ASA Database Administration Guide
File Locations and Installation Settings
Registry and INI files
Some operating systems, such as Windows NT, hold two levels of system settings. Some settings are specific to an individual user and are used only when that user is logged on; these settings are called current user settings. Some settings are global to the machine, and are available no matter which user is logged on; these are called local machine settings. You must have administrator permissions on your machine to make local machine settings.
Adaptive Server Anywhere permits both current user and local machine settings. On Windows NT, for example, these are held in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry and the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE registry, respectively.
If a setting is made in both the current user and local machine registries, the current user setting takes precedence over the local machine setting.
If you are running an Adaptive Server Anywhere program as a service, you should ensure that the settings are made at the local machine level.
Services can continue to run under a special account when you log off a machine as long as you do not shut the machine down entirely. They can be made independent of individual accounts, and therefore need access to local machine settings.
In addition to Adaptive Server Anywhere programs, some Web servers run as services. You must set local machine settings in order for PowerDynamo to work with such a Web server.
In general, the use of local machine settings is recommended.