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The 1 st version of the Oracle VM virtual box was developed in 2007. And it is now one of the best free virtual machines for both enterprise and home use. It supports a variety of guest appertaining systems like-Windows from XP and onwards, NT, Server 2003, OS X, Solaris, Open Solaris, and Linux 2.4 or higher. Originally codenamed Viridian, and then Windows Server Virtualization, it was rebranded to Hyper-V Server when it was first released in late 2008. These days it comes as part of Windows 10 Pro.
The best virtual machine software on the market makes virtualization for different operating systems simple, allowing you to run multiple OS installs on the same computer or workstation. This is a preconfigured Windows 10 virtual machine created by IS&T. It contains only Windows updates, MIT configuration (site certificate), security patches, and base software. Base software included.
Registry virtualization is an application compatibility technology that enables registry write operations that have global impact to be redirected to per-user locations. This redirection is transparent to applications reading from or writing to the registry. It is supported starting with Windows Vista.
This form of virtualization is an interim application compatibility technology; Microsoft intends to remove it from future versions of the Windows operating system as more applications are made compatible with Windows Vista and later versions of Windows. Therefore, it is important that your application does not become dependent on the behavior of registry virtualization in the system.
Virtualization is intended only to provide compatibility for existing applications. Applications designed for Windows Vista and later versions of Windows should not write to sensitive system areas, nor should they rely on virtualization to remedy any problems. When updating existing code to run on Windows Vista and later versions of Windows, developers should ensure that applications only store data in per-user locations or in computer locations within %alluserprofile% that properly use an access control list (ACL).
For more information about building UAC-compliant applications, see the UAC Developer Guide.
Virtualization Overview
Prior to Windows Vista, applications were typically run by administrators. As a result, applications could freely access system files and registry keys. If these applications were run by a standard user, they would fail due to insufficient access rights. Windows Vista and later versions of Windows improve application compatibility for these applications by automatically redirecting these operations. For example, registry operations to the global store (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftware) are redirected to a per-user location within the user's profile known as the virtual store (HKEY_USERS
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If the caller does not have write access to a key and attempts to write a value to it or create a subkey, the value is written to the virtual store.
For example, if a limited user attempts to write a value to the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareAppKey1, virtualization redirects the write operation to HKEY_USERS_ClassesVirtualStoreMachineSoftwareAppKey1 but HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareAppKey1 had a value V3, then that value would be returned from the global store.
Registry Virtualization Scope
Registry virtualization is enabled only for the following:
- 32-bit interactive processes.
- Keys in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftware.
- Keys that an administrator can write to. (If an administrator cannot write to a key, then the application would have failed on previous versions of Windows even if it was run by an administrator.)
Registry virtualization is disabled for the following:
64-bit processes.
Processes that are not interactive, such as services.
Note that using the registry as an inter-process communication (IPC) mechanism between a service (or any other process that does not have virtualization enabled) and an application will not work correctly if the key is virtualized. For instance, if an antivirus service updates its signature files based on a value set by an application, the service will never update its signature files because the service reads from the global store but the application writes to the virtual store.
Processes that impersonate a user. If a process attempts an operation while impersonating a user, that operation will not be virtualized.
Kernel-mode processes such as drivers.
Processes that have requestedExecutionLevel specified in their manifests.
Keys and subkeys of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareClasses, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindows, and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindows NT.
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Controlling Registry Virtualization
In addition to controlling virtualization at an application level by using requestedExecutionLevel in the manifest, an administrator can enable or disable virtualization on a per-key basis for keys in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftware. To do this, use the Reg.exe command-line utility FLAGS option with the flags listed in the following table.
| Flag | Meaning |
|---|---|
| REG_KEY_DONT_SILENT_FAIL | This flag disables open registry virtualization. If this flag is set and an open operation fails on a key that has virtualization enabled, the registry does not attempt to reopen the key. If this flag is clear, the registry attempts to reopen the key with MAXIMUM_ALLOWED access instead of the requested access. |
| REG_KEY_DONT_VIRTUALIZE | This flag disables write registry virtualization. If this flag is set and a create key or set value operation fails because the caller does not have sufficient access right to the parent key, the registry fails the operation. If this flag is clear, the registry attempts to write the key or value in the virtual store. The caller must have the KEY_READ right on the parent key. |
| REG_KEY_RECURSE_FLAG | If this flag is set, registry virtualization flags are propagated from the parent key. If this flag is clear, registry virtualization flags are not propagated. Changing this flag affects only new descendent keys created after the flag is changed. It does not set or clear these flags for existing descendent keys. |
The following example shows the use of the Reg.exe command-line utility with the FLAGS option to query the state of the virtualization flags for a key.
Whenever auditing is enabled on a key that is being virtualized, a new virtualization audit event is generated to indicate that the key is being virtualized (addition to the usual audit events). Administrators can use this information to monitor the status of virtualization on their systems.
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