Profiling user activities
HKCU is a registry hive in the Windows Registry that stores user-specific settings and configurations for the currently logged-in user. It contains preferences, user environment variables, application settings, and other data related to the user’s activities on the system.
During user profiling, analyzing the HKCU hive can provide insight into the user’s behavior, habits, and preferences. By examining the hive, forensic analysts can determine the applications used by the user, the files accessed, the network connections established, and the system settings modified.
The HKCU hive contains subkeys for various software applications that have been installed or configured for the user. The subkeys store settings and preferences specific to each application, which can help forensic analysts determine the activities of the user. For example, the RecentDocs subkey stores a list of recently accessed files, while the Run subkey stores a list of...
