Registry question - help 21

I do hope that someone can help me here. I've tried asking this question before, but so far,
haven't had any takers...

I'm trying to record, by means of registry entries, how I want my PC set up. I want to do this, so
that I can write one or more scripts so that when I reinstall my OS ( in this case XP Pro ), I can
just run my script(s), and get my machine set up like I want. I'd much rather prefer to do this, as
opposed to going into all the various screens and checking/unchecking boxes, radio buttons, and all
the other things one has to do to effect whatever changes.

So far, any books I've read on working with the registry have not been at all informative for this
either.

Can anyone please tell me what the secret is to know what the registry key(s) is/are to effect my
desired change? I once tried to copy the registry before I made my change..manually...so I ciould
do something like a "file compare' after I made my change. I thought that this way I'd be able to
see WHAT CHANGED in the registry. THAT didn't work worth a hoot.

Any help yiou might provide would be MOST APPRECIATED.

THANKS IN ADVANCE...

Tom

Get Regmon from SysInternals (Microsoft swallowed them)so you can monitor
the changes to the registry as you apply settings.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/default.mspx

Read http://www.mdgx.com/reg.htm

Regards
Mark Dormer


"Tcs" wrote in message

>I do hope that someone can help me here. I've tried asking this question
>before, but so far,
> haven't had any takers...
>
> I'm trying to record, by means of registry entries, how I want my PC set
> up. I want to do this, so
> that I can write one or more scripts so that when I reinstall my OS ( in
> this case XP Pro ), I can
> just run my script(s), and get my machine set up like I want. I'd much
> rather prefer to do this, as
> opposed to going into all the various screens and checking/unchecking
> boxes, radio buttons, and all
> the other things one has to do to effect whatever changes.
>
> So far, any books I've read on working with the registry have not been at
> all informative for this
> either.
>
> Can anyone please tell me what the secret is to know what the registry
> key(s) is/are to effect my
> desired change? I once tried to copy the registry before I made my
> change..manually...so I ciould
> do something like a "file compare' after I made my change. I thought that
> this way I'd be able to
> see WHAT CHANGED in the registry. THAT didn't work worth a hoot.
>
> Any help yiou might provide would be MOST APPRECIATED.
>
> THANKS IN ADVANCE...
>
> Tom