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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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Office Registry Settings for Office 2013 for use with ADRMS

We had ADRMS running with Office 2010 on Windows 7, between a few divisions using Trusted Publishing Domains (TPD), this made available by using a few registry changes for use in Office…
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Trying to detect by registry after installation through SCCM fails

this is simple, I push out a program, an exe file. And in order for SCCM to know the program has been installed afterwards, it needs to 'detect' the program, as its an exe file this means I need to apply a manual form of detection. In this example…
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Difference between HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\ and HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\

What is the difference between editing settings in HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services and HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server? Similar settings seem to appear in both. For example, the…
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Error Code 0x800700a1 when trying to add registry key through GPO

I'm trying to add a new group policy to our domain so that images are automatically sent with emails in Outlook 2013. So I created the following GPO: This policy doesn't have any effect though. When I run gpupdate and then gpresult, the report will…
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Removing address bar or Hiding its content from Windows Explorer - Windows Server 2008 R2

I'm currently trying to find a GPO or a registry edit that could either remove the address bar from Windows Explorer or prevent the bar from displaying the full UNC path. The current environment has full restrictions on the C:\ drive as well as…
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Looking For A Reputable And Reliable Windows Registry Search and Replace Tool

I need to be able to search for registry data referencing my old profile and change it to my new profile. Using regedit works but is obviously slow as there is no replace, only search. Any recommendations for a reliable tool (VIsta and XP) would be…
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An I/O operation initiated by the Registry failed unrecoverably

Every 10 seconds or so, both our web servers (windows server 2003, running iis6), report the same errors in the event log. > Event Type: Error Event > Source: Application Popup Event > Category: None Event ID: 333 > Date: 2009-08-18 Time: …
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Changing shell of windows 7 login

I am currently trying to get a windows thin client to log directly into VMWare. Essentially want to take These directions which are for Win XP and use them on a Win 7 machine. There is no winlogon folder in the registry and the wswc.exe no longer…
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Unable to modify registry as admin on Windows 2012

On Windows 2012, I'm trying to change the AppIDFlags value in the registry key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{E62A7A31-6025-408E-87F6-81AEB0DC9347} to allow interaction with the desktop as documented here:…
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When logging on to my Remote Desktop server I get the error "The Group Policy Client service failed the logon. Access is denied"

Steps to recreate the issue... (Windows 2008 Server - DC, and Windows 7 as the client box) 1) Create a new user in the domain. Example: user1 2) Set the user's "Remote Desktop Services User Profile" to a network path. Example:…
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How can I unload multiple registry hives in PowerShell? (Access Denied error)

I've loaded dozens of registry hives as HKLM:\temp_$username\. Now when I try to run ls HKLM:\temp_* | %{reg unload $_} I get ERROR: Access is denied. I'm running PowerShell with elevated priveleges and tried restarting PowerShell ISE to clear out…
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Free tools for watching registry changes?

Are there any free tools to compare the Windows registry at point A to point B? I know of a number of commercial tools for this but I'm looking for a free utility. Right now I'm thinking about just exporting the registry before and after I run a…
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How to uninstall all Citrix driver from Windows Server 2008 R2 Guest if BSOD on safe mode?

I use Citrix XenServer 5.5 and on a Windows Server 2008 R2 Guest there is installed Xentools 5.5, for a year all works well. After a restart we get a BSOD with Stop Code 7B, it is a problem with the Citrix pv-driver I think, but how can I delete…
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GPP and Windows7 Registry VirtualStore

I have an XP application that has a number of keys set via GPP, otherwise it prompts the user to manually enter this information. This is written to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\AppX When on an Windows7 machine this GPP is ineffective. If I run the…
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How to correct "No value could be found for (Allowhotkey) that satisfies all lockdown requirements."?

After updating a Windows XP SP3 machine to Citrix Receiver v3.3, the user is unable to launch any published applications. The error they got is: No value could be found for (Allowhotkey) that satisfies all lockdown requirements.
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