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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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Windows 2003 registry setting DST

On Windows 7, you can use this key to enable/disable DST settings in the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation Value Name: DynamicDaylightTimeDisabled Value Type: REG_DWORD I am looking specifically for…
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Blocking websites on Windows OS machine: registry vs firewall

When attempting to block a particular website (e.g. www.facebook.com) on a Windows XP 64bit Professional SP3 machine there are a number of methodologies that can be employed. Some methods are clearly weak (blocking through Internet explorer) but it…
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Registry change on a key a server does not have

I have written a script that queries the registry on multiple servers looking for specific keys (dealing with iSCSI). After the query, I need to make changes to some of the keys…
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How can I set fine-grained registry permissions on servers remotely?

I'm trying to clean up a massive mistake for someone and part of the clean-up involves resetting registry permissions on about 50 servers. I looked into using regini for this, and it will get me about 70% there, but several of the changes are more…
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GPO Startup Script can't modify HKU Registry?

I've been scratching my head with my current problem. You see, I have this Startup Script that I pushed via GPO. Problem is, although the script starts alright (I see the event it created when starting in the event log), it always fails when trying…
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Exporting Windows Registry settings by batch file

I am writing a batch file to migrate certain settings from one windows machine to another. I'm having problems with the regedit /e switch. In the script, I'm exporting ODBC system entries and Internet Explorer Trusted Sites. The ODBC command exports…
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execute .reg from bat silently in windows 7 with UAC

I need to be able to push out registry fixes with AD logon script to Windows 7 systems with UAC enabled. So far I have had no luck accomplishing this using the standard method that worked in XP. regedit.exe /s Is there a way to accomplish this…
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Remote hosts accessing AD's registry

I have a situation here. I have an intrusion detection system and it constantly alerts me that a remote host is accessing our AD's registry remotely. Our remote hosts are mainly Windows XP and our ADs are W2K8. The remote hosts access them over SMB…
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ADMX Policies and Preferences

After writing a custom ADMX template and adding it to the PolicyDefinitions, I see the following warning when looking at the Policy Setting: Note: This registry setting is not stored in a policies key and thus considered a preference. Therefore…
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Is there a registry key change that will by-pass the Windows Domain Join Welcome page?

I'm scripting some Windows Server 2008 R2 builds using Power Shell. Some software needs to be installed after the server has joined the domain. Since I want to automate everything, I'm looking to by-pass the domain controllers Welcome page using a…
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IE 8 SessionMerging Registry Key Seems To Have No Effect on Desktop Shortcuts

We need to have our in-house web application always initiate a "new session" whenever a user accesses it on their desktop PC. With IE8, the sure-fire way to accomplish this is training the users to always do File > New Session.... However, if they…
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Apply Registry or ADM to Group Policy for Login to Specific Servers

I have some Windows 2008 Server terminal services servers that run a shared app. Unfortunately, to operate correctly the app has some HKEY_CURRENT_USER settings that need written to each user's registry when they log in. These settings will change…
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2008 r2 member server cannot enable admin auto logon

I am automating a set of procedures to configure several servers. These procedures include several reboots. To solve this in pre 2008 builds we set the reg keys HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows…
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VBScript gets opened in text editor instead of being executed

I'm part of a Windows Server 2008 domain. There's a login script (supposedly configured to execute on login via GPO) that sets permissions for network shares. However, instead of being executed, it's opening in my text editor. I presume that there's…
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Account is no longer attached to the computer

The comapny that I work for has split into different branches to become more efficient and I had to move from our main office into the smaller office. Now this place has a different domain and setup then the last office so I changed my domain…
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