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Registry Editor saves data automatically as you make entries or corrections. New Reg-

istry data takes effect immediately.

You can select Find Key on the View menu to search the Registry for a specific key.

Key names appear in the left pane of Registry Editor. The search begins at the currently

selected key and parses all descendant keys for the specified key name. The search is

local to the subtree in which the search begins. For example, a search for a key in the

H K E Y _ L O C A L _ M A C H I N E s u b t r e e d o e s n o t i n c l u d e k e y s u n d e r

HKEY_CURRENT_USER.

Practice: Modifying the Registry

In this practice, you use Registry Editor to view the information in the Registry. Com-

plete Exercise 1 to determine information such as the BIOS, the processor on your

computer, and the version of the operating system. Complete Exercise 2 to use Registry

Editor’s Find Key command to search the Registry for a specific word with key names.

Complete Exercise 3 to modify the Registry by adding a value to it, and save a subtree

as a file so that you can use an editor such as Notepad to search the file.