Windows Registry Hives and Registry Keys

Windows Registry Hives and Registry Keys for Cisco CyOps Associate

**HKEY_CURRENT_USER (HKCU)**

Holds information concerning the currently logged in user.

**HKEY_USERS (HKU)**

Holds information concerning all the user accounts on the host.

**HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT (HKCR**)

Holds information about object linking and embedding (OLE) registrations. OLE allows users to embed objects from other applications (like a spreadsheet) into a single document (like a Word document.

**HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (HKLM)**

Holds system-related information.

**HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG (HKCC)**

Holds information about the current hardware profile.

**REG_BINARY**

Numbers or Boolean values

**REG_DWORD**

Numbers greater than 32 bits or raw data

**REG_SZ**

String values