Wayne's Registry Index

This NT Registry information has been compiled from many sources. Not all of the "hacks" have been tested. All Registry changes are dangerous. Backup your registry before trying anything mentioned here. Please notify if you have corrections to the exising material or additional "hacks" to add to this compilation. Use this data at your own risk.

Page last modified Tuesday June 08 2004.

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--- A --- Registry Tips

• Administrator:
  • Admin Password, Who changed it? Q173939
    
  • Send Administrator Alerts
    
• Admin shares: disable hidden shares
  
• alt-ctl-del: disable NT security dialog buttons
  
• Animated Windows
  
• Anonymous User Connections: Red Button attack
  
• Application Event Log:
  • Location
    
  • Restrict access to Application and System logs
    
• Applications:
  • Restrict which can run
    
  • Prevent open apps from restarting at reboot
    
• AT command, Allow Server Operators to Use
  
• Audit:
  • Backups/Restores - FullPrivilegeAudits
    
  • User Rights
    
  • CrashOnAuditFail
    
  • Registry Events
    
• Autochk timer
  
• Autoexec.bat: parse paths in autoexec, add to NT system path
  
• Automatic Logon: Enable/Disable/Enable x times
  
• AutoRun CDROM control
  
• Autostart applications
  

--- B --- Registry Tips

• Backup the registry
  
• Backups Audited
  
• NTBackup Wait on open files or skip
  
• Base Objects Securing
  
• Batch files: Change default editor
  
• Beeps: Disable
  
• Books: Registry Reference Recommendations
  
• Boot:
  • AutoReboot rather than BSOD
    
  • Controlling errors that Popup during boot
    
  • Prevent open apps from restarting at reboot
    
• Briefcase:
  • Use metal attache icon for Briefcase Icon
    
• Broadcast:
  • TCP NetBIOS Name network performance
    
• Browser:
  • Browser Service Parameters
    
  • Event Log election messages
    
  • Multihomed PDC Causes Browsing Problems
    
  • Preferred Master Browser
    
• Bypass Traverse Checking Audit
  

--- C --- Registry Tips

• Cached password hashes security
  
• Case: Control whether Windows converts filenames and folders to lowercase
  
• CDROM
  • AutoRun
    
  • Restrict Remote Access
    
• CHKDSK timer
  
• Classes: Registry Hive
  
• Cleaners: automated clear inconsistent and obsolete sections from registry
  
• Command Shell:
  • Full Screen vs Window Mode
    
  • History Buffer
    
  • Print IRQs
    
  • Quick Edit Mode
    
  • Safe Save - File System Tunneling Q172190
    
  • Use a Script to Change Registry Permissions from the Command Line
    
• Common Groups (Start menu): Hide
  
• Compress: Registry
  
• COM3 - COM4 Enable
  
• Console Font
  
• Context Menus:
  • Right-click Disable
    
  • Remove Tray Context menus including Start, Clock
    
• Control Panel:
  • Applets Registry keys
    
  • Disable Network dialog
    
  • Disable File Sharing Controls
    
  • Disable Print Sharing Controls
    
  • Disable Identification Page
    
  • Hide Access Controls
    
  • Prevent changing of Wallpaper and Background pattern
    
  • Display - Hide Appearance, Background, Screen Saver, or Setting Tab
    
  • other restrictions
    
• Control Wait Skip: NTBACKUP
  
• Convert NTFS: Cancel conversion
  
• CrashControl:
  • Automatic Reboot after Lockup
    
  • Crash Dump Enabled
    
  • Log Events
    
  • Send Alerts
    
  • Crash Dumpfile Location
    
  • Overwrite Crash Dumpfile
    
• CrashOnAuditFail Enable
  
• Cursor Blink rate
  
• Cursor Size
  

--- D --- Registry Tips

• DaylightSavingsTime: Disable adjustment
  
• Denial of Service: Harden NT and Windows 2000 tcpip stacks
  
• Dependency: Delay loading of specific services Q193888
  
• Desktop:
  • HKey_Users\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop
    
  • How to recreate default icons deleted from desktop Q151723
    
  • How to Lock Down Windows NT and Internet Explorer 4.01 Desktop Q198771
    
  • Icons - Hide
    
  • Info descriptions - hide popups
    
  • Restrictions
    
• Dial-up Networking: Hide
  
• Disable
  • Checkbox for "Logon Using Dialup Networking"
    
  • Dr. WATSON
    
  • IE Content Advisory
    
  • Mouse Acceleration Q149228
    
  • Netware Broadcasts
    
  • Numlock
    
  • OS/2 and/or Posix Subsystem
    
  • Shift Overide During Startup
    
  • Task Manager
    
  • Welcome Screen Q173058
    
  • Windows Key
    
• Disk Administrator:
  • DISK subtree - force update by deleting
    
  • FT and FTedit.exe
    
• DLLs: Protect KnownDLLs Lookup Table
  
• DNS:
  • LMHOSTS MaxPreLoad
    
  • Registry Settings Q164488
    
  • Registry Parameters Part 1 Q198408
    
  • Registry Parameters Part 2 Q198409
    
  • Registry Parameters Part 3 Q198410
    
  • Event IDs 2000-9999 NT 4.0 SP4 Q199792
    
  • Server may stop resolving domain names for which it is not authoritative. Q195811
    
  • Synchronizing DNS Information in Registry with Boot Files Q129047
    
  • Move One or More Zone Files to a New WinNT DNS Server Q172221
    
  • Configuring Internal DNS Server When Using Proxy Server Q177290
    
  • Configured to boot either from the registry or from a boot file. Q177120
    
  • Start Of Authority default values are not configurable Q196432
    
  • AddressAnswerLimit - problem when Win98 DNS receives 28+ addresses Q164300
    
  • Multiple Entries in Zone File Cause Memory Leak in Dnsadmin.exe Q182713
    
  • Microsoft DNS Server Depends on the WINS Client Binding Q183901
    
  • Server Stops using Round Robin for Name Resolution Q177883
    
• Domains:
  • Correct domain not in domain drop-down list
    
  • Demote PDC manually
    
  • Manage Trusted Domains Programmatically in Windows NT Q145697
    
• Domain controller:
  BDCs browse list update to PDC (WAN implication)
  
  • Integrity Checking on Secure Channels Q183859
    
  • Disable Secure Channels Password Changes
    
  • NetBIOS name resolution mode best for WANs
    
  • How to Set Replication Interval to Minimum Q138125
    
  • Synchronization and replication parameters
    
  • Maximum period between pulses
    
  • To how many BDCs does the PDC sent pulses simultaneously
    
  • Maximum bandwidth used for domain synchronization
    
  • Idle time before replication
    
  • Interval export server looks for changes in replicator folders
    
  • Number of times import server repeats the change notice
    
• Domain Logon Timeout: WAN implications
  
• Domain Master Brower: Brower Functions
  
• DOS:
  • Command-Shell (click-moves you to --C--)
    
  • Print IRQs
    
  • Harden NT and Windows 2000 tcpip stacks against Denial of Service
    
• Dr Watson: Hacks
  
• Drive: Hide from My Computer
  
• Drive Mapping: Restrict
  
• DUN: Disable Save Password option
  

--- E --- Registry Tips

• Editor:
  • Use Rregchg.exe to remotely create or change a registry data values
    
  • RegSafe Registry Editor commercial utility
    
• Errors: that Popup during boot
  
• /etc location
  
• Event ID 2011: Not enough server storage is available to process this command - IRPstackSize too small.
  
• Event Logs:
  • Browser Election Messages
    
  • Print Job Logging
    
  • Registry Events that can be Audited
    
  • Restrict access to Application and System logs
    
  • Location
    
• Everyone security hole
  
• Exchange: Disable Exchange server DNS Reverse Lookups
  
• Explorer:
  • access to task bar/desktop when Explorer is locked up (separate threads)
    
  • Common Groups, Hide
    
  • Context Menus - Right-click Desktop
    
  • Context Menus - Start button
    
  • Control Panel, Printers, and My Computer - Hide
    
  • Desktop Icons, Hide
    
  • Desktop Restrictions
    
  • Drive(s), Hide from My Computer
    
  • File Menu, Hide
    
  • Goto Menu, Hide
    
  • "Map Network Drive"/"Disconnect Network Drive", Hide
    
  • MRUs - Most Recently Used
    
  • Network Neighborhood, Hide
    
  • Reboot - prevent open apps from restarting at reboot
    
  • Run command, Hide
    
  • Shared Favorites, Desktop, Start Menu and Programs Folder
    
  • Shutdown Button from Start Menus, Hide
    
  • Tip of Day - WORD
    
  • Toolbars
    

--- F --- Registry Tips

• Fault Tolerant: Recover FT with FTedit
  
• File Name Completion: commandline
  
• File Sharing: Disable Controls
  
• File System: Disable LFN support
  
• File System: Enable Win95 Truncated Extension Behavior
  
• File System: Disable 8.3 name creation in NTFS
  
• Files: Used to construct the Registry
  
• Floppies: Lock Floppy Disk Drives
  
• Floppies: Restrict remote access
  
• Fly-out: Menus
  
• Folders:
  • Change location of "My Documents", "Desktop", "Favorites", and "Start Menu"
    
  • Hide in Start Menu
    
• Fonts: Change Console Default Fonts
  
• Fonts: Change System Fonts
  
• FTP: Service
  
• FTP: Admin account
  
• FTP: Admin email address
  
• FTP: Default domain
  
• FTP: How to Use Directory Annotation with FTP Server in NT Q103077
  
• FTP: How to Log Incoming Connections with FTP Server Q103076
  
• FTP: How to Format Directory Output with FTP Server Q103075
  
• FTP: How to Customize the Maximum Connections Message with FTP Q103074
  
• FTP: How to Create Greeting and Exit Messages with FTP Server Q103073
  

--- G --- Registry Tips

• Gopher: Admin account
  
• Gopher: Admin account email address
  
• Gopher: Log file duration
  
• Gopher: Log file max size
  
• Goto: Disable menu in Explorer
  

--- H --- Registry Tips

• Hand Icon: Shared folder symbol
  
• Hardware: Resources IRQ, DMA, ...
  
• Hard Drive Full Warning
  
• Hidden shares: disable
  
• Hide:
  • Common Groups
    
  • Desktop Icons
    
  • Dial-up Networking Icon
    
  • Control Panel, Printers, and My Computer
    
  • LASTLOGON ID
    
  • Printer
    
  • Run command
    
  • Shutdown Button from Start Menus
    
• Hivelist: Maps hive files to registry subtrees
  
• Hotfixes :
  • Query NT, W2K, or XP registry for applied hotfixes
    

--- I --- Registry Tips

• Icons:
  • Hide Desktop Icons
    
  • Re-create Default Desktop Icons Q151723
    
  • Hide/Restore Dial-up Networking Icon in My Computer
    
• IDE: How to Add More Than Two IDE or ESDI Drives Q103934
  
• IE:
  • AboutURLs
    
  • ActiveDesktop, Disable ActiveDesktop Start/Settings menu option
    
  • Automatic Proxy Caching, How to Disable Internet Explorer Automatic Proxy Caching Q271361
    
  • Cache, Bloated cache in Roaming Profiles environment
    
  • Cache, Clear Internet Explorer cache when IE exits
    
  • Control Internet Explorer Settings (IE5&6)
    
  • Content Advisory, Remove Content Advisory Password
    
  • Downloads : improve IE performance
    
  • Fullscreen, Open in full-screen
    
  • Help Font, Control Internet Explorer and Windows Help Font Size
    
  • History folder on Start Menu
    
  • Lock Internet Explorer Toolbars inplace
    
  • Logo, Remove branded logo
    
  • Online Support Site for Internet Explorer
    
  • Pagefaults, Internet Explorer Pagefaults / General Protection Faults
    
  • Personalize Internet Explorer's Title
    
  • PopKill: Kill those annoying pop-up ads!
    
  • Privacy companion
    
  • Restrictions, Internet Explorer Restrictions
    
  • Unsafe list, Modify IE6 Unsafe file list
    
  • User Agent String
    
• Inbox: Enable delete or rename
  
• Interdomain trust account usage
  
• Install path: Changing the default WINNT install path
  
• Installation: Recover Lost CD Key
  
• IPX: Packet burst mode - performance issue
  
• IRDP: Enable Internet Router Discovery Protocol (RFC1256) Q223756
  

--- J --- Registry Tips

--- K --- Registry Tips

• Keyboard:
  • Buffer Size
    
  • Disable WinKey
    
  • Numlock
    
  • Keystroke loggers
    
• Known DLL: Protect KnownDLLs Lookup Table
  

--- L --- Registry Tips

• L2: Cache
  
• Lanman:
  • Passwords - eliminate with NTLMv2 NT / Win9x clients
    
  • Server broadcasts to LAN Manager clients
    
  • Not enough server storage is available to process this command - IRPstackSize too small.
    
• lmhosts: MaxPreLoad
  
• Logo: Changing the NT Logo image
  
• Logoff Buttons: Disable
  
• Logon:
  • Automatic Logon
    
  • Cached
    
  • Domain Logon Confirmation
    
  • Hide Lastlogon ID
    
  • Lanman Passwords - eliminate with NTLMv2 Authenication
    
  • Legal Notice
    
  • Null Connection / Anonymous Connection
    
  • Make shell start before Logon script finishes
    
  • Shift key behavior during Startup
    
• LFN:
  • Long File Names
    
• LKG:
  • Disable Last Known Good Registry controlset
    
• Lotus Notes:
  • client Timeout value, Increase
    
  • Unable to Connect to Server Over Router
    
• LSA:
  • LSA Secrets and lsadump2
    

--- M --- Registry Tips

• Mail: move or recreate Microsoft Mail postoffice
  
• Memory Management:
  • ClearPageFileAtShutdown Security setting
    
  • Performance Parameters
    
• Menus:
  • Control cascade speed
    
  • Remove New from Right-click menus
    
• MFT: Master File Table
  
• Modem: Disable unimodem protocol
  
• Mouse:
  • Enable 3 Button Mouse
    
  • Enable X-Mouse Functionality
    
  • How to Disable Acceleration Q149228
    
  • IntelliMouse # Lines Scrolled
    
• MultifunctionAdapter:
  • MultifunctionAdapter (BIOS)
    
  • MultifunctionAdapter\0 (PCI)
    
  • MultifunctionAdapter\1 (PNP BIOS)
    
  • MultifunctionAdapter\2 (ISA)
    
  • MultifunctionAdapter\2\DiskController
    
  • MultifunctionAdapter\2\ParallelController
    
  • MultifunctionAdapter\2\PointerController
    
  • MultifunctionAdapter\2\SerialController
    
• My Computer: Hide Dial-up Networking Icon
  

--- N --- Registry Tips

• NetBEUI:
  • NetBEUI slow across bridges - MinimumT1Timeout parm Q177654
    
  • "Registry Service Subkey Already Exists" When Adding NetBEUI Q186464
    
• NetBIOS:
  • aliases
    
  • TCP network broadcasts performance
    
  • timeout
    
• netlogon: A domain controller for your domain could not be contacted
  
• Netware: Disable Broadcasts
  
• Network:
  • Connections - ghost vs persistent
    
  • How To Enable the Slow Network Time Out Value Q171188
    
  • No Mapping drives
    
  • Disable Control Panel Network dialog
    
• Network Adapter:
  • Load balance multiple network adapter cards
    
  • Manually remove NIC from registry
    
  • Reliable method to obtain network address programmatically
    
• Network Neighborhood:
  • Hide Server or Workstation from Browsing
    
  • Hide Icon
    
  • No Entire Network
    
  • No Workgroup
    
• Notepad: Wordwrap
  
• NTFS: Last Access TimeStamp
  
• NTFS Conversion: Cancel
  
• Numlock: Control
  

--- O --- Registry Tips

• OS/2: Disable Subsystem
  
• Outlook:
  • 
    
• Owner/Organizational Name: entered at install
  
• Ownermap: HKLM\HARDWARE\OWNERMAP
  

--- P --- Registry Tips

• Page File: Clearing during Shutdown
  
• Page File: Share between Win9x, NT, Windows 2000
  
• Password:
  • Caching
    
  • Enforcing alphanumeric passwords Security issue
    
  • Expire Warning Time
    
  • LANMAN
    
  • Machine Account Password Changes
    
  • Notification Packages
    
  • Unencrypted
    
• Path: force NT to use autoexec.bat PATH
  
• PDC: Multihomed PDC Causes Browsing Problems
  
• PNP: No option to install PNP drivers once you say NO
  
• Popup: Errors
  
• Ports: Modify parallel port thread priority
  
• Posix: disable Subsystem
  
• PPP: Logging
  
• PrettyPrint: Control whether Windows converts filenames and folders to lowercase
  
• Print:
  • Registry entries for printing Q102966
    
  • DOS IRQs
    
  • driver installation, Restrict
    
  • job Logging
    
  • job priority, Change
    
  • Manually Remove and Reinstall a Printer Driver Q135406
    
  • success popup message, Suppress
    
  • timeout
    
• Printer:
  • Available broadcast interval
    
  • Hide
    
  • Disable Print Sharing Controls
    
  • Prevent Add or Delete
    
  • Remove Printer Definition from the Registry
    
• Profiles:
  • Roaming Profile Cache
    
  • Debugging Roaming Profiles
    
  • Guide to Windows NT 4.0 Profiles & Policies Q185591,Q185590,Q185589,Q185588,Q185587,Q161334
    

--- Q --- Registry Tips

--- R --- Registry Tips

• RAS:
  • Auditing
    
  • Answering, control number of rings before RAS server answers
    
  • Autodisconnect interval
    
  • Callback interval
    
  • Disable DUN's Save Password option
    
  • Log connections
    
  • log PPP connections
    
  • Max unsuccessful logon attempts
    
  • Max time limit to successfully logon
    
  • NetBIOS gateway
    
  • Prevent connections from closing when logging off
    
  • Remove Dial-up Logon Checkbox
    
  • User Cannot Log On to LAN Because of RAS Logon Failures Q177125
    
• Recycle Bin: rename or delete
  
• Red Button: Anonymous Connections Attack
  
• Redirector:
  • Increase network performance
    
  • TimeOutValue
    
• Registry:
  • Access Permissions
    
  • Alternative Registry Editors
    
  • Construction steps
    
  • Current size
    
  • Maximum size
    
  • Data types
    
  • Disabling Registry Editors
    
  • Use Rregchg.exe to remotely create or change a registry data values
    
  • Export from Command Prompt
    
  • Export default extension, .REG
    
  • Files Used to construct the Registry
    
  • HIVES
    
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
    
  • HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG
    
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER
    
  • HKEY_DYN_DATA
    
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    
  • HKEY_USERS
    
  • Classes
    
  • HKLM\HARDWARE\OWNERMAP
    
  • Regedt32 Read only Mode
    
  • Refresh
    
  • Remote Editing
    
  • Deselect Save Settings on Exit Option
    
  • Set View to Tree and Data
    
  • Never remove account SYSTEM
    
• RegMon: Spy on registry accesses
  
• Remotely access:
  • CDROM
    
  • Floppy drive
    
  • Remote Editing of Registry - Block
    
• Restart:
  • NT automatically after outage
    
  • Prevent open apps from restarting at reboot
    
• Run:
  • Hide Command On Start Menu
    
  • Key to autostart applications
    

--- S --- Registry Tips

• Schedule Service: Allow Server Operators
  
• Screen Refresh: Explorer Objects Listing
  
• Screen Saver:
  • Activate when on one logged on
    
  • Password Grace Period
    
• SCSI: NT May Not Recognize SCSI Devices Using Nonzero LUNs Q162471
  
• SCSI: Port ATAPI, AHA154x
  
• Search: Dureg.exe: Registry Search
  
• Secure Channel: Disable Secure Channel Password Changes
  
• Security Dialog Box: Disabling Buttons (alt-clt-del)
  
• Security log: Crashing when full
  
• Security Event Log: Location
  
• Serial port: keys
  
• Server: Avoid popup errors on servers without keyboards and mice
  
• Server Service:
  • Error 2022 connections unavailable
    
  • Startup parameters for the NT Server service
    
• Service Pack: Determine level from registry key
  
• Services: Delay loading of specific services Q193888
  
• Shared Folder: Hand Icon
  
• Shares, Hidden Administrative: disable
  
• Shares: Saving and Restoring Existing Windows NT Shares Q125996
  
• Shell: Make shell start before Logon script finishes
  
• Shs: Force NT to display hidden .shs extension
  
• Shortcuts:
  • Corrupted - restore .lnk file associations Q172053
    
  • Do not use the comprehensive search-based method when resolving shell shortcuts (.lnk)
    
• Shutdown:
  • Auto End Task
    
  • Hide Button on Start Menu
    
  • Disallow without logging on
    
  • Force shutdown when audit log full
    
  • PowerDown after Shutdown
    
  • Quick via Shift-Alt-Ctl-Del
    
  • Time for Services to Close
    
  • Wipe PAGE file during clean shutdown
    
• SMB: Signing
  
• Sourcepath where NT looks for source files
  
• Speaker: Disable beeps
  
• Start Menus:
  • Alphabetize (or why isn't it)
    
  • Corrupted - restore .lnk file associations Q172053
    
  • Hide Common Groups
    
  • Hide Control Panel and Printers and My Computer
    
  • Hide Folders
    
  • Hide Run command
    
  • Hide Shutdown Button
    
  • Hide Task Bar
    
  • Lockdown right-click on the Start Button
    
• Startup:
  • Application Run Keys
    
  • Multiple windows open, one window for each file or folder in the root folder.
    
• Syskey:
  • Has it been applied?
    
  • What happens when syskey is installed, and how to get rid of it
    
• System Event Log:
  • Location
    
  • Restrict access to Application and System logs
    
• SYSTEM: never remove or restrict access to account
  

--- T --- Registry Tips

• Task Bar:
  • Hide from Start Menu
    
  • Lock Taskbar's Size and Position
    
• Task Manager: Disable
  
• TCP: Forwarding buffer uses all available kernel memory
  
• TCP: IP RIP Route Filters with SP4 Q191420
  
• TCP: Max User Port
  
• TCP: NetBIOS name broadcasts performance
  
• TCP: Name Resolution Order Control Keys
  
• TCP: NetBIOS Scope ID All Uppercase in Windows NT 4.0 Q163112
  
• TCP: Lossy networks Q162179
  
• TCP: Remotely Reconfigure IP from Static Addressing to DHCP Q194407
  
• TCP: RFC 1122 Handle Urgent Data
  
• TCP: RFC 1191 Path MTU Discovery
  
• TCP: RFC 1323 Timestamps
  
• Time Source Server: Setup
  
• Time Stamp: interfers with power management
  
• Tip of Day: Takeover from WORD
  
• Toolbars: Explorer lockdowns
  
• Trusts: Interdomain Trust Account
  
• Trusts: Disable Trust Account Password Changes
  

--- U --- Registry Tips

• Unimodem: Drivers
  
• Unlocking: Delay Occurs When Unlocking Workstation
  
• Username: Hiding the Last Logged On
  
• Users: Information stored in Registry Privacy exposure
  
• Users: Limit Total Number of Users
  

--- V --- Registry Tips

• VDM: Make separate VDMs the default
  

--- W --- Registry Tips

• Wallpaper: Restrict Ability to Change
  
• Wallpaper: Change position
  
• Watson: Disable Dr. Watson
  
• Welcome Screen: Disable Q173058
  
• Winkey: Disable Keyboard Windows Key desktop lockdown
  
• Winlogon contains the logon parms for Windows NT. Many of these keys are listed elsewhere in this list but are duplicated here because they are related keys.
  
  • AllocateCDRoms: Restrict remote access to CD-ROMs
    
  • AllocateFloppies: Restrict remote access to floppies
    
  • AutoRestartShell: Automatically restart user shell if it crashes
    
  • CachedLogonsCount: Number of accounts to cache if domain unavailable
    
  • DefaultDomainName: Domain last user logged onto
    
  • DefaultUserName: Name of last user who logged on successfully
    
  • DontDisplayLastUserName: Logon dialog box will not display last user logged on
    
  • LegalNoticeCaption: Title
    
  • LegalNoticeText: Text
    
  • LogonPrompt: Notice in logon screen.
    
  • PasswordExpiryWarning: Set password warning alert interval
    
  • PowerdownAfterShutdown: Let NT do the power down.
    
  • RunLogonScriptSync: Allow User Shell to Start Before Logon Script Finishes
    
  • Shell: User shell, defaut is Explorer.
    
  • ShutdownWithoutLogon: Disabled by default for servers, enabled for workstations.
    
  • Welcome: Control Welcome text
    
• Windows: Animation
  
• WindowsUpdate :
  • Restrict Access to the Windows Update Feature
    
• WINS: How to Move a WINS Database to Another Server Q193820
  
• WINS: LogFilePath
  
• WINS: Tombstoning
  
• Word :
  • Enable Wide Text Printing of Unicode languages in Microsoft Word
    
• Workstation: Service key entries Q102981
  

--- X --- Registry Tips

--- Y --- Registry Tips

--- Z --- Registry Tips

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