Analysis and Evaluation of the Windows Event Log - Bill Buchanan

CO42019 – Project 4
Modifying the registry
The following code will display the current start-up settings for the event log and allow the user to modify it.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.Win32;
namespace ConsoleApplication2
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
RegistryKey key =
Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey("System\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\EventLog", true);
if (key.GetValue("Start") != null) //Check the value actually exists
{
// The value exists
Console.WriteLine("Its value started at: " + (int)key.GetValue("Start"));
Console.WriteLine("Please select a new value (2, 3 or 4): ");
String newNumString = Console.ReadLine();
int newNum = Convert.ToInt32(newNumString);
if (newNum >1 && newNum