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220-802 · Question #682

A technician must add a line into HKLM. Which of the following tools would BEST enable this ability?

The correct answer is A. REGEDIT. REGEDIT is the Windows Registry Editor, the tool designed to directly view, add, modify, or delete registry keys and values including those in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (HKLM).

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Question

A technician must add a line into HKLM. Which of the following tools would BEST enable this ability?

Options

  • AREGEDIT
  • BMSCONFIG
  • CRD
  • DREGSRV32

How the community answered

(56 responses)
  • A
    91% (51)
  • B
    5% (3)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    2% (1)

Why each option

REGEDIT is the Windows Registry Editor, the tool designed to directly view, add, modify, or delete registry keys and values including those in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (HKLM).

AREGEDITCorrect

REGEDIT (regedit.exe) provides a graphical interface to the Windows registry, allowing a technician to navigate the full registry hierarchy including HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, add new keys and string/DWORD/binary values, and modify or delete existing entries. It is the standard built-in tool for all direct registry editing tasks. No other listed tool provides write access to registry hive data.

BMSCONFIG

MSCONFIG is the System Configuration utility used to manage boot options and startup programs, not a tool for editing raw registry keys.

CRD

RD (Remove Directory) is a command-line tool for deleting file system directories and has no interaction with the Windows registry.

DREGSRV32

REGSVR32 registers or unregisters COM DLL components by calling their DllRegisterServer function, which writes specific registry entries automatically - it cannot manually add arbitrary registry lines.

Concept tested: Using REGEDIT to edit Windows Registry (HKLM)

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/performance/windows-registry-advanced-users

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#REGEDIT#Windows registry#HKLM#system tools

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