abbodi, i need to pick your brains again. I am working on a untouched w8.1 pro u3 mounted registry. I am using the following information, is it correct?
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT. Contains information about registered applications, including file associations and OLE object classes. (This hive displays the same settings as the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes key.)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER. This hive is a subset of the HKEY_USERS hive, pertaining to the current user of the PC. It contains all attributes for the desktop environment and network connections.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. Contains most of the settings for your PC's hardware, system software, and individual applications.
HKEY_USERS. Contains subkeys corresponding to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER hives for all users of the PC, not just the current user.
HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG. Contains information gathered when Windows first launches, such as settings pertaining to your PC's display and printers. The data stored in this hive is not permanently stored on disk, but rather is regenerated each time your PC boots.
If i have HKCU values i can change them to HKEY_USERS\.Default if HKCU takes its values from HKEY_USERS\.Default so they apply to all users?
The image only has HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet is on a running system.
So if i change my tweaks to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001 then every CurrentControlSetXXX takes its value from there too?
If i capture the image then can i safely delete any CurrentControlSetXXX tree because they all come from ControlSet001?
I want to get all my tweaks to apply to all users by default from 1st logon and not have to run HKCU each time.