registry keys

When my Toshiba laptop wakes from sleep it does reconnect to my home WiFi network, but it assigns to it the generic name 'network', which is not my real network name. It also creates a new network profile key in the Registry with the name 'Network', and creates an unmanaged signature key in the...

Assume I have a bootable USB flash drive with Win10 and additiional other tools on it.. Booting it works fine. Now immediately after booting from this USB flash drive I want to AUTOMATICALLY patch/enter some customized keys resp. values into the Registry. As an example think of switching to...

I have problems to set an eMail client (e.g. Thunderbird) on my 64bit Win 7 system for handling all "mailto" links. It is often recommended to go to Control Panel --> Set Default programs or Control Panel ---> "Associate a file type or protocol with a program" and assign the (new) email...

I'm hoping some registry experts here can help. I have lost my Cortana settings. When I click the settings icon (3rd from the top on the left), nothing happens. I may have become a bit overzealous in my attempts to disable Cortana, but now I have lost the options to turn it on and off. How do I...

Build 10130. I have two updates showing which I believe are ghosts. They will not install. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There were problems installing some updates, but we'll try again later. If you keep seeing this and want to...

For some unknown reason, my image file associations in Windows Explorer keep getting undone, such that they show up in Explorer without an associated application (or occasionally with a wrong association). For example, when I examine the properties of any .jpg file, the "Open With:" property...

Hi! I recently made a system restore because a program deleted some registry keys and windows didn't boot anymore. So the only option was system restore because I don't know how to install windows. The only problem was that is 2015 and the most recent point was 2012. To be more specific...

So, pretty much how it goes is that - a couple of programs (specifically, 2 that I have found so far) are not able to run at all on my computer, one being an installer and the other the Windows Backup tool. In Backup and Restore, there are a couple of options such as "Create a system image"...

My proxy settings are blocked and i cant change them, im using the administrator account in that computer. This fix is often recommended: If this issue is for all users go here: HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel DWORD: Proxy (Change from 1 --> 0) DWORD...

Hello out there, LostInCyberspace calling for help! I ran a cleaner, System Mechanic to be precise, and lost all my icon images. I know, sill of me, I was warned that it would be a problem replacing the Registry Keys that held the images, since that portion of System Mechanic deleted said...

Hi, I am researching the autorun functionality in Windows and am coming across conflicting/confusing information. I understand Windows 8 automatically enables autorun by default - do you know which autorun keys, if any, are disabled (i.e. in Windows 7 only the label and icon keys are enabled...

Can anyone point me to documentation of the effect wherein HKCU registry keys showing to regedt32 and apps change when the user's account type is changed? A user of account type Standard installed an app which created some config keys, and regedt32 showed these keys fine, under...

Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.3 (February 1, 2012): Corrected registry keys and installation switches in the deployment tables for Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008, and installation switches in the deployment table for Windows Vista. This is an informational...

Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.3 (February 1, 2012): Corrected registry keys and installation switches in the deployment tables for Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008, and installation switches in the deployment table for Windows Vista. This is an informational...

Registry keys under HKLM/Software/.../Installer/Components/Userdata contain approximately 1,500 data value entries where the colon in the path has been replaced by a question mark (C?\). These registry keys seem to be primarly associated with media file types. The C?\ entries are generated by...

Argh! I'm driving myself nuts trying to figure this out. Somebody must have tackled this. Win7 graciously supplied my "home" directory (c:\Users\jfs) with a bunch of folders I don't want -- My Videos, My Pictures to name a few. For heaven's sake, how do I get rid of them? I've been doing...

Folks, OK, I've had enough of things I can't see. How for example, can I find and view all files named "index.dat". If you enter this into the search bar, you won't find any, but I assure you, there are dozens on the typical system. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. There're many...

I'm having a problem with Internet Explorer 8 on the Windows 7 beta; here's the story: a while back, I installed the Internet Explorer Collection. Then uninstalled it . . . using Revo Uninstaller, which makes sure that all the bits and pieces of the program are removed when you uninstall it. I...

Hi guys, new poster here! I've posted on other forums but they have people who aren't really experts so now i'm here to see if there are some experts here! I have a problem enabling aeroglass on Vista 5365.. It's the 32-bit one. I've got other things working, no problems otherwise except I...