HKEY_CURRENT_USER vs. HKEY_USERS

[kakii]

Some win xp pro sp3 user has started regedit.
How can one find out to which entry of HKEY_USERS the
HKEY_CURRENT_USER corresponds to ?
In other words how can one find out what user names
used during windows logon the particular entries
of HKEY_USERS correspond to ?

 

[John John (MVP)]

While you are in Regedit?

Compare the Volatile Environment keys.

or create a dummy key under HKCU and then hit F5 to refresh and see
which HKU<SID> key has the same dummy key.

John

 

[JakeSpleen]

Current user is usually the last but one of the HKEY Users hive.

If you want to find out which key corresponds to each user simply right
click > permissions. The users name will be displayed in the security tab of
that key.