Since the built-in Windows Update settings weren’t helping (you’ll see why), I turned to a registry tweak I hadn’t used in years. With that single edit, I finally stopped Windows Update from hogging ...

Before making any changes to the Windows registry, it is crucial to back it up to prevent potential issues. This summary guides you through the steps to safely back up your Windows registry. This ...

Microsoft accidentally broke several things in the October 2025 Windows Update, but smart card authentication was not one of ...

“Centralized configuration database” is Microsoft’s long and rather more formal way of saying “registry” – that somewhat eccentric hierarchical database that now has a pivotal role in Windows ...

Microsoft PowerToys, a set of free utilities for Windows 10 users, has introduced a new feature allowing users to preview registry file contents before importing them. Registry files contain ...

After installing a device or driver, if you get an error message saying Windows cannot access this hardware because its service key information in the registry is ...

Microsoft PowerToys 0.69.0: A breakdown of the new Registry Preview app Your email has been sent This Microsoft PowerToys app simplifies the process of visualizing and modifying the contents of the ...

Microsoft has detailed a fix for a bug affecting tons of versions of Windows, but applying the patch is not as simple as ...

Ok, so I've got a Windows 95 machine which tells me "Windows has detected a registry configuration error", and prompts me to boot into safemode at the boot menu. The problem is, it won't boot into ...

Microsoft’s latest and greatest operating systems – Windows XP Professional and Windows .NET Server (currently in release candidate status) – offer a breadth of new command line utilities that will ...

Mention “the registry” to PC users, and they’ll probably think of standing in line for license plates, not the set of configuration files built into Microsoft Corp.’s operating systems. And Microsoft ...