on Mon, May 24, 2004 at 10:09:13AM +0100, Randy Orrison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Roberto Sanchez wrote: > >Karsten M. Self wrote: > >> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System] > >>"LocalProfile"=dword:00000001 > >> > >>My only question is this: is this key documented somewhere, and how > >>would one ordinarially go about getting documentation on a registry key? > > > >Probably not documented. I doubt MS would want people to know too much > >about the registry. > > [...] > >That is one of the reasons I laugh at people who complain about the lack > >of documentation for free software. > > As with most documentation, free and proprietary, it's easy to find if > you know in advance what you're looking for. Going to www.microsoft.com > and entering "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Policies LocalProfile" into the search > box on the front page returns two hits, different pages with the same > content. One is here: > <http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/all/deployguide/en-us/263737.asp> > > Extracting from that page: > | LocalProfile > | HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System > | Description > | Only allow local user profiles. > > I'm not saying this would be easy to find if you didn't already know the > relevant registry key, but it is documented in the obvious place, and to > me it's clear what it means. I have the same problem with documentation > for a lot of free software: if you know what you're looking for it's a > lot easier to find than if you just have a problem and don't know where > to look for the solution.
Following up my prior response: the Registry documentation is new to Win2K3 Server. I can find no similar documentation for any other products, including copious searches of Microsoft's site (plenty of W2K3 results). So this is a new leaf. The docs are also woefully inadequate. The HKCU/Software/Microsoft/Windows tree (IIRC) pretty much tops out just where it starts getting interesting. This *despite* the fact that it's the very product under which the documentation is found. Old dog. Old tricks. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? I could give you my word as a Spaniard? No good. I've known too many Spaniards. - Princess Bride
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