Monitor Software Installation Changes

2 Aug 2006 2:29 PM

eSolTec, Inc. 501(c)(3)

Thank you in advance for any and all assistance, it is greatly appreciated.

I would like to know if there is a simple way to monitor Registry changes by
software being installed, either with or without the users permission?

Michael

2 Aug 2006 3:37 PM

Charlie

Check out the Regmon (it's free)

http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Regmon.html

Regards,

Charlie

eSolTec wrote:
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> Thank you in advance for any and all assistance, it is greatly appreciated.
>
> I would like to know if there is a simple way to monitor Registry changes by
> software being installed, either with or without the users permission?
>
> Michael

2 Aug 2006 3:46 PM

eSolTec, Inc. 501(c)(3)

Charlie,

Thank you for the freebie, but I'm looking to integrate this into an
application, so I need code samples etc...

Michael

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"Charlie" wrote:

> Check out the Regmon (it's free)
>
> http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Regmon.html
>
> Regards,
>
> Charlie
>
> eSolTec wrote:
> > Thank you in advance for any and all assistance, it is greatly appreciated.
> >
> > I would like to know if there is a simple way to monitor Registry changes by
> > software being installed, either with or without the users permission?
> >
> > Michael
>
>

2 Aug 2006 5:53 PM

Charlie

I think you can import the win32 API and call the
RegNotifyChangeKeyValue()

If my memory serves me right (don't remember if I did that in VC++ or
VB 6 or VB .NET), it's possible to import the libraries into your code
and call the functions.

Hope that gives you a direction on what you need to do.

Best regards,

Charlie