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&quot;Are the drivers and services that are started at startup referenced here?&quot;<br />
Yes. All driver and service related configuration settings are located in CurrentControlSet, as well as hardware profiles and enumeration. 
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"Are the drivers and services that are started at startup referenced here?"
Yes. All driver and service related configuration settings are located in CurrentControlSet, as well as hardware profiles and enumeration.

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Another good Microsoft reference is this one:<br />
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Registry Keys for Drivers<br />
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<a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa906371.aspx" rel="ugc">http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa906371.aspx</a>
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Another good Microsoft reference is this one:

Registry Keys for Drivers

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa906371.aspx [http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa906371.aspx]

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Thanks Guys. &nbsp;Terrific feedback. &nbsp;KCTS - Thanks for the Technet article. &nbsp;I've learned about the startup process in pieces and never felt I had a handle on it. &nbsp;That artlcle filled in many of the gaps. &nbsp;
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Thanks Guys.  Terrific feedback.  KCTS - Thanks for the Technet article.  I've learned about the startup process in pieces and never felt I had a handle on it.  That artlcle filled in many of the gaps.  

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Im a little fuzzy on the registry key HKLM\System\CurrentControl<wbr />Set (as well as ControlSet001, ControlSet002, and Clone). &nbsp;Are the drivers and services that are started at startup referenced here?
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Im a little fuzzy on the registry key HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet (as well as ControlSet001, ControlSet002, and Clone).  Are the drivers and services that are started at startup referenced here?

Control Set

System Utilities are a type of system software used to support the computer infrastructure, distinguishing it from application software which is aimed at directly performing tasks that benefit ordinary users. Commonly used utilities include password managers, disk managers, system monitors, data synchronization tools, security and antivirus software and editors.

System Utilities

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