Write a $3-4$ page paper $(12$ font size, double$-$spaced$)$ that is formatted according to APA standards. Prepare the paper for a reader who has little or no knowledge of the Windows Registry. Include definitions and explanations of terms that are likely to be unfamiliar.

In your paper, address the following topics:

A general overview of the Windows Registry and its five high$-$level keys including:

Descriptions of the ways that data is categorized within the registry

Examples of how data is stored and what's necessary to decipher it

At least one screenshot depicting high$-$level keys

In$-$depth research of the HKEY$\_$Current$\_$User Hive:

Detailed description of the hive

User and machine data that is stored within the hive

How data is stored

How data can be viewed within the hive

Specific examples of forensically relevant data

How the Hive can be connected to an individual

Three tools that can be used to analyze the Registry to include:

Description of the tools, their developers, and availability

Functions of the tools

How tools report data

Specific examples from the Windows registry where relevant and possible

Screenshots to support explanations of tools

Relevance to forensic examinations

A plan for analyzing the registry of a computer from the scenario shown below:

Forensic tool$/$s that you would use for the registry analysis and reason for selecting this tool

Specific description of data to be analyzed $($i$.$e$.$ file name$)$ and how you would collect that data

One piece of data from each of the five high$-$level keys that you would examine and how that data could assist with the investigation

Scenario

Police responded to a call, at $7521$ River Parkway, in which Arnold Harding was found, deceased from an apparent gunshot wound, at his place of business, Harding Enterprises, a small printing company. The business was owned by the decedent and his wife, Lillian Harding. The company employs two full$-$time employees and one part$-$time intern. Officer Greene was the first responder and did a cursory check of the scene. She saw two computers at the location, a Windows desktop machine, powered on and a laptop. The two machines are connected by a small network in the office. There is a cell phone, an iPhone $8,$ powered on$,$ near the body of the decedent. The owner of the phone has not been identified. Detective Justin Martin was called to the scene. He will take charge of the investigation.