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 Step 1: Get the registry hive Step 1: Get the registry hive
-This step is pretty simple. The file is called software and is located in %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\config. You're going to have problems if you try grabbing this file from a running system, but fortunately we have an offline version of the harddrive. Copy that file to a USB stick, or some other device, following your standard evidence collection policies. I also recommend working from an image, not the live drive, if you're doing actual forensic work.+This step is pretty simple. The file is called software and is located in %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\config. 
 + You're going to have problems if you try grabbing this file from a running system, but fortunately we  
 +have an offline version of the harddrive. Copy that file to a USB stick, or some other device, following  
 +your standard evidence collection policies. I also recommend working from an image, not the live drive, 
 + if you're doing actual forensic work.
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