COMPONENTS Hive

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  1. KNARZ

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    #1 KNARZ, Oct 10, 2013
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    I have several questions about the structure of the COMPONENTS Hive.

    In case you don't know what I'm talking about:
    Code:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\COMPONENTS\DerivedData\Components
    Can someone explain me what some prefixes and Values are within some Windows-Component?

    Prefix:
    !i%componentid%
    !p%componentid%
    !s%componentid%
    !f means file

    I guess !c means something like the included/containing component(s).

    Values:
    CF ?? - most of the time it's 12 / 0xC
    Difference between appid and identity (one of them is present)

    S256 I guess is a hash.


    I appreciate any help.
     
  2. KNARZ

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    Just curious: does someone know a more internal Windows Board? where I may can ask my questions?!
     
  3. Myrrh

    Myrrh MDL Expert

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    #3 Myrrh, Oct 11, 2013
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    Once you get past the wanna-be pirates and leeches, this board has got some of the best expertise I've found anywhere.

    I do not see HKLM\COMPONENTS in my registry at all. How are you seeing it?
     
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  4. hb860

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    I do not have that subkey too
     
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    #5 abbodi1406, Oct 12, 2013
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    you have to load the hive from path:
    Code:
    %systemroot%\System32\config\COMPONENTS
     
  6. KNARZ

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    #6 KNARZ, Oct 14, 2013
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    (OP)
    I'm sorry I looked within my Win8 VM and took Win7 as reference. It could be possible that COMPONENTS isn't loaded regular within Win8. In Win7 it seems it always is loaded by default.

    Select/Highlight HKLM and than select "Load Structure" (hopefully translated right) and go to
    Code:
    %systemroot%\System32\config\COMPONENTS
    to load the hive.

    I admit here are very talented guys (Bob65536, kost, Daz and many more) but unfortunatly thoose guys (at least two of them) abandon this forum. My tries to get more in touch with SPP and some other stuff are become all dead end. Missunderstandings, no time / busy and so on are obviously more present than ever... - completly comprehensible

    Myrrh is damn right... and I know my question aren't regular ones but I try to proof some (very) interessting points. I'm not a coder/programmer/debugger (unfortunatly) and it frustrades me that I can't go any further without help from others. (I don't have the skills) I need some more inside information to get on going...
     
  7. b0g8n

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    #7 b0g8n, Dec 11, 2013
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    Under Windows 8.1 Enterprise, this subkey seems to exist (found during a RegShot comparison sourceforge.net/projects/regshot/ ) but it was not visible with RegEdit nor RegEd32...
    Are those subkeys volatile??

    It also seems to be a different presentation of the data stored into HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing
    ...not sure!
     
  8. buyerninety

    buyerninety MDL Novice

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    Passing references made to;
    HKLM\COMPONENTS
    (in e.g.Vista, Win7, WinPE X64... )
    msfn.org/board/topic/150610-7customizer-components-xml/?view=findpost&p=990698
    msfn.org/board/topic/49103-alternative-to-cmdow-hid/?view=findpost&p=736778
    msfn.org/board/topic/98193-constant-error-messages/?view=findpost&p=665591
    msfn.org/board/topic/114372-sigma-tel-driver-blocking-vista-sp1-update/?view=findpost&p=750248