Hello All ... quick question .. 1

[kovacsa]

Hello All ... quick question ..

As far as the registry goes on Microsoft Systems .. what does the "high word" and "low word" refer to in registry values?

Thanks,

kovacsa

 

[mattjurado]

First you need to tell me what hi word and low word are? Its Monday, I had a long weekend, but I have no clue what you're talking about. Are you refering to the key value types (i.e. binary, dword, string)?

http://freepctech.com/pc/002/Windows_registry_faq.shtml

Matt

 

[SteveBurkett]

It's a terminology programmers use to describe the first 16 bits and the last 16 bits of a 32 bit value. A 'word' is 16 bits (or two bytes) in size. Slap a High Word and a Low Word together (16 bits + 16 bits) and you get a 32 bit value which Windows reaaaaally likes since it's a 32 bit operating system after all!

Hope that helps!

Steve.