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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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change in Registry settings does not reflect for the corresponding settings in GUI in windows 2003 server

I have updated registry value for Software Restriction Policies/Security Levels. However, changes were not reflecting in the GUI. I have restarted the server still no effect. below command is used to update registry value. reg add…
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Script to delete users profile only months old profile with the Registry itself but should leave current profile intact

first of all sry if this post is repetitive for the profile deletion. If you have a correct link please post it below or the script itself. Question: as i have a lot of computers with windows 7 (2400 systems) as the operating system on them and as…
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GPO To Modify Registry Setting Not Applying

I have a XenApp Server running on Server 2008, and would like to apply a Group Policy Object to the server to modify the following registry setting: HKLM\Software\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection\SMC\LaunchSMCGui Changing the value from "1" to…
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Server 2012r2 change login screen language with registry

I am installing a Windows Server 2012R2 RDS farm. The OS language is English, but my users are Dutch. I already installerd the Dutch MUI pack in windows via the command prompt. Via a user GPO the user is forced interface to be Dutch. However, when…
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Group policy: deploying a space as a registry value

I am trying to use Group policy preferences to deploy a registry key that has an empty space as its only value (one press of the space bar). I am using: User Configuration -> Preferences -> Windows Settings –> Registry The DC's are W2008R2. If I…
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Force HKEY_CURRENT_USER to update from HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT

I have a box that has settings for users at HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT\ControlPanel\Accessibility. When a user logs onto that box, they are assigned these settings. The problem I am having is that two accounts that were used prior to this beings set in…
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Server 2012 Remote Desktop Services, Foxit Reader as default

I have a Server 2012 RDS server I'm setting up. I have installed Foxit Reader. I then went to the registry and set the value of HKLM\Software\Classes\ .pdf to FoxitReader.Document. I also set up a group policy preference to set the value for…
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Windows Server upgrade from 2012 to 2012 R2 preserve registry

I am trying to upgrade my Windows Server 2012 machine to Windows Server 2012 R2. I have one of my certificates stored as a key-value pair in the following registry key- HKLM\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\MyCerts\Certificates\ Now, after the…
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Having issues removing a specific Registry key using GPO Preferences

Hello I attempting to remove the following registry key using GPO Preferences: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\\{031E4825-7B94-4dc3-B131-E946B44C8DD5} The key just wont delete. I have the following Registry…
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How do I turn off Windows 7 Firewall via script or through automation?

This is in regards to working on machines before joining the machine to a domain and although I would love to rely on GPO, that isn't an option at this time. In the environment I'm working in, the firewall policy is to use a 3rd party Firewall app…
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Windows xp - remove startmenu rightclick entries "open all users" / "explore all users"

How can I remove the "Open All Users" / "Explore All Users" entries when right-clicking the windows startbutton? I know I managed to do this when deploying another batch of systems earlier, sadly I can't find the appropriate note how I did it. Must…
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No Burflags in registry

I have a problem where my Windows 2012 Domain Controller SYSVOL and NETLOGON shares did not get created on my secondary domain controller. When I run dcdiag /q it tells me that it failed the advertising test, and cannot access the netlogon…
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Missing 'HKCU:\Network' subkey when browsing registry remotely with PowerShell

I'm trying to clean up a big mess of random mapped network drives. All our network drives have been mapped on a per-user basis (causing gwmi win32_mappedlogicaldisk to come up empty). I'm trying to remotely access the registry of each workstation…
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Why is Last Windows Update date not set in Registry when Updating via COMObject?

When i manually Update a Windows Machine (W2K3) via the yellow icon in the Taskbar, i can get the last Install date via the Registry: (Get-ItemProperty -Path Registry::"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto…
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Best Practice - DNS SOA

i have 2 DNS-Server and setup a Domain with SOA-Record. Now i checked at denic and got 2 Warnings: Warning 112 Minimum TTL out of range (expected, found) Range[180,86400] 172800 Warning 110 Retry value out of range (expected,…
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