{"id":31822,"date":"2012-05-24T10:23:26","date_gmt":"2012-05-24T10:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=31822"},"modified":"2012-05-23T22:23:57","modified_gmt":"2012-05-23T22:23:57","slug":"ask-leo-how-do-i-monitor-what-changes-in-my-registry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/ask-leo-how-do-i-monitor-what-changes-in-my-registry\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask Leo: How do I monitor what changes in my registry?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/registry.jpg\" alt=\"monitor changes to registry\" title=\"monitor changes to registry\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-31826\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>How do I monitor what changes in my registry?<\/h3>\n<p>By Leo Notenboom<\/p>\n<p><em><font SIZE=\"2\">All I want to do is: make a copy of the registry, install a program, make another copy of the registry, and compare to see the changes.<\/font><\/em><\/br><\/p>\n<p>Monitoring what happens in the registry can sometimes be a very useful thing.<\/p>\n<p>I think that in general, you&#8217;ll be very surprised at how much activity happens in the registry, particularly for an install.<\/p>\n<p>There are a couple of ways to do what you&#8217;re suggesting: comparing before and after snapshots of the registry and monitoring the changes as they happen.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll discuss both.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Comparing Registry Snapshots<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before you run the installation program, run the Registry Editor. Use the Run item on the Start menu, or press the Windows key plus the letter R, and then type in &#8220;regedit&#8221; and click OK.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.askleomedia.com\/2012\/regedit.jpg\" alt=\"monitor changes in registry\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Make sure that the top-level item &#8211; &#8220;Computer&#8221; &#8211; is selected as shown above.. Just click it once.<\/p>\n<p>Now click File, and then Export&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.askleomedia.com\/2012\/regedit_before.jpg\" alt=\"monitor changes in registry 2\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/ask-leo.com\/how_do_i_monitor_what_changes_in_my_registry.html\" target=\"_blank\">Article Continued Here<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>This post is excerpted with permission from Leo Notenboom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/registry.jpg\" alt=\"monitor changes to registry\" title=\"monitor changes to registry\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-31826\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One part of most program&#8217;s installation process is modifying and updating the registry. It is possible to see exactly what was touched in the registry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":66012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[3937,4106,4107,4108],"class_list":["post-31822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leo-notenboom","tag-registry","tag-registry-cleaner","tag-registry-monitor","tag-registry-monitoring"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How do I monitor what changes in my registry?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"One part of most program&#039;s installation process is modifying and updating the registry. 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