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220-802 · Question #341

A technician is required to change a setting for HKEY_Local_Machine. Which of the following would the technician use to change this?

The correct answer is D. REGEDIT. REGEDIT is the Windows Registry Editor used to view and modify registry keys such as HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.

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Question

A technician is required to change a setting for HKEY_Local_Machine. Which of the following would the technician use to change this?

Options

  • ABCEDIT
  • BWEP setup
  • CMSCONFIG
  • DREGEDIT

How the community answered

(43 responses)
  • A
    7% (3)
  • B
    5% (2)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    86% (37)

Why each option

REGEDIT is the Windows Registry Editor used to view and modify registry keys such as HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.

ABCEDIT

BCDEDIT is a command-line tool for managing Boot Configuration Data (BCD), not for editing registry keys.

BWEP setup

WEP setup refers to wireless network encryption configuration and has no relationship to Windows Registry editing.

CMSCONFIG

MSCONFIG (System Configuration utility) manages startup programs, services, and boot options but does not provide direct access to edit registry keys.

DREGEDITCorrect

REGEDIT (regedit.exe) is the built-in Windows graphical tool for browsing and editing the Windows Registry, including all root keys such as HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, which stores system-wide configuration settings. It provides direct read/write access to any registry hive on the local or a remote machine.

Concept tested: Windows Registry editing with REGEDIT

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/regedit

Topics

#registry editor#REGEDIT#HKEY_Local_Machine#Windows registry

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