The other day I came across a site that I haven’t visited in quite some time. I’m actually very grateful for the site since some one took the time and effort to write out guides for default services settings in different windows programs.

http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/registry.htm

Generally if you like to tweak with your services and/or registry , you can sometimes forget to set them back. Or if things really go off kilter , you can just set them right back. Of course you are making backups of anything you change first …right? Generally I have used it when a computer has been hit by a Trojan. The new ones will disable as much as possible , creating havoc  for any administrator to get the system back up and running. I am also of the mindset that formatting is not necessary …..most of the time.

What is the registry-

The windows registry is a database that stores configuration settings for the windows. Services that run in windows can be configured in the registry. The files that are on the previously mentioned site are .reg files in a zip file. All you have to do is double click on the .reg file to import it into the registry proper.

I thin that the website has a slew of useful information and worth the read, check them out!