Which registry key stores profiles of local machine users

[Sathyaish]

The rights of the users on the network domain are reflected in the
HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry hive if they are user-specific, and in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE if they are to be applied to all the users. This
applies for all the users in a network domain, whether they are
Administrator group users, Restricted Users, Standard Users or Power
Users.

However, for restricted users that are created on the local machine,
and not on a network domain, the above mentioned registry hives do not
apply. I've seen this with one of my applications recently. I want to
know what registry hive stores information pertaining to such users.

 

[Dave Patrick]

I don't know what you mean by doesn't apply. HKEY_CURRENT_USER is the loaded
hive of the current user no matter the user's level of permission.

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| The rights of the users on the network domain are reflected in the
| HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry hive if they are user-specific, and in
| HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE if they are to be applied to all the users. This
| applies for all the users in a network domain, whether they are
| Administrator group users, Restricted Users, Standard Users or Power
| Users.
|
| However, for restricted users that are created on the local machine,
| and not on a network domain, the above mentioned registry hives do not
| apply. I've seen this with one of my applications recently. I want to
| know what registry hive stores information pertaining to such users.
|

 

[Sathyaish]

Dave,

I wasn't able to weed out the ambiguity from my original post. I have
solved the problem now.


Here's the problem explained a little more clearly.

http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=71814


And here's how I solved it.

http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?joel.3.132962.5