Prevent Users from accessing Registry Editor in Windows 8

Registry Editor in Windows OS allows you to customize or tweak the OS. 

some times few people will use it & they make something fuzzy! so prevent users to access Registry editor am gonna share you this article.

Follow the steps:

1.Open RUN (Press Windows key+R)

2.Now type "gpedit.msc" without quotes and press Enter.

3.Navigate to below path

User Configuration => Administrative Templates => System

4.Search for Prevent access to registry editing tools and open it by double clicking it or by pressing Enter.

5.Now check the Enable and press Ok.

That's it.

If anyone tries to open Registry editor it will pop by a message like

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Change default time style of Windows 8 Lock Screen

In Windows 8 when you lock the system a screen appears it will be with a time and Date, Network status.so if you wish to change the font of default time font here is the thread how to do it.
1.Open Windows registry
by pressing Window key+R and type regeit and press Enter

2.Navigate to this path 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SystemProtectedUser​Data\S-1-5-systemcode\AnyoneRead\LocaleInfo

Note: systemcode is generated by default so you can some random number like 21-443448168-4019026317-221705446-1001.
3.Now Right click on LocaleInfo and click Permissions

4.Check the Full Control's Allow Check box

5.Now back to LocaleInfo and in right side
You can see TimeFormat at last double click to open it

6.Now on Value data change your desired ASCII symbol.
Note: HH:mm is must dnt change it.

7.Now press OK and close the registry!
It works when you close registry itself..no need to restart.

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Add any application to Right Context Menu

Some times I feel lazy to open file and then click on Open!so I taught it will be cool if I had that application in Right Context menu so I did.
Now I will tell How to do it!
We can do it by two methods

• By Windows Registry Editor
• By Windows Registry file

By Windows registry Editor:
1.Open Windows registry
by pressing Window key+R and type regeit and press Enter

2.Now Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\background\shell
3.Right click on Shell and click on New->Key->and name it as your application name

Note: Here I used GTalk for example.
4.Now click on Key which you created in last step.
5.Now right click on it and select New->key and name it as command

6.Now we need to know the path of the application so for that go to the location of application.
Shift+Right click on it and click on Copy as path

7.Get back to registry and select the command which you created in step 5.

8.Now on right side double click on (Default) to open it.

9.In the Value data paste the copied path

Click on OK
10.Close the Registry!
now Right click and check it.


By Windows Registry file:

1.Open Notepad
2.Type the following code 

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
;Written by WR1334 & thanks to V+
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\background\shell\YOUR APPLICATION NAME]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\background\shell\YOUR APPLICATION NAME\command]
@="\"PASTE THE PATH OF THE APPLICATION\""

3.Fill the following in above code.
YOUR APPLICATION NAME -->give the name of which application your gonna add
PASTE THE PATH OF THE APPLICATION-->Copy the path of the exe file of your application
4.Now save it as any name with .reg as extension.
5.Run the registry file.
That's it.  (^_^)

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