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Find the product GUID of installed software with PowerShell

The GUID is what uniquely identifies a piece of installed software among all of the other pieces of software...
Roaming profiles and Start Tiles (TileDataLayer) in the Windows 10 1703 Creators Update

Microsoft deprecated the "TileDataLayer" model in the Windows 10 1703 Creators Update. In this post, I describe a hack...
Remove HKCU registry keys of multiple users with PowerShell

If you have supported software in an organization of any size, trying to remove HKEY_CURRENT_USER (HKCU) registry keys from...
Configure pinned programs on the Windows Taskbar with Group Policy

In today’s post I will show you how to configure the pinned programs on the Windows Taskbar with the...
Convert REG to XML to import Registry key into Group Policy Preferences

Group Policy Preferences allow you to deploy Registry settings. If you have to deploy a large number of complicated...
FREE: AutoAdministrator – Automate system administration tasks

AutoAdministrator is a free tool that allows you to automate all kinds of system administration tasks with an easy-to-use...
Create and modify registry keys in remote computers using PowerShell

In this article, I will show you how to create and modify different registry key types using PowerShell.
Retrieve the registry keys from remote computers via PowerShell

In this article, I am going to talk about a PowerShell script that displays details of a given registry...
FREE: EMCO Remote Registry Exporter – Export registry from network PCs
EMCO Remote Registry Exporter is a free tool that allows exporting registry keys or backing up the entire registry...
AutoAdministrator – Part 4: Remote editing: Passwords, Registry, files, ODBC

AutoAdministrator allows you to remote change passwords, remote Windows registry editing, remote file copy, and to remote edit the...
FREE: RegScanner – Search the Windows Registry

RegScanner is another nifty NirSoft tool that allows you to search the Windows Registry more conveniently than with the...
Regedit as offline Registry editor

In this article you will learn how to use Windows tool regedit as an offline registry editor. All you...
Free Registry Defrag – Defragment the Windows registry

Free Registry Defrag is a simple tool that allows you to defragment a fragmented Registry database, which can significantly...
FREE: CCleaner – Improve Windows performance by removing unnecessary files and registry entries

Many believe that Windows is a bloated operating system. However, the truth is that the Windows ecosystem is bloated,...
FREE: EMSA Register DLL Tool – Register programs with a GUI

Most Windows programs have to be registered to work properly. Registering means that the files of the application (exe,...
FREE: AccessEnum – Displays directory and registry permissions

AcessEnum from Microsoft’s Sysinternals tool collection enables you to list user accesses to a tree of directories or registry...
FREE: RegAlyzer – A nifty free Registry editor

Regedit, the Registry editor that comes with Windows is a rather simple tool. It makes sense to use a...
TrackWinstall: track installations of Windows programs

TrackWinstall is a free tool that informs you about the changes a setup program made to your Windows installation....
Security Task Manager: judging a process’ security risk

The Neuber Software Security Task Manager rates the security risk of all running Windows processes. The rating is based...