Which of the following registry hives stores configuration information specific to a particular user who is currently logged on to the computer?

HKEY_USERS contains the profiles for all user accounts that have been loaded on the computer, not just the currently active user.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER contains profile data for the currently active user session, including desktop settings, environment variables, and application preferences. It is dynamically linked to the corresponding subkey within HKEY_USERS for the logged-on user's Security Identifier (SID). This design ensures each user's settings are isolated and only loaded during their active session.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE stores system-wide hardware and operating system configuration that applies to all users, not settings specific to a single logged-on user.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT stores file type associations and COM object registration data, not user-specific configuration or preference information.