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The Windows 95 Registry: A Survival Guide for Users - Softcover

Woram, John

 
9781558284944: The Windows 95 Registry: A Survival Guide for Users
Softcover
ISBN 10: 155828494X ISBN 13: 9781558284944
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1996

Synopsis

"Clear writing, informative graphics, and a well thought–out focus make this the Registry book of choice for power users."—PC Magazine If you need to locate sources of problems, customize your Windows 95 computer, or just want to better understand how your computer is organized, then you need to work with the Registry. Unfortunately, the Windows 95 Registry brings the era of black–box computing back to life. And, despite all its power, flexibility, and immense capacity for causing problems. Microsoft provides little if any support for the Registry. It truly takes an expert at your side to safely navigate through the maze of HKEYS, subkeys, data strings, and programming pitfalls. The Windows 95 Registry is your guided tour into the depths of the Windows 95 Registry. Read it carefully before you open the hood, for Microsoft's own cautions about the Registry must be taken very seriously. Altering Registry information can damage your system configuration beyond the point of a simple repair by re–booting. With John Woram at your side, you can proceed with confidence and easily fix whatever Windows 95 throws your way. http://www.idgbooks.com

  • Detailed information from an expert source
  • Complete roadmap to the six HKEYs
  • Troubleshoot and repair a corrupted Registry file
  • Export and edit the Registry safely
  • Customize Windows 95 through the Registry
  • Find and change Registry keys with RegEdit
  • Survive Plug–and–Play disasters
  • Remove keys from deleted installations

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About the Author

JOHN WORAM is a Senior Contributing Editor at Windows magazine, where he writes the monthly "Optimizing Windows" column. He is the author of the extremely successful PC Configuraion Handbook, which sold over 250,000 copies and been translated into six foreign languages.

From the Back Cover

"Clear writing, informative graphics, and a well thought–out focus make this the Registry book of choice for power users." PC Magazine If you need to locate sources of problems, customize your Windows 95 computer, or just want to better understand how your computer is organized, then you need to work with the Registry. Unfortunately, the Windows 95 Registry brings the era of black–box computing back to life. And, despite all its power, flexibility, and immense capacity for causing problems. Microsoft provides little if any support for the Registry. It truly takes an expert at your side to safely navigate through the maze of HKEYS, subkeys, data strings, and programming pitfalls. The Windows 95 Registry is your guided tour into the depths of the Windows 95 Registry. Read it carefully before you open the hood, for Microsoft's own cautions about the Registry must be taken very seriously. Altering Registry information can damage your system configuration beyond the point of a simple repair by re–booting. With John Woram at your side, you can proceed with confidence and easily fix whatever Windows 95 throws your way. http://www.idgbooks.com

  • Detailed information from an expert source
  • Complete roadmap to the six HKEYs
  • Troubleshoot and repair a corrupted Registry file
  • Export and edit the Registry safely
  • Customize Windows 95 through the Registry
  • Find and change Registry keys with RegEdit
  • Survive Plug–and–Play disasters
  • Remove keys from deleted installations

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Publication date
1996
Language
English
ISBN 10 
155828494X
ISBN 13 
9781558284944
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
400