The Windows Registry is a hierarchical database that stores configuration settings and options on Microsoft Windows operating systems. It contains settings for low-level operating system components as well as the applications running on the platform.
Questions tagged [windows-registry]
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Change group policy settings for accounts?
I am wondering if there is a way to change the group policy settings for accounts without using the GUI tools (GPMC or the GPO editor MMC snap in). In other words can I can change these settings via a registry change or by using a tool like…
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how to find all registry symbolic links?
There is a method to see if a registry key is a symbolic link?
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IIS6 registry values in IIS7
I am looking for the location of the IIS6 registry values such as EnableNonUTF8, FavorUTF8, MaxFieldLength, and a few more in IIS7. In IIS6 they were in:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\HTTP\Parameters
I cannot find where to…
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Hyper-V core NIC speeds and registry changes
On a Dell PE T610 I have Hyper-V core running, with 2 x Broadcom BCM5709C NetXtreme II GigE installed. I have noticed that copying large files 17GB for example, from a network physical server to the Hyper-V host local drive [not vm guest] is very…
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get rid of warning when installing registry file
I use windows vista but this question is for other windows versions as well.
When I double click to install a reg file I get this warning:
Adding information can unintentionally
change or delete values and cause
components to stop working…
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What is the registry key for Windows XP to disable Internet Connection Sharing?
What is the registry key for Windows XP to disable Internet Connection Sharing?
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Software restriction policies set in the registry don't update Local Group Policy
The joys of a Samba domain... First off Domain Group policy can't be used until Samba 4 arrives.
We need to setup Software Restriction Policies (SRPs) on most of the computers in our Samba domain and I would dearly like to automate this. (We are…
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Adding to App Paths for 'Run' as a non-admin
Is there a way to add a new App Path (for adding commands to Start-Run) without needing Admin?
With admin, you can add an App Path to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths. I tried adding one under HKCU with no effect.
I've added…
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How does Windows set the %SystemRoot% variable?
The %SystemRoot% environment variable contains the path to the Windows directory. (e.g. c:\windows)
SystemRoot is not configured in Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment, it is automagically…
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Run a .REG file in a logon script where regedit is disabled?
I need to run a .REG to add entries to the registry on logoff, but our GP environment disables regedit. I could probably accomplish this by turning regedit on, running the script, and then turning it back off again, but I'm hoping there's a more…
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SNMP Community String Permissions
I am looking at deploying SNMP Settings for windows servers via Group Policy and have an administrative template prepared. However I am noting strange behaviour when applying the policy.
Two Community strings are created, with different permissions.…
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Can i update the windows registry entries for HKEY_CURRENT_USER values without elevated privileges?
Links such as the following suggest that I should be able to edit the registry without elevated privileges, as long as I only update…
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Two identical Vista machines, only one processes Group Policy Registry Extension
I have two Panasonic Toughbook CF-30 machines setup from the same installer CD. Both machines were joined to the domain and moved into the same OU. Both machines have no errors in the event logs on startup. One machine gets the 'AutoLogon' group…
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How to prevent user from disabling the Mcafee
How can I prevent user from disabling the Mcafee VirusScan Enterprise 8.8? Is there any Registry or Local Group Policy that I could do it?
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What is the default registry location that is used for the registry key ring for ASP.NET Core Data Protection system
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In which registry hive does the ASP.NET Core Data protection system
store it's keys when you are running your app in IIS with a worker
process account without user profile
It looks like it's reusing the hive used by ASP.NET…
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