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Manage registry

Manage registry

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Manage registry

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- [Instructor] The Windows Registry is a collection of configuration settings in Microsoft Windows. It's generally referred to as simply the Registry. The Registry is created and personalized when Windows is installed, but it may be added to or modified when you install additional software and hardware or make changes to your user preferences, among other things. You can open the Registry from the run line, using the command regedit. It's easier to simply search for Registry. This makes it easy to Right Click and choose Run as Administrator. Here it is. In its initial state, the Registry holds all of the Windows default settings. For instance, it defines what the desktop background looks like. It specifies how a program or app will perform the first time you use it, and it defines Windows policies for machines and users. There are literally thousands upon thousands of settings here, let me show you one such setting.…

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