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Questions tagged [windows-registry]

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.

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Can ranges overlap in ReservedPorts?

The value ReservedPorts in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters contains a list of port ranges to reserve so the system won't assign them to programs dynamically. Will the value be understood if it contains…
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Force software rendering in Adobe Reader 10.1.3

In Adobe Reader 10.x there is an option under Edit>Preferences...>3D & Multimedia to set the renderer to use the software renderer instead of Directx. I've read that using the software setting will garner better performance. I'm looking for a way…
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What could cause a program to stay in "Add/Remove Programs" even after removing from registry

Trying to manually remove an entry from Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. (custom software, not MS KB patch or windows component and not doing anyting 'funky' like trying to stop itself form being uninstalled) Followed…
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Where can I find authoritative info about the "DSA Heuristics" registry key for domain controllers?

I have found many different webpages all saying to put different strings in for the value HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\NTDS\Parameters\DSA Heuristics. From what I can tell it appears to be a bit-mask, is there a MSDN page where I can see…
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users unable to add registry keys to HKCU

I may not have this 100% correct so need some clarification. Are normal users on a 2003 terminal server allowed to add registry keys the their own HKCU section in the registry, or are they only allowed to edit existing ones? The reason I ask is that…
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Resizing desktop icons across a domain

We're in the process of trying to change the desktops icons on all our client machines to the "Classic View" size. Microsoft says there's no way to do this on Server 2008 R2 using GPO/GPP. We're hoping if we can find the right registry key, we'll be…
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Where is the registry key that point to location of $NTUninstall folders?

I am running out of room on the C: drive on my Windows Server 2003 R2 Server and want to move the $NTUninstall files to D:\Uninstall_Folder and update the registry key that tells Windows where to look for them. I have seen this done in the past but…
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Can't install Tortoise SVN 1.7.3 on Windows Server 2008 R2

I'm trying to install just the Tortoise SVN client on my windows server 2008 R2 and get the following error message: Could not create key: \Software\Classes\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers\{3035-1349-7B7D-4FCC-81B4-1E394CA267EB}. Verify that you have…
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Remotely Find Registry Keys in Registry Sub-folders

Via CMD I would like to find out remotely the registry entries for a folder in the registry. For example. If I could send a request to a computer to tell me what the keys, d-words, values, etc are in a registry folder... HKSoftware -> blah blah ->…
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Where can I find information about inbuilt registry keys for Windows Server 2008 R2?

Is there a resource for looking up the description and/or usage of W2K8 R2 registry keys? I need to understand integrity checksum change messages appearing in OSSEC logs on Amazon EC2…
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How can I automate pulling files via putty's psftp?

I have a Windows Server 2003 box and it is using psftp to connect to a remote linux machine and download files every hour. I have two main challenges with this machine: First Scheduled tasks are currently set to run as a user on this box, which I…
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FullArmor ADMX Editor: Does it work correctly/well for admx files?

I am currently creating some admx files. I found the FullArmor ADMX Migrator from Microsoft which also includes an ADMX editor. However, when using this editor I found the outputs quite strange. For example it was not possible to create a…
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Change Registry Value Command Line

Is there a way to set a registry value with a command line without using a .reg file to import it? I've looked over the reg and regedit.exe command line options, and it doesn't look like there's a way to do something like this... reg update…
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How to check if machines are set to use a proxy (remotely)?

I have a Windows active directory domain network and a list of Windows machine names that I want to check if they are set to use a proxy (internet settings > connections > lan settings > proxy > use a proxy server / address). I have seen some…
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command line REGEDIT command (edit) without a popup

I am attempting to disable UAC via a batch file with a REGEDIT command, and everything works - but, I need to be able to do this without clicking. When I run the: REGEDIT /S somefile.reg It works fine, except requires and initial click to allow…
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