Locking and Restricting the Registry in Windows XP Part I

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DISCLAIMER: Edit the registry at your own risk. If possible use the Group Policy Editor. There is no undo in regedit. If you are inexperienced with regedit, when possible back up the whole registry or the key you are about to change first before modifying or deleting the key. Do not modify more than one key/name/value at a time. Re-logon or reboot and see what happens first.

Last updated 22 March 2005