How To Disable Registry Access In Windows 7/8

Windows Registry, as the name suggests, is a small but very important organized register and information book that keeps data regarding the operating system, its users, system policies, and other key values.

It’s such a vital component to Windows that it might be a good idea putting a bit more safety guard to it. And when you do, you need to protect it from being unauthorized accessed by both locally and remotely. In this post, we will see how to disable, restrict or prevent access to Registry Editor using Group Policy Editor.

1. First type gpedit.msc in RUN or into the Search box in the Start menu and press enter to open Local Group Policy Editor.

2. Then navigate to:

User Configuration > Administrative Templates > System. Under Setting in the right pane, double-click on Prevent access to registry editing tools.

3. Now change the setting to Enabled, click OK and then close out of Group Policy Editor.

4. After that if a user tries to access the system’s registry for any reason, they will get the following message letting them know access is denied.

5. To regain access, you have to again revisit Group Policy Editor when required, and change the policy to Disabled or Not Configured.

Thats it. Enjoy !!!