General System Registry Secrets

Tips for everything from using services on remote machines to successfully uninstalling software. You can change the way your interface looks, customize your Run command, and ensure that your logon scripts run correctly. You will find answers to common problems all Windows NT users face, including network protocols, printers, disk drives, and domain controllers.


Have you ever needed to start a service on a remote machine? You can use the tools in the resource kit, but they often aren’t handy or give curious results. Each service has a corresponding registry key and each key has a start value. Each service can have one of these start values:

0x0	Boot
0x1	System
0x2	Automatic
0x3	Manual
0x4	Disabled

To alter the way a service starts, change the appropriate start value for each service. I give two examples and list common services and their registry keys for a generic Windows NT installation. Many other services are available In the site given below.
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