Registry information systems and methods are presented. In one embodiment, an application dedicated registry hive method comprises: performing application dedicated registry hive agent operations, including: an online initiation phase in which a system independent application dedicated registry hive from a shared resource is loaded into the system namespace; a monitoring phase in which status of the system independent application dedicated registry hive is monitored; and an offline initiation phase in which the system independent application dedicated registry hive is unloaded from the system namespace; and performing an application dedicated registry hive driver filter process, including redirecting read and write operations to the system independent application dedicated registry hive. The system independent application dedicated registry hive can include a registry content file and a corresponding transaction log file.