.hiv

[cp571]

Hi guys can someone tell me what opens a .hiv file

[Philip1952]

Here you go book mark this page. It is a good one.
http://www.ace.net.nz/tech/TechFileFormat.html

But it doesn't show the file your are wanting to open. I wonder what program made it.

[skywalker[TSG]]

sounds dangerous http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[Philip1952]

Yea my thoughts also. With it not listed on the link I gave him. If it were me I think I would delete it.

[Fingers]

hehehe, it does sound like the perfect name for a "virus", but maybe it's an archive file of some sort too?

If you really want to see what's in there, scan it for virus's, then try using "quickview" to see the contents.

[flash4master]

yah, sounds like the perfect name for a virus... the H.I.V. virus perhaps

[lynchmob]

In what context is this file?W2k and nt have hive files.Is that what you mean?
lynch

[eq.rights]

If this is in Windows 2000 (any version), I would not delete this file unless you know for sure what it is. Here is a reference to it in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
"Using NTBackup, restore the system hive file of the "crashed" server to a temporary location on your hard disk drive (for example: C:\Temp\system.hiv)" It is from this link: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q141/5/89.asp?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0&qry=.hiv&rnk=1&src=DHCS_MSPSS_gn_SRCH&SPR=WIN2000

[nodnerb2]

I found a reference to an .hiv file on the following site following a link in this forum.

I hope it answers your question
http://www.myzar.com/boot.html

SOFTWARE:

Extract the Whistler ISO with ISOBUSTER or winimage to a new directory.

Place setupreg.hiv if used into the /i386 directory


Regards

Nodnerb2

[benchristian]

Disclaimer: Neither I nor this forum's administrators will hold any responsibility for your use of the below information. I do not suggest using regedt32 unless you have detailed knowledge of how the registry works. It is very possible to render your system inoperable by corrupting the registry.

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It's opened with regedt32 and you can only open it if it's in a writeable location (as in your harddrive, not a cd)

open regedt32 and click on hkey_local_machine (you probably have to scroll up to get there)
click file > load hive
choose a name (whatever you want doesn't really matter)
find that name as a sub-folder under hkey_local_machine
now you see the values of the keys in that .hiv file
when you're finished viewing or changing values select file > unload hive