Hkcu Vs. Hu\.default

[svasutin]

I'm just wondering,

I apply most of my reg tweaks during the cmdlines.txt portion using

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT

instead of

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\

just wondering if there is a difference?

... I am just speaking of keys specific to these sections, not hklm, hkcr, or hkcc

[gtaylor]

Settings applied to HKU\.Default take effect before a user is logged on. Once a user is logged on it uses the settings in the HKCU key. For example to change the screensaver password you change the following key:

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop]

"SCRNSAVE.EXE"="login.scr"

I generally apply all my patches to the HKCU section of the registry.