Using VB6 to backup the Registry

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  • Ralph Malph
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    Using VB6 to backup the Registry

    I am writing a program to backup user files to a network share quick and easy
    and I wish to include the capability to backup the Registry files such as the
    SAM, SYSTEM, DEFAULT, etc files. Windows XP won't let you copy them, but
    there are many programs on the market that can do it such as Veritas Backup
    Exec, or the Included Microsoft System Restore options so there must be a way
    to write a program that can gain access to these files for backup purposes.
    The problem with using one of the other mentioned programs is that they
    either back it up to the current HD which could also go belly up, or they
    cost lots of $$$$$$. This program I am writing is going to be a FREE program
    for me to use at work and when ready for anyone else in the world to use for
    free. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks,

    Ralph Malph

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    • Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
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      Re: Using VB6 to backup the Registry

      "Ralph Malph" <ralph.malph@ha ppydays.com> schrieb:[color=blue]
      > [VB6-related question][/color]

      Note that this is a VB.NET group. For questions related to VB6 consider
      posting to one of the groups in the "microsoft.publ ic.vb.*" groups
      hierarchy.

      --
      M S Herfried K. Wagner
      M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
      V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

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        • Ralph Malph
          #3
          Re: Using VB6 to backup the Registry


          --
          Ralph Malph


          "Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" wrote:
          [color=blue]
          > "Ralph Malph" <ralph.malph@ha ppydays.com> schrieb:[color=green]
          > > [VB6-related question][/color]
          >
          > Note that this is a VB.NET group. For questions related to VB6 consider
          > posting to one of the groups in the "microsoft.publ ic.vb.*" groups
          > hierarchy.
          >
          > --
          > M S Herfried K. Wagner
          > M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
          > V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>
          >[/color]

          Sorry about posting in the wrong area, normally I use Agent when I am at
          home for all my posts. This is my first time using Microsoft’s Web based
          access, which needs some MAJOR help in making it easy to navigate and find
          the areas that are relevant to any particular subject or product. I spent
          several hours trying to find the start of the MS Discussion groups. It was
          almost impossible. If I go to the search area and type in microsoft.publi c
          the FIRST find should be a link to the root discussion group menu !!!!!!!!!!
          I finally found it by dumb luck, I used newsgroups, discussion, Visual Basic
          and many other key words but could NOT find the root of the news groups. The
          NUMBER ONE complaint I have about ALL Microsoft online help is that it
          refuses to use COMMON sense search and find options and key words. I have
          spent 100s of hours digging out info from the Microsoft online help, when are
          they going to fix it ? Most of the time these days, I use Google to get the
          help I need, and I let it find the MS pages when needed. It is a sad day when
          Google does a better job of finding relevant MS help pages than Microsoft.

          Sorry to lay all this complaint out in this group where it really does not
          belong, but the complete lack of common sense organization and inability to
          use common search words to find what should be common items in the MS help
          pages just distress me to no end. Especially since it is the ONLY MS help
          available for any one but the VERY rich who can pay their outrages fees for
          support. I hope Microsoft is listening as I would love to help them make
          their system better. The news groups have always been an excellent way to get
          top notch help with the many MS products I deal with and the web would be an
          excellent way to access them, MS needs to work on making it easy to find and
          list ALL available groups from one EASY to find location and GET RID OF
          PASSPORT !!!!!!!! Anonymity is of utmost importance in ALL public areas such
          as the newsgroups and there is no need for them to require a passport !!!!!!!
          And no I do not trust them not to use any personal info given them against
          me, or to advertise to me etc.

          Thanks for your help and for letting me vent some of my frustration with MS,
          I will post this question in the correct area, as soon as I find it. But just
          for the heck of it I’ll bet there are plenty of people in the .net world who
          would like to know how to gain control of the SAM, DEFAULT, SYSTEM, SOFTWARE,
          etc files for backup purposes and I’ll bet they would love to see a .net
          answer to my question. Just a thought :-)

          Ralph Malph

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