Thursday, September 10, 2009

Editing the Windows Registry

Using the regedit program that is supplied as standard will all versions of Windows you can search for specific key and edit the values contained in those keys.


The reasons that you may wish to do this is to prevent or enable a particular action on your computer. Shown above the entry that controls the Windows Activation is being inspected and possibly edited.

Finding specific keys in the registry

Pressing F3 or selecting search from the menu will enable to find occurances of a particular key. You may even be told the key you are looking for from an Internet search that you have made regarding a particular problem that you are trying to solve.

Making a backup of the Windows registry

Before making any changes to the Windows registry that may have an effect on the operation of your computer it is probably an idea to make a backup of the registry before you do so that you can return to a "working" situation. (It is also a good idea to do this when before you run a 3rd party Registry Cleaner)

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