Archive for the ‘registry editor’ Category

What is the best way to access the Registry editor in Windows XP?

Monday, March 8th, 2010

windowskey + R regedit or Start --> Run... regedit

Is it safe to delete unused anti-virus from registry editor?

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

Do I just go through all the registry entries that have the name on it and delete them? Will it effect the rest of my computer? Its an old anti-virus program that I dont use anymore. thats how you do it if your not going to use it anymore, of course ...

Where is the Registry Editor on my computer?

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Like, where can i find it. Please explain step by step. Thank you. Press the Windows key and the "r". Enter regedit in the box and click OK. Be careful. Modifying your registry is tricky business.

Where to find the Registry editor in Vista ?

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

Can't find it. I need to locate a Nero serial number. And I can't get Nero to run the lightscribe function in Vista also. Registry editor is a tool which is used to edit the content of registry. This tool is provided by microsoft with thier operating system. Follow these steps to ...

Why My taskmanager & folder options is disabled and i can’nt open my registry editor by Run Option?

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

While I have seen that my Folder option & Taskmanager is disabled, I have gone to gpedit.msc to change the policy but there i have found every thing is okey. Then I tried to open my registry by run options even from the system32 by cliking on regedit.exe file but ...

How do I restore Windows Vista shell explorer files for startup in registry editor?

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

I just deleted a Backdoor.Prorat trojan for vista, but it deleted my shell info (the startup occurs with only the documents window open and a blank screen in the background) and I need to know how I can change my shell script to login with the regular desktop. THANK ...

how do i get rid of a homepage hijacker in the registry editor?

Friday, February 19th, 2010

i right click and delete the value but it comes right back on again? u should kill or terminate the 'hijacking' process(es) first and then restore settings (ie. deleting the reg value). get Norton Antivirus or something which can remove the threat if u can't do it manually. use 'msconfig' or ...

Cannot open task manager and registry editor?

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Hi, from yesterday I cannot open task manager and registry edtor, don't know what happened, restart computer but the same. Pop up error message say that I don't have the rights to open it something like this. Is a virus or what? it's a virus

How safe is it to delete an item from your Registry Editor?

Saturday, February 13th, 2010

If you know that you dont need it and it's not in use? It should be fine to use, A safe product that I use all the time is: RegSeeker : http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm. Though it is always a good idea to backup your registry before hand via system restore. It ...

How do I stop Windows Registry Editor from reverting at startup?

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

about 5 days ago i changed a few keys in the registry using registry editor, and when i rebooted, the changes were reverted and the registry restored itself. i am not reverting the changes myself by pressing F8 at startup or anything like that. how do i stop regedit from ...