Microsoft's SysDiff and other Third Party Registry Utilities
Keywords: registry differences sysdiff snapshot
Microsoft's SYSDIFF:
If you wish to set the workstation options at time of install,
Microsoft provides a utility (Sysdiff) in the NT 4.0 resource kit
(I'm not sure about Windows 95) that allows you to take a "snapshot" of a
workstation
after its been configured and use that snapshot as
the basis for future NT 4.0 installs.
SYSDIFF can apparently do direct comparisons of NT registry
files.
You can download SYSDIFF from the Microsoft FTP site:
ftp.bussys.winnt.winnt-public.fixes.usa.nt40\utilities
Grep_Reg from OPALIS:
Grep_Reg recursively searches for a string in the Registry; it's a command-line
tool that you can use to search on values and keys. Opalis's Web address is:
http://www.filelibrary.com/Contents/Windows/131/5.html
Somar DumpReg and Somar RegEdit from Somarsoft, Inc.:
Somarsoft, Inc. makes Somar DumpReg and Somar RegEdit, two helpful
Registry utilities. Somar DumpReg dumps the Windows NT or Windows 95
Registry, making it easy to find keys and values matching a string.
In Windows NT, you can sort dumped entries which can be sorted by reverse
order of last modified time, making it easy to see changes made by recently
installed software.
Somar RegEdit is a DLL-callable (by 32-bit Visual Basic) utility
that can be used to view and modify user Registry profiles. For example,
a 10-line VBA for Excel program can change the
mail server path in the Registry profiles of all users at once. RegEdit
is a great tool for Windows NT system administrators who can program
in Basic. Their Web address is:
http://www.somarsoft.com
Registry Search and Replace Utility from Steven J. Hoek Software Development:
The Registry Search and Replace Utility, available from Steven J. Hoek Software
Development, is a good alternative to RegEdit's limited search ability.
It's shareware and well worth the current $20 registration fee if you're
going to be working with the Registry often. Its features include the following:
- Easy-to-use tabbed interface
- New search profiles that let you save, restore, and automatically start
search sets
- Integration with the Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 Start Menu -> Find
- Ability to search registries on remote machines
- Ability to search for Registry values in addition to data
- Prompted or specified replacement
- Improved Registry search criteria
- Enhanced performance and thoroughness
The last time we checked, you can find it at the following address:
http://www.iserv.net/~sjhswdev
Article ID: W13740
Filename: SYSDIFF and other Registry Utilities.txt
File Created: 2001:01:31:10:33:14
Last Updated: 2001:01:31:10:33:14