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When the operating system is loaded, the key Registry files (SAM, SECURITY, SYSTEM and SOFTWARE) are 'locked': no application running under the operating system can access them. However, you may still wish to access these files. This feature of PSPR allows you to create copies of the files, and those copies will not be locked. You can save the Registry from the local or remote PC (Administrator privileges required).

 

Press Save Registry and select All Registry or specify a Registry branch.

 

The program also allows you to save Registry files in text format: ANSI (REGEDIT4) or UNICODE (REGEDIT5). Note that this operation takes longer than saving in the original (binary) format, especially for the SYSTEM file. You can use the Compress output file(s) option to have the files compressed using the Microsoft CAB format.

 

You can also save the Active Directory database (ntds.dit): select the AD server name, destination folder name (to save database to), Run backup under another security context option (if needed), as well as user name, domain and user password, and press the Backup AD database button. Note: this feature is not compatible with Windows Server Longhorn.