As a good friend once delicately put it ...

"The following is not a better way of doing the job but it's my way"

code:

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1)  Close ALL open windows (quiet your machine)

2)  Go Start->Run "regedit"

3)  Hi-lite the key that you suspect will get the change (HKLM or HKCU )

4)  Select Registry->Export Registry File... from the menu

5)  Go File_name: c:\reg1 (the extention will default to .reg) (yeah - it's a big file)

6)  Make your change ( ie set your pagefile size or whatever )

7)  Set focus to regedit again and hit F5

8)  Hi-lite the key that you exported in step 3

9)  Select Registry->Export Registry File... from the menu

10) Go File_name: c:\reg2 (another big file - yup)

11) Pull-up a dos command window

12) Enter: FC REG1.REG REG2.REG >DIFF.REG

13) notepad DIFF.REG and look for relevant changes

14) if none found - restart at step 3 with "the other" key

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Sorry for the elementary details, I know you know your stuff !

Does anybody have a better way ?

Caution - some stuff can't be found in the registry ( yes - it's true )

Shawn.

This is a link to the utility: http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/pctech/content/18/02/ut1802.001.html

Shawn
Nice and functional!

If you don't have a clou in whitch key to look in and diskspace is not an issue, but Your time is, why not export the total registry:

1) Close ALL open windows (quiet your machine)

2) Go Start->Run "regedit"

3) Hi-lite My Computer

4) Select Registry->Export Registry File... from the menu

5) Go File_name: c:\Before (the extention will default to .reg)

6) Make your change ( ie set your pagefile size or whatever )

7) Set focus to regedit again and hit F5

8) Hi-lite My Computer

9) Select Registry->Export Registry File... from the menu

10) Go File_name: c:\After

11) Pull-up a dos command window

12) Enter: FC Before.reg After.reg >Diff.reg

13) notepad Diff.reg and look for relevant changes

14 ) Delete C:\Before.reg and C:\After.reg