HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG
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HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG is a Windows Registry hive that provides a snapshot of the current hardware configuration and related settings for the active user session.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8287012 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG Context triple: [Windows Registry, topLevelKey, HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG]
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A.
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT is a primary Windows Registry hive that stores information about file associations, COM objects, and class registrations used by the operating system and applications.
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B.
Windows Registry
The Windows Registry is a hierarchical database in Microsoft Windows that stores low-level settings and configuration information for the operating system and installed applications.
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C.
Registry Editor
Registry Editor is a built-in Windows utility that allows users to view and modify the system’s hierarchical configuration database known as the Windows Registry.
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D.
ICFG
ICFG is the commonly used abbreviation for the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, a global Pentecostal Christian denomination.
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E.
Kernel32
Kernel32 is a core Windows system library that provides fundamental kernel-level functions for process, memory, and thread management in the Win32 API.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG Target entity description: HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG is a Windows Registry hive that provides a snapshot of the current hardware configuration and related settings for the active user session.
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A.
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT is a primary Windows Registry hive that stores information about file associations, COM objects, and class registrations used by the operating system and applications.
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B.
Windows Registry
The Windows Registry is a hierarchical database in Microsoft Windows that stores low-level settings and configuration information for the operating system and installed applications.
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C.
Registry Editor
Registry Editor is a built-in Windows utility that allows users to view and modify the system’s hierarchical configuration database known as the Windows Registry.
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D.
ICFG
ICFG is the commonly used abbreviation for the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, a global Pentecostal Christian denomination.
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E.
Kernel32
Kernel32 is a core Windows system library that provides fundamental kernel-level functions for process, memory, and thread management in the Win32 API.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Windows Registry hive ⓘ |
| abbreviation | HKCC ⓘ |
| accessMethod | RegOpenKeyEx Windows API NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| accessPathExample |
HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers
ⓘ
HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video ⓘ |
| category |
Windows system hive
ⓘ
system configuration ⓘ |
| changesWhen |
display adapter configuration changes
ⓘ
hardware profile changes ⓘ printer configuration changes ⓘ |
| contains |
Display configuration settings
ⓘ
Printer configuration settings ⓘ System configuration settings ⓘ |
| dataType | volatile view of registry data ⓘ |
| documentation | Microsoft Windows Registry technical documentation ⓘ |
| hasRootKeyName | HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedIn | early versions of Windows NT family ⓘ |
| isAliasOf | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\Current ⓘ |
| lifetime | valid for duration of current Windows session ⓘ |
| logicalRootPath | HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\ ⓘ |
| mirrorsDataFrom | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\Current ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Windows
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
|
| partOf | Windows Registry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| persistence | reflects data persisted under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE ⓘ |
| provides | snapshot of current hardware configuration ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
ⓘ
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE ⓘ |
| scope |
active user session
ⓘ
current hardware profile ⓘ |
| securityContext | protected by registry permissions ⓘ |
| stores |
hardware-specific configuration data
ⓘ
per-session hardware configuration snapshot ⓘ |
| typicalSubkey |
HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\Software
ⓘ
HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System ⓘ HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet ⓘ HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Control ⓘ HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print ⓘ HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Windows components
ⓘ
device drivers ⓘ legacy Windows applications ⓘ |
| usedFor |
accessing current hardware profile settings
ⓘ
backward compatibility with older Windows applications ⓘ reading hardware-dependent configuration at runtime ⓘ |
| visibleIn | Registry Editor (regedit.exe) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG Description of subject: HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG is a Windows Registry hive that provides a snapshot of the current hardware configuration and related settings for the active user session.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.