A version of this article appears in the November 2006 issue of Streaming Media magazine. Click here for your free subscription. After a relatively quiet 2005, 2006 brings some big improvements to ...

Windows Registry or simply registry is a repository that stores low-level configurations and settings associated with the Windows operating system and its various programs. It’s one of those system ...

Windows only: RegScanner, a free Windows utility, makes it easier to find registry keys and make quick edits to them. We've offered up a fair share of registry hacks over the years, and many of them, ...

The Console Registry tool for Windows, which can be launched by typing “reg.exe” at the command line, allows you to add, change and display registry keys and values directly from the command line.

Don't assume automated Windows security updates are complete. You might need to add registry keys manually. Here are a few to check now. Windows computers and servers ...

I will be experimenting with Windows Registry keys to lock-down laptops and understand the 'state of an endpoint' from an InfoSec perspective.<BR><BR>I've searched the MS Knowledgebase (huge!!!) and ...

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

Close non-responsive programs automatically, adjust the position of your desktop wallpaper, and prevent specific programs from appearing on the Start menu's most-frequent list. Dennis O'Reilly began ...