June 08, 2000 10:45 AM

Undocumented Ntbackup Registry Keys

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Todd O. Klindt
Windows IT Pro
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In Windows NT 4.0, I found some undocumented Ntbackup-related Registry keys. I haven't discovered official documentation for what each key does, but I used a trial-and-error approach to explore some of the more obvious ones, and I share my discoveries for readers who would like to add these keys to their arsenal. You can find the settings under the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Ntbackup\User Interface Registry key.

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Why would you use the HKCU hive as opposed to the HKLM hive when modifying the registry for this setting? I could only think of using this entry if you wanted to enable this action for the logged on user.

Brian Hackathorne 12/20/2000 9:03:59 AM

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