Software to monitor and save registry changes 2

[alexadi]

I need a software that can find what registry keys have been added/changed and save them to a file.

It's taking me days to reinstall every application and game every time I do a fresh install of windows (reinstall because of: changed motherboard/ managed to make all drives dissapear/ new hard drive/ other weird reasons)

If I could save what the programs write into registry, then I could install them all on a different partition, and when I would reinstall windows all I'd need to do would be to import the changes.

 

[bcastner]

One good freeware choice:

http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/regmon.shtml

But I must admit I am very dubious about this project. Often the same keys are used, modifed, added to, etc. By sequentially replacing keys you are ignoring any changes made by the previous installations.

This site may give you a better idea of a way to proceed:

http://www.msfn.org/unattended/xp/gettingstarted.htm

 

[wolluf]

Something like Norton Cleansweep? (I used to use this when it was a Quarterdeck product which i liked - and did try the Norton 4.7 version - not as good IMO. Think latest version is 2002 - not sure what features it has, but used to have a feature which allows you to transport an installation from one machine to another - once you'd recorded it. I've successfully used that).