Windows 7 - load hive import difference

Asked By grupsnalo on 27-Jul-12 01:15 PM
in regedit what exactly happens when you load say a backup of software hive=
-does this change/overwrite the current software hive and what happens if =
you do not unload it i.e just exit from regedit(also import means making a =
union of current an imported "hive', wright?)