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 ...

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 ...

Windows Registry is a hierarchical database. It holds information related to settings, options, and other values for software and hardware on your system. Windows allows users to make changes in the ...

One of the requirements to run Windows 11 is your PC is must be equipped with a TPM (Trusted Platform Module) 2.0 security chip, and it also has to be enabled in the ...

As mentioned earlier, if the Registry Editor or Registry file is being processed by another program in any way, there is a chance of getting this error on your ...

The Windows registry remains a place of mystery and wonder. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Here's a lesson I learned very early ...

First, download and install Windhawk from the Windhawk website. Click the "Explore" tab in the upper right, then click ...

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 ...

When is an issue not an issue? When it's intentional Microsoft accidentally broke several things in the October 2025 Windows ...

“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 ...