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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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change computer desktop icon in Windows 2008 R2 to display computer name

In Windows 2003 I was able to change the registry key as follows to display the actualy computer name on the desktop using the Computer Desktop Icon. System Key: [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}] Change…
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Removing/hiding the option to "safely remove USB devices" via GPO and registry

I ave already gone through How to prevent Windows from safely removing hardware? and it has a registry based solution for WinXP, however what I am after is: 1. a GPO based solution 2. windows 7, 2003 and 2008 as well thanks UPD:…
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How do I allow changing of Active Directory passwords via unsecured LDAP?

As you might already know AD does not let you change the password through LDAP if you don't have a secure connection to AD. I heard that there is a registry setting to change this behavior but so far couldn't find where it is... Anyone of you know…
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Problems with FIPS Mode in Adobe Acrobat Pro 2020 and Adobe Reader DC

Security requirements are such that we need to set this key depending on software: HKCU\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\2020\AVGeneral\bFIPSMode (DWORD = 1) KHCU\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\AVGeneral\bFIPSMode (DWORD = 1) This was done…
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How can I pull Minimum Password Length policy from Windows 10 registry?

Trying to pull the minimum password length policy information from the registry, but it appears that is no longer possible on later versions of W10? There are a number of documented answers out there that direct you to MinPwdLen…
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Windows NTP Server Registry Configuration

I inherited an environment with a Windows 2012R2 Domain Controller (serverA) set as the NTP server. This server is going to be retired shortly for a new (separate) 2019 instance. The domain controller does not have the PDC Emulator role assigned to…
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Registry Key disappearing on reboot after added to read application and services logs via WMI

I have a Windows Server 2019 VM and am trying to collect some specific Windows Event Logs using Get-WmiObject In order to read an Event Logs channel in Applications and Services, I created a registry key and configured it similar to how this post…
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Consequences to manually adding a entry to `HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall`

We have an application, lets call it 'App A', that when you run it checks the registry to see if another app, lets call it 'App B', is installed. It does this by searching…
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Wine in Docker - "reg add" only keeps effects temporarily

Ive been bashing my head against a wall about this. I'm looking to add an executable to the PATH under wine on Ubuntu 20.04. Trying to configure this from the dockerfile, but having a weird issue. Specifically, i'm trying to install python under…
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Will GPO setting registry keys be reapplied on reboot?

Most GPO settings are either enforced/user can't change the setting/ or applied only one time /software install/. My question is - if I set a specific registry key using a GPO and the registry key is changed, will the GPO overwrite the registry key…
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Group Policy: existing Policy values deleted when running gpupdate

Domain Controllers (2): Samba 4 Client: Windows 10 1909 x64 After joining a computer to the domain, when I run gpupdate /force for the first time, the values under these keys are…
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Determine the root cause of Windows update rendering PCs unbootable

Dozens of Windows 8.1 PCs across my environment show Fatal Error: C0000022 and cannot boot any further after installing either KB4541505 or KB4541509. Automatic Repair fails; they cannot be restored with System Restore; DISM cannot roll back the…
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Firefox addon uninstall through registry

I have installed a Firefox add-on by adding a key-value pair in the registry under the following path- Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\Extensions\Install\1 = "https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/myfile.xpi" The installation works I want…
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registry keys are getting imported under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\WOW6432Node\ on windows server2016

I am trying to import registry keys along with my application installation using powershell. I am using below command to import registry values (which is placed in a file RegFileName) reg import ".\$RegFileName" /reg:32 My expectation is that these…
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Delete Windows Share 'History' "the folders shared below were previously shared"?

When trying to share a folder, if there have been previous shares on folders (which have since been removed), Windows will prompt: "the folders shared below were previously shared" and ask what you want to do with them. Does anyone know how to…
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