Guest Dave F. Posted July 21, 2007 Posted July 21, 2007 Hi Using XP. I'm after (preferably freeware) a registry editor that allows me to search for a certain text string through the whole of the registry & display all results in a dialog instead of asking me to press F3 after every find. Does such a program exist? Thanks for your help. Dave F.
Guest Mike Posted July 21, 2007 Posted July 21, 2007 Re: A Registry Editor that's not stuck in the Stone Age? Not free,but you might want to take a look at and try JV 16. Mike "Dave F." <df@maaf.cu.uk> wrote in message news:uvdk7n%23yHHA.4276@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Hi > Using XP. > > I'm after (preferably freeware) a registry editor that allows me to search > for a certain text string through the whole of the registry & display all > results in a dialog instead of asking me to press F3 after every find. > > Does such a program exist? > > Thanks for your help. > > Dave F. >
Guest Newbie Coder Posted July 21, 2007 Posted July 21, 2007 Re: A Registry Editor that's not stuck in the Stone Age? Dave, You can use Regedit to do that via the command line. Just specify a text file where you want the results to be placed Search Microsoft for RegEdit Command Line Switches & you'll have the answer On the other hand: To build a registry editor using the .NET Framework to do what you require is very simple & can be done in around 40 lines of code. Download one of the Visual Studio.NET Express versions FREE from http://msdn.microrsoft.com & code it yourself For another approach search Google for one or places like http://www.download.com or http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/ etc -- Newbie Coder (It's just a name) "Dave F." <df@maaf.cu.uk> wrote in message news:uvdk7n%23yHHA.4276@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Hi > Using XP. > > I'm after (preferably freeware) a registry editor that allows me to > search for a certain text string through the whole of the registry & > display all results in a dialog instead of asking me to press F3 after > every find. > > Does such a program exist? > > Thanks for your help. > > Dave F.
Guest Nepatsfan Posted July 21, 2007 Posted July 21, 2007 Re: A Registry Editor that's not stuck in the Stone Age? In news:uvdk7n%23yHHA.4276@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl, Dave F. <df@maaf.cu.uk> wrote: > Hi > Using XP. > > I'm after (preferably freeware) a registry editor that allows > me to > search for a certain text string through the whole of the > registry & > display all results in a dialog instead of asking me to press > F3 after > every find. > > Does such a program exist? > > Thanks for your help. > > Dave F. You might want to try this program. RegScanner v1.51 - Registry Scanner http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/regscanner.html Good luck Nepatsfan
Guest Dave F. Posted July 22, 2007 Posted July 22, 2007 Re: A Registry Editor that's not stuck in the Stone Age? Newbie Coder wrote: > Dave, > > You can use Regedit to do that via the command line. Just specify a text file > where you want the results to be placed > > Search Microsoft for RegEdit Command Line Switches & you'll have the answer > > On the other hand: > > To build a registry editor using the .NET Framework to do what you require is > very simple & can be done in around 40 lines of code. Download one of the Visual > Studio.NET Express versions FREE from http://msdn.microrsoft.com & code it > yourself So I'd just have to download the software, install it, learn how to use it, learn a new programming language to right code that manipulates one of the most sensitive areas of the computer. How many times have you been told to back up the registry before editing it? My days of reinventing the wheel are long gone. > > For another approach search Google for one or places like > http://www.download.com or http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/ etc > Are you aware http://www.freedownloadscenter.com is flagged as red by McAffe site advisor? & predominately offers time limited trials of commercial software?
Guest Dave F. Posted July 22, 2007 Posted July 22, 2007 Re: A Registry Editor that's not stuck in the Stone Age? Nepatsfan wrote: > In news:uvdk7n%23yHHA.4276@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl, > Dave F. <df@maaf.cu.uk> wrote: >> Hi >> Using XP. >> >> I'm after (preferably freeware) a registry editor that allows >> me to >> search for a certain text string through the whole of the >> registry & >> display all results in a dialog instead of asking me to press >> F3 after >> every find. >> >> Does such a program exist? >> >> Thanks for your help. >> >> Dave F. > > You might want to try this program. > > RegScanner v1.51 - Registry Scanner > http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/regscanner.html > > Good luck > > Nepatsfan > > That looks like the job. Nice web site. I like the Volume control utility. Cheers
Guest Uncle Grumpy Posted July 22, 2007 Posted July 22, 2007 Re: A Registry Editor that's not stuck in the Stone Age? "Newbie Coder" <newbiecoder@spammeplease.com> wrote: >On the other hand: > >To build a registry editor using the .NET Framework to do what you require is >very simple & can be done in around 40 lines of code. Download one of the Visual >Studio.NET Express versions FREE from http://msdn.microrsoft.com & code it >yourself I'm beginning to think that you're a moron (not intellectually, just socially). Answers like that one are of no help to 99.99999999 % of the users here.
Guest Uncle Grumpy Posted July 22, 2007 Posted July 22, 2007 Re: A Registry Editor that's not stuck in the Stone Age? "Nepatsfan" <nepatsfan@SBXXXIX.com> wrote: >You might want to try this program. > >RegScanner v1.51 - Registry Scanner >http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/regscanner.html Excellent.
Guest Kelly Posted July 22, 2007 Posted July 22, 2007 Re: A Registry Editor that's not stuck in the Stone Age? Thus, his reply - being stuck in the Stone Ages as per the subject. -- All the Best, Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Uncle Grumpy" <unclegrumpy@ameritech.net> wrote in message news:kec5a3pl65a9ff8l9dukhmg4bomafmbso6@4ax.com... > "Newbie Coder" <newbiecoder@spammeplease.com> wrote: > >>On the other hand: >> >>To build a registry editor using the .NET Framework to do what you require >>is >>very simple & can be done in around 40 lines of code. Download one of the >>Visual >>Studio.NET Express versions FREE from http://msdn.microrsoft.com & code it >>yourself > > I'm beginning to think that you're a moron (not intellectually, just > socially). > > Answers like that one are of no help to 99.99999999 % of the users > here.
Guest Newbie Coder Posted July 22, 2007 Posted July 22, 2007 Re: A Registry Editor that's not stuck in the Stone Age? You have to be careful with the utilities from Nirsoft as a few of them are picked up as hack tools... -- Newbie Coder (It's just a name) "Nepatsfan" <nepatsfan@SBXXXIX.com> wrote in message news:%23qJOJI$yHHA.5408@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > In news:uvdk7n%23yHHA.4276@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl, > Dave F. <df@maaf.cu.uk> wrote: > > Hi > > Using XP. > > > > I'm after (preferably freeware) a registry editor that allows > > me to > > search for a certain text string through the whole of the > > registry & > > display all results in a dialog instead of asking me to press > > F3 after > > every find. > > > > Does such a program exist? > > > > Thanks for your help. > > > > Dave F. > > You might want to try this program. > > RegScanner v1.51 - Registry Scanner > http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/regscanner.html > > Good luck > > Nepatsfan > >
Guest Newbie Coder Posted July 22, 2007 Posted July 22, 2007 Re: A Registry Editor that's not stuck in the Stone Age? Dave F., I have never downloaded anything from the Free Downloads Center website. I just see it's list in a few search results I perform, hence I mentioned it -- Newbie Coder (It's just a name) "Dave F." <df@maaf.cu.uk> wrote in message news:OuFsLi$yHHA.4004@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Newbie Coder wrote: > > Dave, > > > > You can use Regedit to do that via the command line. Just specify a text file > > where you want the results to be placed > > > > Search Microsoft for RegEdit Command Line Switches & you'll have the answer > > > > > On the other hand: > > > > To build a registry editor using the .NET Framework to do what you require is > > very simple & can be done in around 40 lines of code. Download one of the Visual > > Studio.NET Express versions FREE from http://msdn.microrsoft.com & code it > > yourself > > So I'd just have to download the software, install it, learn how to use > it, learn a new programming language to right code that manipulates one > of the most sensitive areas of the computer. > How many times have you been told to back up the registry before editing it? > > My days of reinventing the wheel are long gone. > > > > > For another approach search Google for one or places like > > http://www.download.com or http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/ etc > > > > > Are you aware http://www.freedownloadscenter.com is flagged as red by > McAffe site advisor? & predominately offers time limited trials of > commercial software?
Guest Newbie Coder Posted July 22, 2007 Posted July 22, 2007 Re: A Registry Editor that's not stuck in the Stone Age? Grumpy, I have never seen you help anyone either If the user looked at my original reply & searched for the command line switches for regedit then they can put their results in a text file... -- Newbie Coder (It's just a name) "Uncle Grumpy" <unclegrumpy@ameritech.net> wrote in message news:kec5a3pl65a9ff8l9dukhmg4bomafmbso6@4ax.com... > "Newbie Coder" <newbiecoder@spammeplease.com> wrote: > > >On the other hand: > > > >To build a registry editor using the .NET Framework to do what you require is > >very simple & can be done in around 40 lines of code. Download one of the Visual > >Studio.NET Express versions FREE from http://msdn.microrsoft.com & code it > >yourself > > I'm beginning to think that you're a moron (not intellectually, just > socially). > > Answers like that one are of no help to 99.99999999 % of the users > here.
Guest Newbie Coder Posted July 22, 2007 Posted July 22, 2007 Re: A Registry Editor that's not stuck in the Stone Age? Kelly, Just because you started when XP came out it doesn't mean we all did. Some of us started back in Windows 3.1 & progressed through the OS' You'd be better to download an HTML editor & learn ASP.NET or just some basic database programming because HTML websites are in the 'stone age' now, you know? Oh sorry, I guess you have only just heard that STATIC CONTENT DIED MANY YEARS AGO For the record: Another unsatisfied user reported another tweak from your site never worked. They are continuing to grow daily. Kelly - DTS. Very useful :)) -- Newbie Coder (It's just a name) MCSD MCSE MCP MSAD "Kelly" <kelly@mvps.org> wrote in message news:%23CuvcRAzHHA.3536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Thus, his reply - being stuck in the Stone Ages as per the subject. > > -- > > All the Best, > Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) > > Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm > > > "Uncle Grumpy" <unclegrumpy@ameritech.net> wrote in message > news:kec5a3pl65a9ff8l9dukhmg4bomafmbso6@4ax.com... > > "Newbie Coder" <newbiecoder@spammeplease.com> wrote: > > > >>On the other hand: > >> > >>To build a registry editor using the .NET Framework to do what you require > >>is > >>very simple & can be done in around 40 lines of code. Download one of the > >>Visual > >>Studio.NET Express versions FREE from http://msdn.microrsoft.com & code it > >>yourself > > > > I'm beginning to think that you're a moron (not intellectually, just > > socially). > > > > Answers like that one are of no help to 99.99999999 % of the users > > here. > >
Guest John John Posted July 22, 2007 Posted July 22, 2007 Re: A Registry Editor that's not stuck in the Stone Age? That is silly, Nirsoft has very good free tools. Do you have a grudge against the guy or are you trying to discredit him somehow? On the other hand you should be careful with GM cars, some of them are used as getaway cars in bank robberies... John Newbie Coder wrote: > You have to be careful with the utilities from Nirsoft as a few of them are > picked up as hack tools... >
Guest Uwe Sieber Posted July 22, 2007 Posted July 22, 2007 Re: A Registry Editor that's not stuck in the Stone Age? Newbie Coder wrote: > You have to be careful with the utilities from Nirsoft as a few of them are > picked up as hack tools... Please stop to post such nonsense warnings. In contrast to you, who is hiding behind a pseudonyme, Nir Sofer is a real person who offers a lot of useful tools for free (again in contrast to you) and, yes, some of them are made to crack weak password mechanisms but this does not make them 'hacker tools'. RegScanner is exactely the OP asked for, so please stop to run down the postings of real helpful people. I know I should not feed the trolls. Sorry group.
Guest XS11E Posted July 22, 2007 Posted July 22, 2007 Re: A Registry Editor that's not stuck in the Stone Age? Uwe Sieber <mail@uwe-sieber.de> wrote: > In contrast to you, who is hiding behind a pseudonyme, Sorry, I tend to agree with the substance of your post but no way can I let that ridiculous comment pass. Using a pseudonym in usenet is a standard security measure and merely means the person doing so is a bit more concerned about security matters than those who don't. -- XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html
Guest Newbie Coder Posted July 22, 2007 Posted July 22, 2007 Re: A Registry Editor that's not stuck in the Stone Age? John John, On the Nirsoft site it is written on their page about virus scanners picking up some of their utilities as hack tools I like their programs & use the Protected Storage utility, but 'pspv.exe' is picked up on a realtime scan -- Newbie Coder (It's just a name) "John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message news:eifjPzEzHHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > That is silly, Nirsoft has very good free tools. Do you have a grudge > against the guy or are you trying to discredit him somehow? > > On the other hand you should be careful with GM cars, some of them are > used as getaway cars in bank robberies... > > John > > Newbie Coder wrote: > > You have to be careful with the utilities from Nirsoft as a few of them are > > picked up as hack tools... > >
Guest Newbie Coder Posted July 22, 2007 Posted July 22, 2007 Re: A Registry Editor that's not stuck in the Stone Age? Uwe, http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/mailpv.html Known Problems False Alert Problems: Some Antivirus programs detect Mail PassView utility as infected with Trojan/Virus. http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/mspass.html http://securityresponse.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2004-021315-0352-99 http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/pspv.html Known Problems False Alert Problems: Some Antivirus programs detect Protected Storage PassView utility as infected with Trojan/Virus. Recent update: Norton Antivirus detect Protected Storage Passview as an hack tool. ----------------- I have even seen people selling the tools from Nirsoft on Ebay. I let Ebay & the creator know & the posts were deleted -- Newbie Coder (It's just a name) "Uwe Sieber" <mail@uwe-sieber.de> wrote in message news:5gh5ljF3gr9llU1@mid.individual.net... > Newbie Coder wrote: > > You have to be careful with the utilities from Nirsoft as a few of them are > > picked up as hack tools... > > Please stop to post such nonsense warnings. In contrast to you, who > is hiding behind a pseudonyme, Nir Sofer is a real person who > offers a lot of useful tools for free (again in contrast to you) and, > yes, some of them are made to crack weak password mechanisms but this > does not make them 'hacker tools'. > > RegScanner is exactely the OP asked for, so please stop to run > down the postings of real helpful people. > > > I know I should not feed the trolls. Sorry group. > > > >
Guest Plato Posted July 22, 2007 Posted July 22, 2007 Re: A Registry Editor that's not stuck in the Stone Age? Newbie Coder wrote: > > You have to be careful with the utilities from Nirsoft as a few of them are > picked up as hack tools... Only by some anti-virus programs that report false positives. They have a 100% clean virus/malware site. But many of the anti-virus programmers continually ignore their emails to fix their programs that give false positives. -- http://www.bootdisk.com/
Guest Uwe Sieber Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 Re: A Registry Editor that's not stuck in the Stone Age? XS11E wrote: > Uwe Sieber <mail@uwe-sieber.de> wrote: > >> In contrast to you, who is hiding behind a pseudonyme, > > Sorry, I tend to agree with the substance of your post but no way can I > let that ridiculous comment pass. Using a pseudonym in usenet is a > standard security measure and merely means the person doing so is a bit > more concerned about security matters than those who don't. My point is that someone who uses his real name wants to keep up his good name, while a pseudo man has nothing to keep up. Using the real name makes you think twice before pressing the send button or publishing software.
Guest Uwe Sieber Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 Re: A Registry Editor that's not stuck in the Stone Age? Newbie Coder wrote: > Uwe, > > http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/mailpv.html > > Known Problems > False Alert Problems: Some Antivirus programs detect Mail PassView utility as > infected with Trojan/Virus. > > http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/mspass.html > > http://securityresponse.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2004-021315-0352-99 > > http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/pspv.html > > Known Problems > False Alert Problems: Some Antivirus programs detect Protected Storage PassView > utility as infected with Trojan/Virus. > Recent update: Norton Antivirus detect Protected Storage Passview as an hack > tool. All false alarms. The tools do what they pretend to do. No reason for a general Nir Sofer software warning. > I have even seen people selling the tools from Nirsoft on Ebay. I let Ebay & the > creator know & the posts were deleted These people tried to make money selling Nir's freeware? The, good work, but where is reason for a general Nir Sofer software warning?
Guest XS11E Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 Re: A Registry Editor that's not stuck in the Stone Age? Uwe Sieber <mail@uwe-sieber.de> wrote: > XS11E wrote: >> Uwe Sieber <mail@uwe-sieber.de> wrote: >> >>> In contrast to you, who is hiding behind a pseudonyme, >> >> Sorry, I tend to agree with the substance of your post but no way >> can I let that ridiculous comment pass. Using a pseudonym in >> usenet is a standard security measure and merely means the person >> doing so is a bit more concerned about security matters than >> those who don't. > > My point is that someone who uses his real name wants to > keep up his good name, while a pseudo man has nothing to > keep up. > Using the real name makes you think twice before pressing > the send button or publishing software. and exposes you to spam, identity theft, etc. It's your choice, of course. -- XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html
Guest Zilbandy Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 Re: A Registry Editor that's not stuck in the Stone Age? On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 22:43:05 +0100, "Newbie Coder" <newbiecoder@spammeplease.com> wrote: >I like their programs & use the Protected Storage utility, but 'pspv.exe' is >picked up on a realtime scan So, tell your scanner to ignore it. Problem solved. -- Zilbandy
Guest cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user) Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 Re: A Registry Editor that's not stuck in the Stone Age? On 22 Jul 2007 18:56:02 -0500, Plato <|@|.|> wrote: >Newbie Coder wrote: >> You have to be careful with the utilities from Nirsoft as a few of them are >> picked up as hack tools... >Only by some anti-virus programs that report false positives. They have >a 100% clean virus/malware site. But many of the anti-virus programmers >continually ignore their emails to fix their programs that give false >positives. Some of the tools are risk-relevant, because they can be used to do things that the user may not be aware of, or approve of. The only one I've seen raise an alert in Kaspersky, A-Squared and AVG Antispyware, has been the ProduKey tool. This displays product keys as entered when installing Windows and MS Office. It's risk-relevant, because if I were to use this tool, I could steal your product keys, use them to install my software, sing some song to the activation people, and then go "why yes, I'd love to register". Then if your system needed to be activated for some reason, you might be told "it's already activated *and* registered by someone else". Note also the difference between http://www.nirsoft.net (the good guys) and http://www.nirsoft . com (who appear to be a domain-squatter). >--------------- ----- ---- --- -- - - - Error Messages Are Your Friends >--------------- ----- ---- --- -- - - -
Guest Kelly Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 Re: A Registry Editor that's not stuck in the Stone Age? Wrong again: 3.1 - Vista. BTW, your village called. -- Have a Great Day, Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) "Newbie Coder" <newbiecoder@spammeplease.com> wrote in message news:evqMrnDzHHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Kelly, > > Just because you started when XP came out it doesn't mean we all did. Some > of us > started back in Windows 3.1 & progressed through the OS' > > You'd be better to download an HTML editor & learn ASP.NET or just some > basic > database programming because HTML websites are in the 'stone age' now, you > know? > Oh sorry, I guess you have only just heard that > > STATIC CONTENT DIED MANY YEARS AGO > > For the record: > > Another unsatisfied user reported another tweak from your site never > worked. > They are continuing to grow daily. > > Kelly - DTS. Very useful :)) > > -- > Newbie Coder > (It's just a name) > MCSD MCSE MCP MSAD > > > > > "Kelly" <kelly@mvps.org> wrote in message > news:%23CuvcRAzHHA.3536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> Thus, his reply - being stuck in the Stone Ages as per the subject. >> >> -- >> >> All the Best, >> Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) >> >> Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! >> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm >> >> >> "Uncle Grumpy" <unclegrumpy@ameritech.net> wrote in message >> news:kec5a3pl65a9ff8l9dukhmg4bomafmbso6@4ax.com... >> > "Newbie Coder" <newbiecoder@spammeplease.com> wrote: >> > >> >>On the other hand: >> >> >> >>To build a registry editor using the .NET Framework to do what you >> >>require >> >>is >> >>very simple & can be done in around 40 lines of code. Download one of >> >>the >> >>Visual >> >>Studio.NET Express versions FREE from http://msdn.microrsoft.com & code >> >>it >> >>yourself >> > >> > I'm beginning to think that you're a moron (not intellectually, just >> > socially). >> > >> > Answers like that one are of no help to 99.99999999 % of the users >> > here. >> >> > >
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