# Registry Settings Overview

This topic provides a description of the registry subkeys and values associated with the Research task pane and the services it makes available to users.

Each service that is available to a user is defined by a set of registry settings on the client computer. A user can create these settings by installing a new research service through the user interface of a compatible Microsoft® Office 2003 application, or an administrator can deploy these settings to users by various means. For more information, see Deployment Overview.

All research information lives in one of the following registry subkeys:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Common\Research

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Common\Research

By default, research provider and service settings are stored in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Common\Research\Sources subkey. A parallel branch with similar information may exist under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Common\Research\Sources for use in certain deployment scenarios. For each user of the local computer, Office copies any services registered in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE key branch to HKEY_CURRENT_USER through a process called propagation. For more information, see "How to Control the Installation of Default Services" in Controlling Service Installation Options. A few global Research task pane settings are also stored under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.

The research sections of the registry normally have the following layout:

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER
        Software
            Microsoft
                Office
                    11.0
                        Common
                            Research
                                Sources
                                    {Provider1}
                                        {Service1}
                                        {Service2}
                                        ...
                                    {Provider2}
                                    ...
                                Translation

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
        Software
            Microsoft
                Office
                    11.0
                        Common
                            Research
                                Discovery
                                PC

Note The Research task pane uses theTranslation subkey for internal use only.

## More Information

For more information about these registry subkeys and their associated entries and values, see:

- Provider Registry Settings
- Service Registry Settings
- Service Categories
- Administrative Option Settings
- User Option Settings
- Parental Control Registry Settings

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