How To Protect The Registry In Windows XP

September 29th, 2008

Playing with the registry can make your computer to crash if you don’t know what you are doing. Thats why we are always suggest to use a registry cleaner. Using the Group Policy tool, you can ensure that users of the computer can’t go in and make changes to the registry.

Start the Group Policy. In order to set restrictions in Windows XP Pro, use your tool of Group Policy.  The easiest way to start the Group Policy is entering gpedit.msc in the Run dialog box and click OK.

Browse. In the Group Policy, start to open all the folders under User Configuration.  Double-click the folder, then Administrative Templates.  Select the System folder that you find at the bottom.

Change the value. In the right part, find and double-click option Deny access to tools for editing the registry.  In the dialog that opens, select the Enabled option.  Finish by clicking OK to close the dialog box.

Error message. Test if the new restriction works by trying to open the Registry Editor.  If everything works as it should, you would get a message box with text editing of the registry has been disabled by your administrator.

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