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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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 after a restart we get a BSOD with Stop Code 7B, it is a problem with the Citrix pv-driver I think but ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Windows server 2008 R2 error running vbscript from Registry at startup
I have a simple vbscript which runs an Exe program both vbscript and exe program are in the same folder c:\xxx, i want this script to run every time the machine restarts as we have 40 servers and ...
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Changing HKCR registry key with group policy
I'm trying to change permissions of some keys in HKCR (HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT) to get a misbehaving program working. I originally tried to script it, but realized that group policy can handle the change ...
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Corrupted Windows Update Service Security Registry Key
I have a corrupted security key in the registry (Windows XP) for the windows update service. I noticed that I can copy a security key from another service and move and replace it with the corrupted ...
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How can I deploy a single .reg file so that it can be stored to a whole bunch of different USER accounts on a non-domain terminal server?
There is a software tweak that I have to make for all users on a terminal server system, that is not available to me as a group policy option, but which exists as a key in regedit under ...
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Is there a way to check registry definitions in Forefront on remote systems?
After playing with the script found in This Thread yesterday, I found that the script did exactly what I was looking for. However, I need to run these checks on remote systems on our network. I spent ...
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Updating PATH Variable from PHP script
Hi there I want to update Path environmental variable through PHP script. I have generated a .reg file using PHP. The content of reg file looks like
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Problems using GPO from Windows Server 2000 to Windows 7
So I'm using Windows Server 2000 (I know that's old and not effective but we are not in charge of the AD so no choice), and we don't have the access to GPO about users, only computers. That's why we ...
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Merge registry key by .vbs using GPO /computer configuration
We have bought Team Viewer corporate, and need to deploy to our infrastructure, it includes Windows XP SP3, and Windows 7, our domain controller is Windows 2003 SP2, the setting of Team Viewer was ...
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Redirected folders, server migrations and properly moving users to a new server
I'm currently having a hell of a time with what seems like it should be a fairly simple project.
Basically, $employer has a bunch of remote sites with ancient hardware impersonating real servers, and ...
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Blocking websites on Windows OS machine: registry vs firewall
When attempting to block a particular website (e.g. www.facebook.com) on a Windows XP 64bit Professional SP3 machine there are a number of methodologies that can be employed. Some methods are clearly ...
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Registry change on a key a server does not have
I have written a script that queries the registry on multiple servers looking for specific keys (dealing with iSCSI). After the query, I need to make changes to some of the keys in:
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Registry Lookup
Is anyone on here familiar with a website that offers the ability to lookup specific registry/GPO settings such as AutoAdminLogon. I imagine this site would give you the full path to the GPO setting ...
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How to disable Java across all browsers via registry?
With the known Java threat on the loose, I've pushed a GPO to disable Java within IE. However, I'd like to disable Java across all browsers. Java provides documentation on how to do this via their ...
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Registry Export Using Script Run from CD Fails - Access Denied
I've written some scripts and .bat files to configure XP machines and I have created a CD with all these scripts on and execute them through a single setup.bat file which is also on the CD.
One of ...
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Web Server crashing due to memory errors. It's like clock work
I have an IIS server that is crashing at about 3:15 am every Friday and Saturday.
I understand that swapping out DIMM A in Bank 1 would probably fix the issue. But I would like to hopefully resolve ...
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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 ...
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GPO Startup Script can't modify HKU Registry?
I've been scratching my head with my current problem.
You see, I have this Startup Script that I pushed via GPO.
Problem is, although the script starts alright (I see the event it created when ...
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Disabling all write (cd burning) permissions for a specific group of users on all CD/DVD drives mounted in Windows XP Pro SP3
I want all users within 'Restricted' user group (Windows XP Professional SP3) to be able to read from CDs/DVDs they insert. I don't want these users to be able to burn any CDs/DVDs using CDRW/DVDRW ...
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Block or disable Ad-hoc connection
Is there any GPO or registry setting to block Ad-hoc connection in Window XP and Window 7.
Please note that, We can't block Wireless connection, as user goes out of Office, for meeting client.
I have ...
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Exporting Windows Registry settings by batch file
I am writing a batch file to migrate certain settings from one windows machine to another. I'm having problems with the regedit /e switch.
In the script, I'm exporting ODBC system entries and ...
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New property for indexing service on Windows Server 2008 - Where to put registery entry
I'm trying to set up a new property in the indexing service for Server 2008. I've followed the tutorial here http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/19540/Microsoft-Indexing-Service-How-To which is all ...
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Automated way to close opened files on Windows Server 2008 / Open files timeout [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Windows Server 08 R2 file share File locking, OSX clients
Hey I'm having a huge issue with macs connected to a Windows Server 2008 file share I installed, the macs are ...
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Windows registry NTUSER.DAT size not changing on edit
I am trying to synchronize the default user registry files by comparing their filesizes.
Now, I have noticed that the size of NTUSER.DAT does not change when changing registry values.
Two ...
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Remote hosts accessing AD's registry
I have a situation here. I have an intrusion detection system and it constantly alerts me that a remote host is accessing our AD's registry remotely.
Our remote hosts are mainly Windows XP and our ...
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Powershell Registry value to be used as variable
I am looking on how to return one value from the registry. I only want the AGENTGUID value from this command.
$reg=reg query "\\$computer\HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Network Associates\ePolicy ...
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Remove Legal Notice IN Registry [closed]
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 ...
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NTUSER.DAT and UsrClass.dat files building up by the thousands, why and can I delete?
I've noticed that my web server, 2008 Xen VM, gradually loosing free space - more than I would of though from normal use and decided to investigate.
There are two problem areas:
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Windows ADSI , WMI and Registry. How Do They All Relate With Each Other?
I have a work task which involves setting up Windows XP machines. I'm not a Windows user normally which is why I ask this question.
The tasks involved in setting up one of these machines involve ...
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Enable usr account external hardisk? [closed]
I have a Windows 2008 installation on an external harddisk, it turns out that my account is disabled on this external harddisk. Can I enable this account again? For example by booting into my default ...
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ADMX Policies and Preferences
After writing a custom ADMX template and adding it to the PolicyDefinitions, I see the following warning when looking at the Policy Setting:
Note: This registry setting is not stored in a policies ...
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Can ranges overlap in ReservedPorts?
The value ReservedPorts in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters contains a list of port ranges to reserve so the system won't assign them to programs dynamically.
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Is there a registry key change that will by-pass the Windows Domain Join Welcome page?
I'm scripting some Windows Server 2008 R2 builds using Power Shell. Some software needs to be installed after the server has joined the domain. Since I want to automate everything, I'm looking to ...
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How to debug high memory usage by registry?
I have a windows 2008 r2 server running ADFS2 and some web apps that is having issues with low memory.
Digging around I found that the 5.5 GB were being used under Kernel Memory (paged).
Further ...
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Force software rendering in Adobe Reader 10.1.3
In Adobe Reader 10.x there is an option under Edit>Preferences...>3D & Multimedia to set the renderer to use the software renderer instead of Directx. I've read that using the software setting ...
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Is it possible, via GPO or other method, to turn Internet Explorer's intranet compatibility mode OFF across a domain?
Our school's VLE has a few problems when running in IE8/IE9's Compatibility View. Mainly it causes difficulties with uploading files.
This problem is easily remedied by un-ticking the Display ...
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What could cause a program to stay in “Add/Remove Programs” even after removing from registry
Trying to manually remove an entry from Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs.
(custom software, not MS KB patch or windows component and not doing anyting 'funky' like trying to stop itself form ...
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Can i get Source Path of Installed application?
is there any way to know that form which path an application was installed.
for example I have firefox.exe in
D:\Downloads\App\firefox.exe
and when I install it, it is installed in
C:\Program ...
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Where can I find authoritative info about the “DSA Heuristics” registry key for domain controllers?
I have found many different webpages all saying to put different strings in for the value HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\NTDS\Parameters\DSA Heuristics. From what I can tell it appears to be a ...
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0x0000007b WinXP in VirtualBox with no Admin access on source drive [closed]
I have a physical drive with an installation of WinXP-32 which I have made a clone of using SysInternals disk2vhd. I have no admin rights on this installation.
I have tried to boot this VHD in ...
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Sending DHCP specific vendor options to a Windows server
My goal is send some information (url and a one-time token) to a windows machine. It's working fine for GNU/Linux servers because I get the information from /var/lib/dhcp/dhcp.lease or similar. This ...
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Can I use group policy to set the permissions on registry keys?
I know that I can use group policy preferences to set registry key values on a Windows 7 computer. But is it possible to apply registry key permissions using group policy?
Note: I've seen this post ...
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Identifiying weird chinese registry entries in CurrentControlSet\Services
I noticed chinese characters inside my register under HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services. Inside these there was nothing. I googled the strings and found nothing. Anyway for me to identify these? ...
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Is there any way to read system hive files within a booted system?
Is there any way to get a copy of %systemroot%\system32\config\system, once the system is up and running? I know the OS puts a lock on this file to keep it from getting trashed, but all I need is to ...
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Group policy to disable notifications of particular errors?
How do i disable the notifications of particular errors?
A little background to my issue. During the installation of the Kaspersky, it disables all the windows firewall for all except the domain. I ...
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HKEY_USERS entry for service account
I've created a service account for a scheduled task on our 2008R2 server. The task runs a powershell script, which will, among other things, download an archive from a linux server every time it is ...
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users unable to add registry keys to HKCU
I may not have this 100% correct so need some clarification.
Are normal users on a 2003 terminal server allowed to add registry keys the their own HKCU section in the registry, or are they only ...
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domain user disabling screensaver
I have the following situation:
Due to security reasons the screensaver is activated after 10 minutes, and immediately locks the screen.
There are GPOs preventing the user from changing the ...
