From: Richard Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:46:40 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: tools: Fix documentation for CurrentControlSet (thanks Yuval Kashtan).
X-Git-Tag: 1.3.9~5
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tools: Fix documentation for CurrentControlSet (thanks Yuval Kashtan).
---

diff --git a/tools/virt-win-reg b/tools/virt-win-reg
index 9ce84b5..91a1673 100755
--- a/tools/virt-win-reg
+++ b/tools/virt-win-reg
@@ -151,8 +151,23 @@ Paths and value names are case-insensitive.
 
 Registry keys like C<CurrentControlSet> don't really exist in the
 Windows Registry at the level of the hive file, and therefore you
-cannot modify these.  Replace this with C<ControlSet001>, and
-similarly for other C<Current...> keys.
+cannot modify these.
+
+C<CurrentControlSet> is usually an alias for C<ControlSet001>.  In
+some circumstances it might refer to another control set.  The way
+to find out is to look at the C<HKLM\SYSTEM\Select> key:
+
+ # virt-win-reg WindowsGuest 'HKLM\SYSTEM\Select'
+ [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Select]
+ "Current"=dword:00000001
+ "Default"=dword:00000001
+ "Failed"=dword:00000000
+ "LastKnownGood"=dword:00000002
+
+"Default" is the one which Windows will choose when it boots.
+
+Similarly, other C<Current...> keys in the path may need to
+be replaced.
 
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