Registry Hives

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The following registry keys are extracted and reported on by OnScene LHF. Many of these registry keys are a source of  valuable evidence during computer forensic investigations.

OnScene LHF will allow you to add your own registry keys. This can be useful for software licensing audits.

Registry Location:

HKCU

Key Location:

\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences\AddToMRU

Description:

If set to 00, files viewed in media player won't get added to the MRU

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Registry Location:

HKLM

Key Location:

\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\DisableDomainCreds

Description:

This setting controls the storage of authentication credentials and .NET passwords on the local system. By disabling this feature, passwords will not be stored.

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Registry Location:

HKCU

Key Location:

\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Common\General\NoTrack

Description:

If this option is set to 1, windows will not track the amount of time a user holds a document open for editing

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Registry Location:

HKCU

Key Location:

\Software\Microsoft\Office\[office version]\Outlook\PST\PSTNullFreeOnClose

Description:

If this option is set to 1, outlook 200 & 2002 will permanently erase any deleted information from the PST file by compacting null records

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Registry Location:

HKCU

Key Location:

\Software\Microsoft\WAB\WAB4\Wab File Name

Description:

This key contains the location of the Windows Address Book (WAB) used with outlook express

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Registry Location:

HKCU

Key Location:

%SYSTEMROOT%\Prefetch

Description:

On XP, handles boot and application launch prefetching. Prefetch files for application launch contain information regarding path to executeable, etc. Layout.ini file contains a list files used by system defrag utility. On 2K3, only boot prefetching is done, by default.

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Registry Location:

HKCU

Key Location:

%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

Description:

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Registry Location:

HKCU

Key Location:

%WINDIR%\Tasks

Description:

Contains files specifying scheduled tasks, submitted via at.exe or Scheduled Tasks Wizard. .job files in this directory with the hidden bit set will not appear in the Scheduled Tasks applet in the Control Panel.

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Registry Location:

HKLM

Key Location:

\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\EFS

Description:

Contains information regarding whether EFS is enabled

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Registry Location:

HKCU

Key Location:

\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts

Description:

List of file types by extension detailing which application is responsible for opening files using that specific extension

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Triage LHF module reports on this key

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