[all Windows] Disable Registry Editing Tools

[Ryan1405241476 0]

If you want to mek it so cerin users, maybe guest or the account you getto by pressing cancel for in 95/98 to not be able to edit the regisstry this is the registry hack for you.

 

IMPORTANT: THIS REQUIRES YOU TO EDIT THE REGISTRY, IF YOU DO NOT FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY YOU COULD MESS UP YOUR COMPUTER, IN SOME CASES A REGISTRY BACKUP MAY WORK, IF YOU CAN USE IT, SEARCH GOOLGLE FOR REGISTRY BACKUP TO FIND OUT HOW TO DO THIS< OR BETTER YET IF YOU DO NOT FELL LIKE YOU CAN PROPERLY DO THIS THEN DONT, BUT FOLLOWING THESE INSTRUCTIONS YOU SHoulD BE SAFE.

 

1. Goto this key in the registry, to get to the registry goto Start -> Run and enter regedit

 

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\

System

2. Add a DWORD entry in this key

 

3. Name the DWORD value DisableRegistryTools

 

4. make the entry as follows: (0 = allow regedit, 1 = disable regedit)

 

NOTE:This will not allow you to edit the registry from this user account, conciter carefully before doing this.

[qwijibow 0]

wow... this should definatly be the default setting, many spyware / adware / virii use the registry to auto start after a re-boot.

[Ryan1405241476 0]

this means you cannot use regedit while logged in as that user though. plus i belive non-windows program can still write to the registry.