Editing Windows Registry (section)

=== Advanced functionality ===
Windows exposes APIs that allows user-mode applications to register to receive a notification event if a particular registry key is changed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms724892(v=vs.85).aspx|title=RegNotifyChangeKeyValue function|publisher=Microsoft}}</ref>  APIs are also available to allow kernel-mode applications to filter and modify registry calls made by other applications.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff560895(v=vs.85).aspx|title=Registering for Notifications|publisher=Microsoft}}</ref>

Windows also supports remote access to the registry of another computer via the <code>RegConnectRegistry</code> function<ref>{{cite web|url=https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms724840(v=vs.85).aspx|title=RegConnectRegistry function|publisher=Microsoft}}</ref> if the Remote Registry service is running, correctly configured and its network traffic is not firewalled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314837|title=How to Manage Remote Access to the Registry|publisher=Microsoft}}</ref>