Finding Settings
The most difficult part when creating a script to configure Windows XP Professional is actually finding the setting. The following two sections describe techniques and tools to do just that.
Comparing .reg Files
Comparing two .reg files is often the easiest way to discover where in the registry Windows XP Professional stores a setting. Create these .reg files before and after changing a setting that is in the user interface and that you know is somewhere in the registry. First, I exported HKCU to a .reg file. I changed a setting in Tweak UI and exported the same branch to a second .reg file. Then I compared the two files to figure out which value changed when I changed the setting in Tweak UI. You can use this method to trace just ...
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