Lecture 5

Question 1

What is Hkey_CLASSES_ROOT used for in registry?

Answer 1

Information used by programs for file association and for sharing information.

Question 2

What is HKEY_CURRENT_USER used for in registry?

Answer 2

Settings and configuration for the current user.

Question 3

What is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE used for in registry?

Answer 3

Settings and configuration for all users.

Question 4

What is HKEY_USERS used for in registry?

Answer 4

Settings and configuration for all users on the computer: the information in HKCU is copied from this hive when the user logs in.

Question 5

What is HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG used for in registry?

Answer 5

Hardware information about the PC’s resources and configuration.

Question 6

smss.exe is launched as the first user mode process what does it do?

Answer 6

Loads the permanent registry keys from the disk>

Question 7

Where are the permanent keys stored?

Answer 7

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\hivelist

Question 8

Every device driver has a registry subkey where are they stored?

Answer 8

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services

Question 9

What does a RunOnce registry key do?

Answer 9

Runs once when the user logs in and then deletes itself.

Question 10

What does a Run registry key do.

Answer 10

Runs when the user logs in.