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.
Questions tagged [windows-registry]
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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…
Jerry
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