Nice to Know Windows Registry
What is Windows Registry ?
The Registry is a main database of Windows that contains information continually references during operation, such as profiles for each user, the applications installed on all computer information (such as which hardware installed, what ports are using)
The Registry of Windows 3.x and MS-DOS configuration files is .ini files such as “autoexec.bat” config.sys”
How to change/edit Registry?
Regedit.exe is a editor program from microsoft, you can run by Click “Start” and select “Run” and type “regedit.exe”
What you can do Registry?
- Locate a subtree, key, subkey, or value
- Add a subkey or a value
- Change a value
- Delete a subkey or a value
- Rename a subkey or a value
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Reduce virus/spyware by disable automatic running cd
Microsoft Windows don’t have option to enable/disable automatically running CD/DVD, but you can set enable/disable by edit Windows Registry
How to enable/disable autorun CD/DVD?
- Click Start, click Run and type “regedit” in the Open box, and then press ENTER
- Locate and click the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\CDRom - To disable automatically running CD-ROMs, change the Autorun value to 0 (zero).
- To enable automatically running CD-ROMs, change the Autorun value to 1.
- Restart your computer.


* Noted: we recommened you to backup “Registry” before edit and change anything


