What is the Registry?
The Registry is the central core registrar for Windows NT. Each NT workstation or server has its own Registry, and each one contains info on the hardware and software of the computer it resides on. For example, comm port definitions, Ethernet card settings, desktop setting and profiles, and what a particular user can and cannot do are stored in the Registry. Remember those ugly system INI files in Windows 3.1? Well, they are all included with even more fun stuff into one big database called the Registry in NT. Of interest to hackers is the fact that all access control and assorted parameters are located in the Registry. While I’m tempted to discuss just that portion of the Registry, I’ll briefly cover everything for completeness but put the fun stuff up front. The Registry contains thousands of individual items of data, and are grouped together into “keys” or some type of optional value.
The Registry is a large list of people who have created a profile about themselves in order to appear on any or all lists of Players, DMs, Builders, and Server operators that can be searched for by the other members. For example, say I am looking for a Rogue to join my multiplayer game party. I would search the Player Registry for a person who has listed Rogue in his or her profile. Click here to create a profile in the Registry if you have not already done so. 1.32: Define Player, DM, and Builder. (Back to Top) A Player is someone who has played and continues to play NWN. A DM is the Dungeon Master who uses the DM Client in NWN to run a game while players play through their module. A Builder is anyone who uses the Toolset, scripts, creates their own custom content like new models, portraits and so on.
