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manmeetvirdi
Hi there
Well what does the registry key like dword:00000004 means?
What does that value 00000004 means?
Does it have unique meaning (fixed by Microsoft) or it depends upon software maker.

Is this a hexadecimal values??
Is there any thumb rule when dealing with registry? For Example if you want to disable write dword:00000001, if you want to activate something then write dword:00000002??

Regards
Manmeet

manmeetvirdi
Hi I think I have put my question in a wrong forum.
Here most of you are givng the tips and Iam asking for some kind of the tip
First post and blunder!!
Platypus
Welcome to BleepingComputer! I've requested for your topic to be moved to another forum for you.

The meaning of a doubleword value in the registry is determined by whatever software refers to that key. The value is hexadecimal - a doubleword is four bytes, 00 00 00 00 to ff ff ff ff value.

I don't think there's a general rule. A LSD value of 0 to 1 may toggle some functions, ie dword:00000000 to dword:00000001, but that may not be so in other cases. You need to know what the application (Windows itself or a program) is expecting.
Billy O'Neal
Hello smile.gif

A DWORD is simply a 32 bit integer numerical value.

Each registry value is simply a numbered setting. What each number means is controlled by the process that actually cares about the value you're looking at.

A more general explanation of WORDs as far as computers are concerned can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dword#Dword_and_Qword

Hope that helps!!

Billy3
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