As you install new programs onto a Windows computer at your office, some of these applications may add themselves to the startup list. As this list grows, your computer may appear to slow down, a ...

What is the Windows Registry? Think of it as the “brains” of your Windows installation. Specifically, it’s a giant warehouse, a single, easy-to-access, hierarchical database that stores each of your ...

The Windows Registry organizes all Windows system and user settings into a hierarchical structure of keys and values, replacing the older INI files. Each key contains specific types of data, and ...

15 Windows updates (some security, but mostly optional) were chosen via the autoupdate method on my wife's Windows 7 system, and upon subsequent boot, the system hung up on configuring updates, ...

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 ...

On Windows 7 you can easily disable access to the registry editor which restricts and limits access to the registry system. This is important as it prevents remote (sometimes unskilled) users from ...