registry editor

Having a bit of a problem here. I used the Offline NT registry editor at Offline NT Password & Registry Editor to elevate a normal user account to admin, and now I cannot change it from admin to normal user. I inputted the following cmds in command line: net localgroup administrators CompAdmin...

Installation copiers Multi Boot OS with Multi software? I have just just purchased some new PC with different configration AMD Phenom II X4 965, Gigabyte 890GLX Motherboard, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD and 2nd AMD Athalon 635 with Gigbyte 875 Mothboard -4 GB RAM, 500GB HDD.I want to use these...

I'm the only user of the computer and supposedly have Admin rights. However, cannot manage computer or install any software. I activated the hidden Administrator account and created a new user account with admin rights, but same result, the new account cannot perform admin tasks. All this...

Windows Media Player 12 in Windows 7 comes with lots of enhancements and new features. One of them is the new Library view which allows users to manage their playlists, music, videos, recorded TV, etc. Library view shows a nice minimal image in the background but did you know you can...

Hi all. Is there a way, preferably through either group policy editor or registry editor, that function keys (F1 to F12) can be disabled? Means if the user presses F3 on the keyboard, the search windows explorer should not appear. This is for my project's requirements, so I sincerely and...

I know Tab Completion is enabled by default for the command line interface, however for whatever reason It has been disabled on my laptop. I have checked [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Command Processor] However setting the Completion Character to 9 or in some cases 64 (Both in...

This new instructional video has been posted. Enjoy :) Hello everyone, Recently we have been hit by some spam in our blogs and on the site in general about commercial software to reset Windows passwords. This is clearly spam and always plugs some product to magically reset your Windows...

Open the "Registry Editor" (Start (Orb), Run and type in regedit and click ok or press enter.) Navigate to and expand each the following: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers (This is where programs attach to the right click menu.) Now, you simply delete the keys you do not...

Microsoft’s newest operating system came with a lot of enhancements “under the hood”. One of those enhancements is the ability to change the logon screen without the use of third-party software. For most users, this may or may not be a welcomed change as this feature was specifically made...

Running Windows 7 starter, Dell netbook. I hid one of my two administrative user accounts with REGEDIT by setting: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE \Microsoft \Windows NT \CurrentVersion \Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList [hiddenaccountname] [DWORD(32bit) Value=0. To logon to the hidden...

I was forced to change my user password this afternoon... And abruptly forgot it. I've attempted the fix here: Offline NT Password & Registry Editor but I hit a snag on step two, which asks for the "path to the registry directory". What do I input?

[Solved] HELP, .exe file association is locked to Notepad Hello everyone, I am a computer fool who has just jumped on the Win7 bandwagon because i was tired of XP clogging my machine up ( not to mention infested with bugs). I had wanted to run a .exe/.exc file and somehow, windows determined...

This will ENABLE the 20% bandwidth that the system reserves for itself. Click Start and type and enter "gpedit.msc" This opens the group policy editor. Then go to: Local Computer Policy-->Computer Configuration-->Administrative Templates-->Network-->QOS Packet Scheduler-->Limit Reservable...

Hey guys, Recently I reformatted my hard drive and put a clean install of Windows 7 onto it, but I'm having a problem with a folder on my external drive now (note: I didn't reformat the external drive and the OS I had before was also Windows 7). On my external drive I have a folder labeled...

W7 hiberfil.sys and choosing fonts Well, I had my W7 x64 setup as I like it, all worked fine, that is with not a problem. As we know some x32 programs will and do work in W7 x64, so with that i mind I installed Spybot. It seemed to go well so I resumed my computing. I restarted the computer and...

Among new features of Windows 7 is Snap (or Smart Window Arrangement), where Snap functionality enables end-user to move a window toward the top of the screen to maximize the window to fill the screen automatically, or drag the window to the edges of the screen to resize and expand the window...

Hey Guys, After trying to get my 2 windows 7 machines and mac osx to share a network I have completely screwed up my main windows 7 machine. In the tutorial which can be found here Link Removed due to 404 Error one of the steps was to go into regedit and change the login screen so the "share"...

Hi there, As I've mentioned in another topic before, I've had mysterious problems with my laptop and windows 7. Somehow, totally random my computer loses connection. When restarting it's stuck at "shutting down" . I've now figured out a work-around for the stuck at shutting down problem. I use...

So what I need to do, where change in regedit MAXIMUM COUNT OF CHARACTERS FOR NAME OF THE ICON? I want that, icons in Win 7 in folders would be shown exactly in THE SAME WAY like they are in Win XP in Icons View. Link Removed Namely if I set in Win 7 Small Icons i got a list, Medium...

I have an old program called REGENIE. I do a search with that and it shows me registry entries under HKLM/Software/Intuit when I open the registry with REGEDIT I can't see those entries - I can't see.../Intuit If I export those entries under that, modify it (to delete a bunch of bad entries)...