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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Why would a server in an AD environment allow Remote Registry access by FQDN, but deny and lock out accounts over IP address?
We have a situation where a software application cannot be installed because the admin account used during installation gets locked out during prerequisite checks. After some investigation, we found the cause: The prerequisite check looks at remote…
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How can I create a registry key on all domain machines with group policy?
I have a domain with a controller and joined workstations. I want to create a registry item on all of the connected workstations using a group policy.
I have created a group policy and tried to create a registry key two ways.
I tried selecting New…
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difference between two registry locations for HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\ and HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\
What is the difference between the two registry locations
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon:LegalNoticeText
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System:LegalNoticeText
While my question is asking about…
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Set Registry Keys from Domain Policy
Is it possible to push out changes to the registry on a local computer from the domain policy? Or does a special script need to be written to do so?
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Persistent registry settings on a workgroup computer with local group policy
From what I understand (and have tested) in What is the difference between Group Policy and Registry Policy processing in Windows?, computers within a domain would have a policy refresh every 90 to 120 minutes. Using this, I have set a GPO that…
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Read Local "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" from another user, windows batch/powershell
Ok is a tricky question, I know.
I have a software that runs validation scripts in all computers in network. I can create my own scripts too. But I found a problem that the script runs as specific user with admin rights. So, when my script checks…
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Windows Registry CREATOR OWNER
I've got a program that creates a registry key in HKCU, but after that does not have the rights to write to it. It seems to me that CREATOR OWNER does not work.
The strange thing is that it does work on non-server environments (standard Windows…
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Modify NIC bind order for Hyper-V Server/Server Core
Is there a way to modify the NIC bind order in Hyper-V Server/Server Core? For some reason, one of our Hyper-V servers decided to reverse the bind order of two of the six NIC ports on the machine, making it inconsistent with all of our other…
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MSI on Windows 10 won't register OCX (even when run as admin)
Got an MSI built using a Visual Studio Installer project. The resulting MSI was developed on Windows 7 some years back, and works fine there.
There is a merge module (MSM) that is supposed to dump an OCX to the 32-bit system folder (usually…
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Windows Server 2012 r2 Automatic Updates Registry Values
I'm trying to make a Windows Server 2012 r2 test box automatically update and reboot in the same way 2008 servers do. I cannot use the 'Always automatically restart at the scheduled time' GPO (detailed here ) at the present time, so instead I want…
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Loading a performance DLL of a windows 7 service
I am trying to do a POC of recently published windows zeroday flaw where a vulnerability has been exposed in windows registry entries. I have created a performance subkey of a service RPCEPTMAPPER and set my DLL path there, however I am unable to…
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Deleting orphaned .msp and .dll files
I have two terminal servers that I need to clear room off of. I have 35.8gb of .dll's and 15.5gb of .msp's. I need to clear these en masse, as there are literally thousands of files that I would have to manually go through and check otherwise. Does…
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Determine what has changed a specific key on Windows registry
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My C drive disappeared from "Computer" on my Win7. After fixing it a couple of days ago by changing a registry key, I notice today that my C drive has disappeared…
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Acess remotely to registry with Powershell
I would like to access remotely to the registry of a Windows machine to see some keys under "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SoftwareProtectionPlatform" with a Powershell script
I already tried to open a PSSession but it doesn't work.…
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Remove Legal Notice IN Registry
I have a very slow laptop that I need to reboot 3 times a day. It is connected to a Windows domain. I have managed to get it to auto-logon, but I still get prompted to hit ok after reading a legal notice.
I have cleaned out…
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