Windows Registry or simply registry is a repository that stores low-level configurations and settings associated with the Windows operating system and its various programs. It’s one of those system ...

A version of this article appears in the November 2006 issue of Streaming Media magazine. Click here for your free subscription. After a relatively quiet 2005, 2006 brings some big improvements to ...

Knowing a printer's registry key is necessary if you're trying to remove a printer from your computer and it won't delete or if you want to make advanced manual configuration changes to a printer.

Don't assume automated Windows security updates are complete. You might need to add registry keys manually. Here are a few to check now. Windows computers and servers ...

What is the Windows Registry? Think of it as the “brains” of your Windows installation. Specifically, it’s a giant warehouse, a single, easy-to-access, hierarchical database that stores each of your ...

Over time, uninstalling applications, altering system settings, removing hardware and making other changes to Windows Vista can damage the integrity of the registry, leaving behind abandoned keys ...

Microsoft has decided to remove a mandatory "registry key requirement" it introduced in the aftermath of the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerability disclosure. Microsoft ...

Microsoft won't let you install future security updates until your antivirus vendor sets a specific registry key that certifies compatibility with Windows. As part of this week's security updates for ...

I will be experimenting with Windows Registry keys to lock-down laptops and understand the 'state of an endpoint' from an InfoSec perspective.<BR><BR>I've searched the MS Knowledgebase (huge!!!) and ...

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