Just open the Services window (services.msc), find Windows
Search in the list, right-click and select Stop. It will start up again
automatically the next time you load Windows, or you can start it manually
by right-clicking the service again and selecting Start.
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Chapter 3The RegistryThe Registry CHAPTER 3
The Registry
The Registry is deceptive. At first glance, it??™s a massive collection of esoteric
settings and cryptic codes. But once you get cozy with it, you??™ll find most of
the Registry well-organized, in plain English, and with many of its components
illustrating their own structure.
It??™s also deceptive in its scope. Much of what seems hardcoded in Windows
Vista is indeed governed by data in the Registry: delete a certain key, and an
icon disappears from the Computer folder. But as you dig deeper, you??™ll find
certain things (like parts of the ???file types??? system) have been jury-rigged to
act a certain way despite what??™s in the Registry.
In essence, the Registry is a database containing all the settings for Windows
and most of the applications installed on your system. All of your file
type associations??”the links between your documents and the applications
that created them??”are built from Registry data. Your network settings,
your hardware settings, each of your applications??™ customizable toolbars,
and even Windows??™ own Control Panel settings are all stored in the Registry.
And the various software components, the building blocks of nearly all
your programs (not to mention Windows itself), are ???registered??? in your
Registry.
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