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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 64. Chapters: Configuration files, Configuration management, Autoconf, Software configuration management, Windows Registry, Comparison of open source configuration management software, Environment variable, Make Compatible, Zero configuration networking, Quattor, Autorun.inf, INI file, Fstab, AUTOEXEC.BAT, Hosts, CONFIG.SYS, Opsi, Apple Sleep Proxy Service, Baseline, System Preferences, Cfengine, Udev, Merge, Component repository management, Granular Configuration Automation, .htaccess, .properties, Autoconfig, CA Software Change Manager, MSConfig, M23 software distribution system, Accelops, Professional Systems Associates, Link-local address, Telelogic Synergy, Engineering support, Configuration item, Passwd, Sqlnet.ora, Puppet, Wizard, Control Panel, SYSTEM.INI, Security Technical Implementation Guide, Deployment Descriptor, Belarc, INF file, Resolvconf, Service discovery, Physical configuration audit, XF86Config, WIN.INI, Httpd.conf, Bcfg2, Augeas, SmartFrog, RANCID, Resolv.conf, Sysedit, Chef, .htpasswd, Web.config, Auto-configuration, Xorg.conf, Profile configuration file, LCFG, ISconf. Excerpt: The Windows Registry is a hierarchical database that stores configuration settings and options on Microsoft Windows operating systems. It contains settings for low-level operating system components as well as the applications running on the platform: the kernel, device drivers, services, SAM, user interface and third party applications all make use of the registry. The registry also provides a means to access counters for profiling system performance. When first introduced with Windows 3.1, the Windows registry's primary purpose was to store configuration information for COM-based components. With the introduction of Windows 95 and Windows NT, its use was extended to tidy up the profusion of per-program INI files that had previously ...