[How To Change] Registered Owner’s Name on Windows XP

1- Run regedit
2- Find and go to below key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version

3-Change your name in following subkey : Registered Owner

Be successful!

[How To Solve] Show Hidden Files And Folders Not Working II

If anyone’s still having trouble, here’s a fix that worked for me after I got the RavMon virus :

1. Click “Start” -> “Run…” (or press Windows key + R)
2. Type “regedit” and click “Ok”.
3. Find the key :

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAdvancedFolderHiddenSHOWALL

4. Look at the “CheckedValue” key… This should be a DWORD key. If it isn’t, delete the key.
5. Create a new key called “CheckedValue” as a DWORD (hexadecimal) with a value of 1.
6. The “Show hidden files & folders” check box should now work normally. Enjoy! :)

[How To Recover] Task Manager Has Been Disabled By Your Administrator

Muhammad Rizwan asks that whenever he tries to open the task manager, he is encountered by the following error : “Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator

Here is solution from the Microsoft article about enabling the task manager :

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[How To Recover] Registry Editing Has Been Disabled By Your Administrator

Today a friend of mine asked that his registry editor had been disabled accidently and now how should he enable it back again. Here are two ways to enable the registry editing in Windows.

1- From Group Policy Editor

Go to Run –> gpedit.msc

In the left hand menu, go to User Config –> Administrative Templated –> System.

Now In the right hand pane, select “Prevent access to registry editing tools”. It will probably be not configured or enabled. If it’s enabled, disable it and if it’s not configured, first enable it, apply settings and then disable it. Most probably the settings have been applied instantly. If not, then run gpupdate in command prompt to apply the group policies.

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