API Programming » Windows Registry http://www.brangle.com/wordpress Just another computer weblog Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:41:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Explained: What Does Applying Computer Settings… mean http://www.brangle.com/wordpress/2009/08/the-meaning-of-applying-computer-settings/ http://www.brangle.com/wordpress/2009/08/the-meaning-of-applying-computer-settings/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:32:28 +0000 lopezg http://www.brangle.com/wordpress/?p=154 kb325376 and kb316243. Now, I have a meaningful description like applying group policy, playing log off sound, etc...]]> You know how whenever you login to your Windows box you always see a message saying “Applying computer settings…” and it can sit there for what feels like forever!!! Well it annoyed me to no end, I wanted to find out what it really meant and see if there was a way to tell me what sort of voodoo Microsoft was running on my machine. So after a quick search I found 2 Microsoft KB articles, kb325376 and kb316243. Now, I have a meaningful description like applying group policy, playing log off sound, etc…

After running the following registry script on my machine, I can get a verbose output.

There are two ways to set this in the registry, Option 1

  1. Open the registry by clicking start, run, typing regedit.exe then clicking ok.
  2. Navigate to the following subkey 
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system
  3. Right click to create a new "DWORD Value"
  4. Title the new DWORD key VerboseStatus
  5. Double click VerboseStatus and make sure it has a "Value data" of 1
  6. Close the registry, you’re done.

Windows Registry Editor for Verbose Output

Windows Registry Editor for Verbose Output


When you done, you should see your registry key look like the following image on your left.

Option 2 to create this setting is by copying and pasting the following code into a registry file called VerboseOutput.reg.

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system]
"VerboseStatus"=dword:00000001

This registry hack can be applied to the following Microsoft boxes…

  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition for Itanium-Based Systems
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based Systems
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (32-bit x86)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)
  • Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Premium Edition
]]> http://www.brangle.com/wordpress/2009/08/the-meaning-of-applying-computer-settings/feed/ 1 Block IE7 and/or IE8 from Automatic Updates via the Windows Registry http://www.brangle.com/wordpress/2009/08/block-ie7-andor-ie8-from-automatic-updates-via-the-windows-registry/ http://www.brangle.com/wordpress/2009/08/block-ie7-andor-ie8-from-automatic-updates-via-the-windows-registry/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:46:49 +0000 lopezg http://www.brangle.com/wordpress/?p=65 Here’s a quick and simple additions for you SysAdmins out there, how to block Windows XP from automatically downloading Internet Explorer 7 and IE 8. This is a simple addition to the Windows Registry

To block IE7, navigate to the following subkey (or folder) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Setup\7.0 then create a new DWORD value DoNotAllowIE70 and assign it a value of [...]]]> Here’s a quick and simple additions for you SysAdmins out there, how to block Windows XP from automatically downloading Internet Explorer 7 and IE 8. This is a simple addition to the Windows Registry

To block IE7, navigate to the following subkey (or folder)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Setup\7.0
then create a new DWORD value
DoNotAllowIE70
and assign it a value of 1

The procedure for IE8 is almost identical for IE8, just change the version number,
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Setup\8.0
then create a new DWORD value
DoNotAllowIE80
and assign it a value of 1

If you’d like to create a registry file, then just create a new text file with a .reg extension, for example IE7and8Blocker.reg once that’s created, just copy and paste the following into the registry/text file:

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Setup\7.0]
"DoNotAllowIE70"=dword:00000001
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Setup\8.0]
"DoNotAllowIE80"=dword:00000001

Lastly, if you don’t want to follow my examples, you can download a prepackaged Toolkit available from Microsoft for IE7 and IE8.

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