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The hierarchy of registry keys can only be accessed from a known root key handle (which is anonymous but whose effective value is a constant numeric handle) that is mapped to the content of a registry key preloaded by the kernel from a stored "hive", or to the content of a subkey within another root key, or mapped to a registered service or DLL ...
The Security Account Manager (SAM) is a database file [ 1 ] in Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, 8.1, 10 and 11 that stores users' passwords. It can be used to authenticate local and remote users. Beginning with Windows 2000 SP4, Active Directory authenticates remote users. SAM uses cryptographic measures to prevent unauthenticated users ...
It is used by Microsoft's Windows Boot Manager and replaces the boot.ini that was used by NTLDR. Boot Configuration Data is stored in a data file that has the same format as Windows Registry hives and is eventually mounted at registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\BCD00000 [6] (with restricted permissions [7]).
Security Identifier. In the context of the Microsoft Windows NT line of operating systems, a Security Identifier (SID) is a unique, immutable identifier of a user, user group, or other security principal. A security principal has a single SID for life (in a given domain), and all properties of the principal, including its name, are associated ...
The Windows Registry page could do a better job of explaining, simply, why some registry keys are protected or blocked for whatever reason(s). TurboForce 21:02, 7 August 2012 (UTC) Well, if you feel that some information about the ACLs of Registry keys is missing; be bold and add it! --DanielPharos 06:00, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
In Windows NT, the booting process is initiated by NTLDR in versions before Vista and the Windows Boot Manager in Vista and later. [4] The boot loader is responsible for accessing the file system on the boot drive, starting ntoskrnl.exe, and loading boot-time device drivers into memory. Once all the boot and system drivers have been loaded, the ...
1 Structure - definitions of key / value. 2 comments. 2 Notation. 2 comments ...
NTUSER.DAT. Within the root of the profile, a file named NTUSER.DAT contains the user's personalized settings for the majority of software installed on the computer; including Windows itself. When the user logs on, NTUSER.DAT becomes merged with the computer's registry, such that it appears as the HKEY_CURRENT_USER branch of the registry tree.