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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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Resizing desktop icons across a domain

We're in the process of trying to change the desktops icons on all our client machines to the "Classic View" size. Microsoft says there's no way to do this on Server 2008 R2 using GPO/GPP. We're hoping if we can find the right registry key, we'll be…
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Where is the registry key that point to location of $NTUninstall folders?

I am running out of room on the C: drive on my Windows Server 2003 R2 Server and want to move the $NTUninstall files to D:\Uninstall_Folder and update the registry key that tells Windows where to look for them. I have seen this done in the past but…
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Can't install Tortoise SVN 1.7.3 on Windows Server 2008 R2

I'm trying to install just the Tortoise SVN client on my windows server 2008 R2 and get the following error message: Could not create key: \Software\Classes\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers\{3035-1349-7B7D-4FCC-81B4-1E394CA267EB}. Verify that you have…
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Remotely Find Registry Keys in Registry Sub-folders

Via CMD I would like to find out remotely the registry entries for a folder in the registry. For example. If I could send a request to a computer to tell me what the keys, d-words, values, etc are in a registry folder... HKSoftware -> blah blah ->…
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Where can I find information about inbuilt registry keys for Windows Server 2008 R2?

Is there a resource for looking up the description and/or usage of W2K8 R2 registry keys? I need to understand integrity checksum change messages appearing in OSSEC logs on Amazon EC2…
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How can I automate pulling files via putty's psftp?

I have a Windows Server 2003 box and it is using psftp to connect to a remote linux machine and download files every hour. I have two main challenges with this machine: First Scheduled tasks are currently set to run as a user on this box, which I…
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FullArmor ADMX Editor: Does it work correctly/well for admx files?

I am currently creating some admx files. I found the FullArmor ADMX Migrator from Microsoft which also includes an ADMX editor. However, when using this editor I found the outputs quite strange. For example it was not possible to create a…
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Change Registry Value Command Line

Is there a way to set a registry value with a command line without using a .reg file to import it? I've looked over the reg and regedit.exe command line options, and it doesn't look like there's a way to do something like this... reg update…
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How to check if machines are set to use a proxy (remotely)?

I have a Windows active directory domain network and a list of Windows machine names that I want to check if they are set to use a proxy (internet settings > connections > lan settings > proxy > use a proxy server / address). I have seen some…
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command line REGEDIT command (edit) without a popup

I am attempting to disable UAC via a batch file with a REGEDIT command, and everything works - but, I need to be able to do this without clicking. When I run the: REGEDIT /S somefile.reg It works fine, except requires and initial click to allow…
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Outlook Addin Best Practice - Where to store the configuration when you deploy the addin from a server?

I've seen some posts about this, but i have a specific requirement. What is the optimal solution to save the configuration for an Outlook (2007/2010) Addin when you want to also make sure that the configuration can also be automatically deployed…
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Microsoft photo editor - No file format information can be found in the registry (registry policy)

I have Windows Server 2003 and my users are running XP. When I installed Microsoft office 2000 the photo editor said "No file format information can be found in the registry". I Googled it and I found this site. It's wonderful but the problem is I…
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Problem connecting to remote registry on Windows Server 2003

Im having problems reaching remote registry on my Windows Server 2003, or at least that is what my backup/replication software supplier says. Any Idea on where I can start to troubleshoot? What rights might be incorrect, and where? Any port in the…
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How do Internet Settings from HKCU and HKLM combine?

I am writting a .reg file to change some security Internet Settings to our users. As we do not control our AD servers, I cannot try to set it for every user through policy. Yet, I can ask for automatic installations of our patches. In the past,…
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Remove Windows Explorer Drop Down Options

I am trying to lock down a Windows Server 2008 R2 terminal server. At the moment, when a user opens a directory, there is the option in the Windows Explorer address bar to choose locations. In the root (most left hand side drop down) of this is…
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