviceID="\\\\.\\P HYSICALDRIVE0" Dependent \\HOT-TEXT\root\cimv2:Win32_DiskPartition.DeviceID="Disk #0, Partition #1" Cool mm |
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On 10/13/2010 17:25, mm wrote:
On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:04:59 -0400, Bill Blanton wrote: 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) Wow, this is great to know. Yet all the windows reg editors insist on using the registry that's in use at the time. How come none (none?) allow one to specify the address like the dos version does? NT versions of regedit allow loading inactive NT registries as a hive in the active registry. (At least win2k and greater) |
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