Platform Clients – Windows 7 Servers – Windows Server 2008 R2 Feature Impact Severity – Medium Frequency – Low Description Additional system resources have added Windows Resource Protection (WRP) settings in Windows 7, making them read-only settings. The vast majority of resources that received added protection are system COM server keys, although some features have added targeted resource protection. Microsoft changed these resources in order to protect the system and other applications from breaking each other and to provide a consistent, stable platform upon which applications can reliably run. In the past, applications could provide custom files and use the […]

The registry in 64-bit versions of Windows is divided into 32-bit and 64-bit keys. Many of the 32-bit keys have the same names as their 64-bit counterparts, and vice versa. The default 64-bit version of Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) that is included with 64-bit versions of Windows displays both 64-bit keys and 32-bit keys. The WOW64 registry redirector presents 32-bit programs with different keys for 32-bit program registry entries. In the 64-bit version of Registry Editor, 32-bit keys are displayed under the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareWOW6432Node You can view or edit both 64-bit and 32-bit registry keys and values by using […]