On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 08:00, fdelente <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Yes, I know that every user has to have his registry; however, when I install Word in Windows, some keys must be created in the registry that allow every user to use Word without having installed it himself. > In Windows HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE is shared and needs administrator access to modify, while HKEY_CURRENT_USER can be modified by the user and each user has its own copy. In Wine the entire registry is kept in the Wine-prefix and can only be accessed by one user. This eliminates the need for root access which wouod have made Wine a huge security issue and it is probably easier to implement... Gert
