From:  mac
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On: 2008/07/25 12:56:28
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is there a utility that takes a snapshot of the XP or Vista registry before and after an installation and reports the differences (in other words, what keys were added/deleted/changed)?
cheap is good, free is great!
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From: rid
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On: 2008/07/25 13:05:21
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I know that Spybot S&D can warn about registry changes, but I don't know if they are logged. That program is free an possibly you use it already so you could take a look.
/RID
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From: Pino Carafa
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On: 2008/07/25 13:21:10
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You could of course just export the whole lot and manually compare - or write your own little tool to do it. The exports are plain text.
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From: JOK
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On: 2008/07/25 13:25:05
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there is/was but dang if i can find it right now.
www.sysinternals.com, that's it
RegMon:
http://technet....en-us/sysinternals/bb896652.aspx
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From: mac
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On: 2008/07/25 19:56:44
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nice. thanks JOK, RID & Pino!
i'll split the 60 points between.... um, now where's that darn points awarder gone???
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From: JOK
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On: 2008/07/25 20:08:42
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Its the lounge. You have to send money.
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From: rid
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On: 2008/07/25 22:18:49
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For text file comparison there used to be a DOS command: fc
Maybe that still exists in the windows CLI. If the registry can be exported to plain text that may be worth a shot.
/RID
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From: mac
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On: 2008/07/26 10:25:08
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yep, looks like the fc command is still in dos help. thanks.
ok, i just slid 3 $20 bills into this slot here in the front of my computer-thingy
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From: mac
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On: 2008/10/10 09:14:24
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ok, back on this:
i exported my registry (c:\reg1.reg)
then i started up (then quit) MS Messenger (i know that it inserts a HKLM Run entry)
i exported the registry again (c:\reg2.reg)
i then used FC (fc c:\reg1.reg c:\reg2.reg) and the results filled the terminal window (mostly 1 character per line).
scrolling up, one line says "Resync Failed. Files are too different."
is there a way of getting the results to dump to a file rather than to the terminal window?
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From: JOK
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On: 2008/10/10 12:53:20
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fc c:\reg1.reg c:\reg2.reg > file.txt
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From: mac
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On: 2008/10/12 15:28:43
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before or after i reboot?
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From: JOK
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On: 2008/10/12 17:10:11
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oh yes
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