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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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Domain Policies needed when using roaming profiles

We don't usually use roaming profiles, but we need to test some code of ours to make sure we work with this. This led us to set up a roaming profile and then try to use the program in question. On all but one machine we tried this on, all was well.…
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How to make a registry key pull %username% variable?

I have a logon script that imports a registry key. No big deal. This works. My wish is to have the registry populate the current user logged on into that field. So presently I have to manually edit the .reg file and input "domain\user" for each…
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WMI Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfOS_Memory class doesn't exist

The Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfOS_Memory WMI class (and many others) don't seem to exist. From a scripting perspective I asked this question when I couldn't get Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfOS_Memory to return…
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Internet Explorer save file location

Background: We use a Remote Desktop / Terminal Server for our ERP application. It integrates with SQL SRS to generate reports. Reports are viewed in our ERP application, but are actually IE windows integrated into he ERP application. When a user…
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Enable RemoteFX USB redirection via Registry

I am trying to enable RemoteFX USB redirection on our thin clients which are not domain joined. Currently, if I use local group policy editor on one of the devices, and set the policy to enabled for users and admins, the redirection works as…
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Programatic Registry editing blocked

I am seeing a situation where a PowerShell script can't write to the Software key of the Local Machine hive, but the user can manually do it in Regedit. Is there a Group Policy that would limit programatic access but not manual access?
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Problem deleting host ssl certs in IIS with httpcfg ssl delete

Long story short, I have a website on a IIS server in which SSL stopped working. Removing and adding the SSL cert did not resolve the issue. I found this blog and verified I had the same problem. Below is the command output proving I had a ghost…
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Allow downloading images via registry/GPO in Outlook

As part of the great wisdom of Microsoft, O365 Business doesn't have GPO available so we have to use workarounds. How do I allow downloading images using GPO but by editing registry on my win7/10 x64 machines? Are there settings that can be changed…
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Outlook 2010 Default Program Association Not Working. May Have Deleted Too Many Registry Keys

On a Windows Server 2008 R2, I was trying to update Office from 2010 to 2016. I bought the Office 2010 Professional single install version (not 365) but left 2010 just in case we had to revert to it. I completely forgot Office 2016 doesn't allow a…
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Cannot disable IPv6 components on exchange server without breaking exchange

I've got an issue with an exchange 2013 server. Any mail being sent to a gmail recipient is rejected due to IPv6 issues, with the following bounceback... mx.google.com gave this error: [2002:c30a:e196::c30a:e196] Our system has detected that…
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Internet Explorer 11 Group Policy Disable Find Files via F3 within the browser not working

The policy, located at User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Internet Explorer\Search: Disable Find Files via F3 within the browser, does not work for IE11. This policy was designed only for IE5 and IE6 I've also attempted…
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Include additional data to roaming profile?

I am aware that it is possible to exclude folders from roaming profiles in ntuser.ini, or (for central management) preferedly by a GPO setting (User settings - Admin templates - System - roaming profiles - exclude directories from roaming…
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Windows XP to Windows 7 migration - Registry update

In Windows XP an application uses the following to read the username: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon While in Windows 7 same is mapped to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows…
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Change Page File via registry, WinXP

I'm trying to run a script to move users page files from C: to D: (if they don't have enough space) I've figured out how to do it by modifying HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PagingFiles It works…
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What is causing these multiple HKU\SID entries in the registry on my terminal server?

I have a 2008 R2 terminal server environment with users on thin clients who remote onto three different terminal servers with roaming profiles. For the last several months, I have been dealing with registry bloating due to HP print drivers. I have…
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