Windows Security Registry
Windows Registry Security This article continues on from Security and the Windows Registry - part one, where we looked at the two Registry hives related to security and how to access them if required. Read on to continue with our overview of Windows Registry security-related topics. File and Registry Virtualization Windows XP has been a hugely popular operating system and is still loved by millions of users. However it was never designed for today’s demanding environment and it shows in its inherent inability to fully protect the users from modern security threats! With the introduction of Windows Vista in 2007, Microsoft radically overhauled the security features of its replacement for Windows XP. One of the major areas of concern, when running applications under Windows XP, is that the application was given permission to freely read and write "system files" and "registry keys", especially keys in the
