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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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Apply local settings to Domain User

Do local group policies apply to active directory users? Can you force the local policies (or registry keys) to apply to a domain user that has yet to long on to a machine without the use of the AD GPO? Is there a programmatic way to do this?
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What is the simplest way to delete a corrupt registry key?

I have a registry key that produces an error when selected in regedit. It may have multiple but unknown subkeys. regeidt isn't up to the task what is the best way to wipe out this key and anything within it?
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HKEY CURRENT USER - Key intermittently disappears

I have a TFS build that runs on a server and requires a registry key to be available. More details about this here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/25054572/426422 My problem is that once in a while this key vanishes from HKCU without a trace. To my…
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Why is my domain account's registry hive being unloaded?

I have a domain consisting of two ASP.NET web servers (load balanced) and a SSRS server. We set up the domain to allow the web servers to access the SSRS web service, and the SSRS is also the domain controller. There is also a windows service on…
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Changing a registry key's permissions from Chef

I'm attempting to automate the Jenkins Windows slave installation and I need to change the owner and permission of some keys in order to allow read/write access to certain keys for the administrator user. See Jenkins docs for details. I have found…
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Script WiFi Profile Connection pre-logon

I work for a company that has a lot of remote employees that never come to the office. Currently what happens when these people are hired is I prepare their laptops in the office and then send it to them, Then I ask them to sign into a local admin…
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Win 10, how to Update a Registry parameter

I need to modify an existing parameter on Win 10 registry, so I executed: reg update [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] "Hidden"="1" It did not work, so I did reg /? and I notice the update parameter is…
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Windows 10 lockout time (via registry)

Anyone know how to set the lockout duration (for Windows 10), via the registry? I'm having a heck of a time finding the right key. Thanks.
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Grant access to Windows Registry key using VBS or BAT

I cannot find a way to grant access to Windows Registry key using VBS or BAT. This link doesnot help https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc728310(v=ws.10).aspx Any clue?
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Event error: Windows cannot query DllName registry entry for {...}

My Windows event log is full of Application Errors like: Event Type: Error Event Source: Userenv Event Category: None Event ID: 1041 Date: 2016-03-07 Time: 11:19:36 AM User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Computer: …
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How is merging registry file different than manually updating the registry value?

If I want to update the value for a registry key, I can manually change the value or I can use a .reg file by doing RightClick -> Merge. Will there be any difference if I use either one of them instead of the other?
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Is there any way to add an HTTP Header to every IE request on a computer?

I would like to add a custom HTTP Header to every Internet Explorer request on a computer (or every browser request). I don't know if this is possible whatsoever, if you have heard of anyway to accomplish such a task, could you please point me in a…
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WinZip Courier automatically zipping email attachments

I am trying to create a pre-configured MSI file for WinZip Courier 6 (latest version) within a CMD script (eventually deploying on SCCM). The main MSI property to turn off automatic zipping is "AlwaysZipAttachments" which it set to "0". Now…
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RDS - Change single click option is item via GPO or Registry

I have a problem on my servers RDS, my users can not change their themes windows, folder options and many more due to some GPO. However, in recent days there is a problem concerning the opening of files with a single click. I would like to re-assign…
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DLL and ActiveX controls not availabe for domain users - Server 2008 32 bit

I have a two applications that won't interface together correctly on a 64 bit system, so I am trying to commission a 32 bit Windows 2008 Server to use for the task. When I log in to the server as a local user, the software runs correctly but it…
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