Added info:
Editing the Registry for "other" Users
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_adv_reg_editing.htm
From an account with Administrator level access
1) Click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT
2) In Regedit, highlight the HKEY_USERS key and go to File, Load Hive.
3) Use the File Open dialog to go to the Documents and Settings\<username>
folder, where <username> is the account you wish to modify.
4) Highlight the NTUSER.DAT file in this folder (usually a hidden file) and
select Open.
5) You'll be prompted to enter a "Key name". You can use whatever you wish,
but I use the User's logon name.
6) You can now expand the Hive you just loaded and make any needed changes.
7) When finished, highlight this Hive again and go to File, Unload Hive.
NOTE: You MUST unload the Hive prior to logging on to the users account.
Otherwise XP may have trouble loading the user's profile.
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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)
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> <alanglloyd@aol.com> wrote in message
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>>i have had a HD recovered after a crash and it now has the previous
>> Registry (ie before the crash) on it.
>>
>> How can I read that recovered registry without overwriting the new
>> registry on my replacement HD.
>>
>> I'm using Windows XP.
>>
>> Alan Lloyd
>>
>
> If you know what you wish to do with the old registry
> then you can get started like so:
> - Run regedit.exe.
> - Click HKLM (for example).
> - Click File / Load Hive.
> - Specify the file name for the old System Registry.
> - Give the hive a name of your choice when prompted
> (e.g. Alan).
>
> You can now read the whole HKLM hive of the old registry.
>