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I need to install DynDNS Updater software on a Windows XP Embedded PC but the installer won't run on it for some reason. So I want to install it on a regular XP PC and copy it over to the XPe PC. I need to monitor what is changed during the installation (files, registry etc).

What apps can you recommend to do this?
 
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A quick google came up the the following list - i am sure there is something in here that would work:


Advanced Registry Tracer
http://www.schoolnet.ir/~shohada/IT_...gistryeditors/
You can use Advanced Registry Tracer to find out the changes made by a
software or hardware installation. Simply make a copy of the Registry
before the installation and another one after the installation, and use
Advanced Registry Tracer to view the changes.

System Explorer
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/...Explorer.shtml
http://www.softpedia.com/progScreens...hot-84618.html
http://systemexplorer.mistergroup.org/
System Explorer Portable
http://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTABL...Portable.shtml
· Making of Registry & Files snapshots for easy comparing of system
changes. Result of comparation is displayed in tree view and text list.

InstallSpy
http://www.2brightsparks.com/assets/...lSpy_Setup.zip
http://www.2brightsparks.com/freeware/freeware-hub.html
This spyware locater tracks all changes to the registry and file
system, and records all shell notification events when a program is
installed, uninstalled or run.

InCtrl5
http://www.xpefiles.com//files/inctrl5_537.zip
Tutorial
http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/...es-in-windows/
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,9411,00.asp
Inctrl - An installation monitor.
This tool, once installed, allows you to run an installation of any
program and create an html page with all of the files/registry entries
that were created/modified during the installation. The logs are great
for tracking down those pesky registry entries if the program stops
functioning correctly.

SpyMe Tools
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/...Me-Tools.shtml
http://www.softpedia.com/progScreens...hot-33081.html
http://www.lcibrossolutions.com/spyme_tools.htm
Portable SpyMe Tools
http://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTABL...Me-Tools.shtml
SpyMe Tools is very useful in detecting Registry and Disk changes. If
any application installs spyware, adware, dlls, programs, files, or any
other type of file, picture, or program, etc. or changes the Registry's
content, you will be able to see exactly where the modification
occurred so you can take measures.

What Changed
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/...-Changed.shtml
http://www.softpedia.com/progScreens...hot-36464.html
http://www.vtaskstudio.com/support.php#tools
What Changed is a simple utility that searches for modified files and
registry entries. What Changed can be very useful for checking
installations of your applications.
 
Thanks but most of those 404. SpyMe and Regshot does work but I'd like one that can create an importable registry file after the comparison.

Edit: I see now what happened. You must have copied and pasted the shortened urls, so they are invalid (the '...' is in the url).
 
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biometrics said:
I need to install DynDNS Updater software on a Windows XP Embedded PC but the installer won't run on it for some reason. So I want to install it on a regular XP PC and copy it over to the XPe PC. I need to monitor what is changed during the installation (files, registry etc).

What apps can you recommend to do this?
Click to expand...

What PC is it?
 
Messugga said:
What PC is it?
Click to expand...

It's not really a PC issue, it's a Windows XP Embedded issue. Note XPe is a special version of XP with a lot of it stripped out. It's used in embedded systems.

Anyways, finally found something that does it all. It's free for 30 days and can generate .reg files: http://lastbit.com/regsnap/ (These guys look a little, erm, fringe, so no harm working within a VM).
 
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I managed to solve this problem by using installation monitoring tools. I used Spyme to find which files changed and Regsnap to compare the registry changes. After removing the Windows Explorer related changes (like last opened files etc) I had the DynDNS Updater specific changes. So to manually install DynDNS Updater do the following:

1. Install it on a regular Windows XP PC
2. Copy these folders over:
2.1. C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\DynDNS
2.2. C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\DynDNS Updater
2.3. C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
2.4. C:\Program Files\DynDNS Updater
3. Create a text file named "DynDNS Updater.reg" and paste the following code at the end of this message into it.
4. Double click the .reg file and allow it to be imported
5. Restart Windows

Code: 
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DynDNS Updater]
@="C:\\Program Files\\DynDNS Updater"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG]
"Seed"=hex:4A,50,E0,F7,03,B5,88,B2,20,3E,96,35,AF,DB,FA,4C,\
F3,97,F0,BD,A5,52,3D,75,81,7D,34,62,1B,35,C8,16,\
8C,C1,3B,CF,25,B1,3D,56,78,38,FD,E6,3E,5B,7E,F8,\
9D,3E,4B,51,58,38,DB,E8,7C,00,B5,34,0A,CB,92,71,\
0D,A3,5E,7C,48,AE,A9,CB,0E,B5,A2,79,24,30,1D,3A
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\ROOT\Certificates\DE28F4A4FFE5B92FA3C503D1A349A7F9962A8212]
"Blob"=hex:03,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,14,00,00,00,DE,28,F4,A4,\
FF,E5,B9,2F,A3,C5,03,D1,A3,49,A7,F9,96,2A,82,12,\
20,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,58,03,00,00,30,82,03,54,\
30,82,02,3C,A0,03,02,01,02,02,03,02,34,56,30,0D,\
06,09,2A,86,48,86,F7,0D,01,01,05,05,00,30,42,31,\
0B,30,09,06,03,55,04,06,13,02,55,53,31,16,30,14,\
06,03,55,04,0A,13,0D,47,65,6F,54,72,75,73,74,20,\
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65,6F,54,72,75,73,74,20,47,6C,6F,62,61,6C,20,43,\
41,30,1E,17,0D,30,32,30,35,32,31,30,34,30,30,30,\
30,5A,17,0D,32,32,30,35,32,31,30,34,30,30,30,30,\
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03,13,12,47,65,6F,54,72,75,73,74,20,47,6C,6F,62,\
61,6C,20,43,41,30,82,01,22,30,0D,06,09,2A,86,48,\
86,F7,0D,01,01,01,05,00,03,82,01,0F,00,30,82,01,\
0A,02,82,01,01,00,DA,CC,18,63,30,FD,F4,17,23,1A,\
56,7E,5B,DF,3C,6C,38,E4,71,B7,78,91,D4,BC,A1,D8,\
4C,F8,A8,43,B6,03,E9,4D,21,07,08,88,DA,58,2F,66,\
39,29,BD,05,78,8B,9D,38,E8,05,B7,6A,7E,71,A4,E6,\
C4,60,A6,B0,EF,80,E4,89,28,0F,9E,25,D6,ED,83,F3,\
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4F,CA,F1,87,43,C1,16,95,57,2D,50,EF,89,2D,80,7A,\
57,AD,F2,EE,5F,6B,D2,00,8D,B9,14,F8,14,15,35,D9,\
C0,46,A3,7B,72,C8,91,BF,C9,55,2B,CD,D0,97,3E,9C,\
26,64,CC,DF,CE,83,19,71,CA,4E,E6,D4,D5,7B,A9,19,\
CD,55,DE,C8,EC,D2,5E,38,53,E5,5C,4F,8C,2D,FE,50,\
23,36,FC,66,E6,CB,8E,A4,39,19,00,B7,95,02,39,91,\
0B,0E,FE,38,2E,D1,1D,05,9A,F6,4D,3E,6F,0F,07,1D,\
AF,2C,1E,8F,60,39,E2,FA,36,53,13,39,D4,5E,26,2B,\
DB,3D,A8,14,BD,32,EB,18,03,28,52,04,71,E5,AB,33,\
3D,E1,38,BB,07,36,84,62,9C,79,EA,16,30,F4,5F,C0,\
2B,E8,71,6B,E4,F9,02,03,01,00,01,A3,53,30,51,30,\
0F,06,03,55,1D,13,01,01,FF,04,05,30,03,01,01,FF,\
30,1D,06,03,55,1D,0E,04,16,04,14,C0,7A,98,68,8D,\
89,FB,AB,05,64,0C,11,7D,AA,7D,65,B8,CA,CC,4E,30,\
1F,06,03,55,1D,23,04,18,30,16,80,14,C0,7A,98,68,\
8D,89,FB,AB,05,64,0C,11,7D,AA,7D,65,B8,CA,CC,4E,\
30,0D,06,09,2A,86,48,86,F7,0D,01,01,05,05,00,03,\
82,01,01,00,35,E3,29,6A,E5,2F,5D,54,8E,29,50,94,\
9F,99,1A,14,E4,8F,78,2A,62,94,A2,27,67,9E,D0,CF,\
1A,5E,47,E9,C1,B2,A4,CF,DD,41,1A,05,4E,9B,4B,EE,\
4A,6F,55,52,B3,24,A1,37,0A,EB,64,76,2A,2E,2C,F3,\
FD,3B,75,90,BF,FA,71,D8,C7,3D,37,D2,B5,05,95,62,\
B9,A6,DE,89,3D,36,7B,38,77,48,97,AC,A6,20,8F,2E,\
A6,C9,0C,C2,B2,99,45,00,C7,CE,11,51,22,22,E0,A5,\
EA,B6,15,48,09,64,EA,5E,4F,74,F7,05,3E,C7,8A,52,\
0C,DB,15,B4,BD,6D,9B,E5,C6,B1,54,68,A9,E3,69,90,\
B6,9A,A5,0F,B8,B9,3F,20,7D,AE,4A,B5,B8,9C,E4,1D,\
B6,AB,E6,94,A5,C1,C7,83,AD,DB,F5,27,87,0E,04,6C,\
D5,FF,DD,A0,5D,ED,87,52,B7,2B,15,02,AE,39,A6,6A,\
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E3,51,2B,5E,75,E8,D5,D0,DC,4F,34,ED,C2,05,66,80,\
A1,CB,E6,33
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\DynDNSUpdater]
"DynDNS Updater"="DynDNS Updater"
"DisplayName"="DynDNS Updater"
"InstallLocation"="C:\\Program Files\\DynDNS Updater"
"DisplayIcon"="C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application Data\\DynDNS\\Updater\\DynDNS-Logo.ico"
"Publisher"="Dynamic Network Services, Inc."
"HelpLink"="http://www.dyndns.com/support/"
"URLUpdateInfo"="http://www.dyndns.com/support/clients/"
"URLInfoAbout"="http://www.dyndns.com/support/clients/"
"DisplayVersion"="4.1.7"
"VersionMajor"="4"
"VersionMinor"="1"
"NoModify"="1"
"NoRepair"="1"
"EstimatedSize"="999"
"UninstallString"="C:\\Program Files\\DynDNS Updater\\Uninstall.exe"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace\{2C872758-EC0C-4E11-8CDB-018F7EDAD727}]
@="DynDNS Updater Configuration"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{2C872758-EC0C-4E11-8CDB-018F7EDAD727}]
@="DynDNS Updater Configuration"
"InfoTip"="Change options for the DynDNS Updater."
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{2C872758-EC0C-4E11-8CDB-018F7EDAD727}\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application Data\\DynDNS\\Updater\\DynDNS-Logo.ico"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{2C872758-EC0C-4E11-8CDB-018F7EDAD727}\Shell]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{2C872758-EC0C-4E11-8CDB-018F7EDAD727}\Shell\Open]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{2C872758-EC0C-4E11-8CDB-018F7EDAD727}\Shell\Open\Command]
@="C:\\Program Files\\DynDNS Updater\\DynUpConfig.exe"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{2C872758-EC0C-4E11-8CDB-018F7EDAD727}\ShellFolder]
"Attributes"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\DynDNS Updater]
"GUID"="{2C872758-EC0C-4E11-8CDB-018F7EDAD727}"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DynDNS Updater]
"Type"=dword:00000010
"Start"=dword:00000002
"ErrorControl"=dword:00000001
"ImagePath"=hex(2):43,3A,5C,50,72,6F,67,72,61,6D,20,46,69,6C,65,73,\
5C,44,79,6E,44,4E,53,20,55,70,64,61,74,65,72,5C,\
44,79,6E,55,70,53,76,63,2E,65,78,65,00
"DisplayName"="DynDNS Updater"
"DependOnService"=hex(7):57,49,4E,4D,47,4D,54,00,00
"DependOnGroup"=hex(7):00
"ObjectName"="LocalSystem"
"Description"="Synchronizes DNS records from DynDNS.com with this computer's global IP address."
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DynDNS Updater\Security]
"Security"=hex:01,00,14,80,90,00,00,00,9C,00,00,00,14,00,00,00,\
30,00,00,00,02,00,1C,00,01,00,00,00,02,80,14,00,\
FF,01,0F,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,\
02,00,60,00,04,00,00,00,00,00,14,00,FD,01,02,00,\
01,01,00,00,00,00,00,05,12,00,00,00,00,00,18,00,\
FF,01,0F,00,01,02,00,00,00,00,00,05,20,00,00,00,\
20,02,00,00,00,00,14,00,8D,01,02,00,01,01,00,00,\
00,00,00,05,0B,00,00,00,00,00,18,00,FD,01,02,00,\
01,02,00,00,00,00,00,05,20,00,00,00,23,02,00,00,\
01,01,00,00,00,00,00,05,12,00,00,00,01,01,00,00,\
00,00,00,05,12,00,00,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\DynDNS Updater]
"Type"=dword:00000010
"Start"=dword:00000002
"ErrorControl"=dword:00000001
"ImagePath"=hex(2):43,3A,5C,50,72,6F,67,72,61,6D,20,46,69,6C,65,73,\
5C,44,79,6E,44,4E,53,20,55,70,64,61,74,65,72,5C,\
44,79,6E,55,70,53,76,63,2E,65,78,65,00
"DisplayName"="DynDNS Updater"
"DependOnService"=hex(7):57,49,4E,4D,47,4D,54,00,00
"DependOnGroup"=hex(7):00
"ObjectName"="LocalSystem"
"Description"="Synchronizes DNS records from DynDNS.com with this computer's global IP address."
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\DynDNS Updater\Security]
"Security"=hex:01,00,14,80,90,00,00,00,9C,00,00,00,14,00,00,00,\
30,00,00,00,02,00,1C,00,01,00,00,00,02,80,14,00,\
FF,01,0F,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,\
02,00,60,00,04,00,00,00,00,00,14,00,FD,01,02,00,\
01,01,00,00,00,00,00,05,12,00,00,00,00,00,18,00,\
FF,01,0F,00,01,02,00,00,00,00,00,05,20,00,00,00,\
20,02,00,00,00,00,14,00,8D,01,02,00,01,01,00,00,\
00,00,00,05,0B,00,00,00,00,00,18,00,FD,01,02,00,\
01,02,00,00,00,00,00,05,20,00,00,00,23,02,00,00,\
01,01,00,00,00,00,00,05,12,00,00,00,01,01,00,00,\
00,00,00,05,12,00,00,00
 
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