Jim Boyce of TechRepublic.com shows us a command-line registry search alternative that will save you time and effort when working with Windows 2000 Professional. He writes:

If you work with the registry at all, it is likely that you have spent some time searching through the registry in Registry Editor, looking for keys or values. The registry can contain thousands of elements, so finding the one you seek can be time-consuming.

If you are looking for a command-line alternative to registry search, whether as an alternative to Registry Editor or to integrate in batch files or scripts, the Windows 2000 Resource Kit has a solution for you.

Try it on XP and see if it works there!

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