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How to Disable and Enable Registry Access on Windows 11

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How to Disable and Enable Registry Access on Windows 11

The Windows Registry is a critical database that stores configuration settings for the operating system, hardware, and installed applications. Making incorrect changes to the Registry can have severe consequences, leading to irreversible damage to your system. Therefore, it’s essential to exercise caution when accessing and modifying the Registry. In this guide, we will explore two…

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How to add and modify the Windows Registry from the Command Prompt

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How to add and modify the Windows Registry from the Command Prompt

The Windows Registry is a critical component of the Windows operating system that contains several configuration settings. It’s a tree-structured database that stores all the configuration data for your system, including hardware specs, software versions, user preferences, and more. Both the Windows Registry Editor and the Command Prompt can be used to access and edit…

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Disable Developer Tools in Microsoft Edge using Registry or Group Policy in Windows

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Disable Developer Tools in Microsoft Edge using Registry or Group Policy in Windows

Developer tools are a feature on every browser for performing tasks like viewing HTML tags, Javascript, and CSS and you can instantly make some changes and see the effect on the front-end. In this article, I will be showing you how to disable the developer tools in Microsoft Edge if you decide to do that….

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Create and Delete Registry Keys via PowerShell in Windows

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Create and Delete Registry Keys via PowerShell in Windows

The Registry Editor (regedit.exe) and the reg.exe command-line utility aren’t the only tools in Windows for accessing and managing the registry. PowerShell offers a lot of tools for administrators to interact with the registry. In this article, you will learn “Get and Edit Registry Keys: How to Create and Delete Registry Keys via PowerShell in…

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Add Registry Keys via DISM in Windows

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Add Registry Keys via DISM in Windows

Adding Registry Keys via DISM in Windows involves modifying the default Windows install image, the install.wim file, which includes servicing an offline image, mounting an image, and committing changes made to the image. The offline image is serviced using DISM (Deployment Image Servicing and Management), a native Windows program. DISM is a command-line program for…

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Disable Bing Search in Windows: Quick Guide for Windows

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Disable Bing Search in Windows: Quick Guide for Windows

In this guide, we will look at using the Windows Registry and Group Policy editor to disable Bing search, so if the Registry method does not work, you can fall back on the Group Policy Editor method. Microsoft opted to combine Bing Search with the File Explorer search bar in Windows 10, which resulted in…

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Prevent Windows Users from Changing the Screen Saver via the Registry Settings

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Prevent Windows Users from Changing the Screen Saver via the Registry Settings

A Screensaver is a computer software program that blanks the screen with moving images or patterns when the computer is not in use. In this article, we will learn how to Prevent Windows Users from changing the Screen Saver via the Registry Settings. The original purpose of screensavers was to prevent phosphor burn-in on CRT. Though…

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Unable to import Windows Reg File: The specified file is not a registry script

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Unable to import Windows Reg File: The specified file is not a registry script

The Registry Editor is an advanced tool for viewing and modifying settings in the registry. This information contains information about how your computer runs etc. Windows stores its configuration information in a database called the registry in a tree format. In this article, you will learn how to fix the Unable to import Windows Reg…

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Unable to install Azure AD Connect, TLS 1.2 is required: How to enable or disable TLS 1.2 on a Windows Server via the Registry and PowerShell

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Unable to install Azure AD Connect, TLS 1.2 is required: How to enable or disable TLS 1.2 on a Windows Server via the Registry and PowerShell

Transport Layer Security (TLS) is a protocol that provides communications over a computer network, typically between a website and a browser. for your information. The primary goal of TLS is to provide a secure channel between two communicating peers and the only requirement from the underlying transport is a reliable, in-order data stream. Specifically, the…

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Workaround for “SeriousSAM or HiveNightmare” registry vulnerability for Windows 10 and 11

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Workaround for “SeriousSAM or HiveNightmare” registry vulnerability for Windows 10 and 11

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists because of overly permissive Access Control Lists (ACLs) on multiple system files. Including the Security Accounts Manager (SAM) database. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data. Or create new accounts with…

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Windows Profile: How to determine your windows username

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Windows Profile: How to determine your windows username

Windows profile is a set of files that contains all settings and user configuration files, folders (Desktop, your Documents) pertaining to you only, and registry settings. In an Active Directory or NT4 domain. Your user profile folder is located in the Users folder on your Windows system drive, which on most computers is C Dirve (C:)….

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NTuser.dat file: How to correctly load Windows Registry Hive

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NTuser.dat file: How to correctly load Windows Registry Hive

The Registry Editor is an advanced tool for viewing and modifying settings in the registry. This information contains information about how your computer runs etc. See the following hyperlinks for some Windows Registry contents I have written. What is Registry Editor and how to access the registry hives, how to Implement Split-Brain DNS Policies in…

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How to disable Taskbar Web Search in Windows 10 via GPO and Windows Registry

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How to disable Taskbar Web Search in Windows 10 via GPO and Windows Registry

The Registry Editor is an advanced tool for viewing and modifying settings in the registry. This information contains information about how your computer runs etc. Windows stores its configuration information in a database called the registry and this is organized in a tree format. Although Registry Editor enables you to inspect and modify the registry,…

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