Software Programmer?

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I never read any books on windows until very recently when I read the 70-291 training kit.

I learnt most of the Windows OS just by using it and the MSDN. In the past I've read books on MFC, Win32, ATL/COM, .Net etc.

The registry is really quite basic in essence, its a hierarchical database stored in a bunch of files. You can associate keys with values and insert them in the heirarchy.

Theres plenty of good books about, of course it depends on your exact interest and language of choice.

For Win32 C++ development maybe try these :-

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/157231995X/ref=cap_pdp_dp_2
http://www.amazon.com/Windows®-Inte...bs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229348627&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.com/ATL-Internals...CDFBD5D30EAB=AF0vWBX4GEKiRCkCCXofDhEAAAD6OfAF

For C#/.Net maybe :-

http://www.amazon.com/MCTS-Self-Pac...CDFBD5D30EAB=4czDGstGF4Ijy8cJ1LiV6BEAAABWcfAF

At this point you should have a pretty good intro into Windows application development.

Of course .Net and the CLR are flavour of the moment and might be a faster way to knock up some applications, most OS features are available through the .Net Framework also.

Your questions seem a little strange, one minute you say you know C++ the next you mention you don't know the registry ?
Have you written any C++ code on Windows ? Have you used Visual C++ ? Have you looked at the MSDN ?

As mentioned the A+ is primarilly an overview of current entry level industry knowledge related to hardware and popular Operating Systems.