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The Windows NT Registry Editor is REGEDT32.exe
and is located in the windir%\system32 sub-directory. By default,
no icon is placed on your desktop. You can use explorer to
drill down to this file, right click, and create a shortcut.
(This will be at the bottom of the current window). Cut this
shortcut and paste it in your windir%\profiles\UserId\Start
Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools.
Until you become comfortable with registry
navigation and editing, consider setting options/read_only
to prevent accidental modification. Click on Window/Cascade
to display the 5 panes available. 99% of all your registry
activities will use the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE pane and the HKEY_USERS
pane. I suggest that you open the registry help and become
familiar with the terminology, navigation and editing tools.
Spend enough time navigating in read-only mode so you become
comfortable.
You might want to get into the habit of creating
a new ERD (Emergency Repair Disk) by running RDISK.EXE /S
before making registry changes. I keep about 5 generations
of the ERD. I also use ConfigSafe ( $35 ) to make frequent
snapshots of the registry before and after making changes.
I use this tool to track changes caused by new installs and
configuration options (and to restore a snapshot if I or an
install mess up) .
Heed the Microsoft warning about registry
manipulation. DO NOT BECOME CASUAL AS YOU BECOME FAMILIAR.
Listed below are just some of the things you can do by editing
the Windows NT Registry. Just give us a call at (800) 569-5539
for details.
- Bypassing the WinNT logon prompt.
- How do I locate and correct disk space
problems on Windows 2000 NTFS volumes?
- Turn off CD Autorun.
- Prevent a user from mapping a network drive.
- Users never have a current ERD!
- Roaming profiles consume disk space.
- Increase network performance.
- How do I prevent Windows 2000 users from
using IE to 'Set as Wallpaper'?
- Is your network plagued with Browser elections?
- Set permission to give users control of
their own directory, but not access to anyone elses.
- Reduce network delay.
- How to create a default profile.
- Do you get an error when you double click
on a file with a known extension?
- Logon Scripts and Directory Replication.
- How do I remove Dial-Up Networking from
My Computer?
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