Changing Registry Question 1

[tedsmith]

Anyone know how to make changes to the registry active after you edit them without rebooting the computer?
I want to change 'allow caller access' in dialup server/connections dialog box. That doesnt normally need a reboot if you just tick the radio buttons. If you change only the registry text entry, you have to reboot so there must be another step somewhere I am missing?
Maybe microsoft does it the other way around with whatever changes the setting automatically changes the registry so you know what was the last setting when you turn the computer on the next day?
Any geniuses out there know the answer?

 

[Guest_imported]

Hello, i was reading your thing... and was wondering... have you sucessfuly changed a registry file? with rebooting??? because a few other people includeing my self would love to know how to do that....
we are working on an IP setting prog... I need it for school when we reimage the labs. it takes so long to reboot 50 times, and i am makeing a prog so you only gata reboot once.... and now all i need to know is how to set the reg files.... if you could help that would be great...
- JES

 

[tedsmith]

In my case, I found the registry value that changes when you click on the radio button. This is how windows remembers your last setting.
If I manually change this value using regedit, the setting is changed in windows when I reboot.
To find where the changes are in the registry, I made a simple VB program that saves a copy of the registry files before the change, then reads it and the new registry file both byte by byte, stoping at the point where they are different. I display + or - 100 bytes around this point in a label then find it using the search in regedit
You could find and change an entry by reading a file until the appropriate keyword was found then chang a byte and save it. I'd be careful to make a spare copy in case you mangle it while you are experimenting!
I have heard there are othere programs for editing registry files but I havent looked for them.
Ted