As already mentioned, the System Registry is one of the most important parts of the operating system. It's where all of the system settings and configuration data is stored. If you do not know what you are doing and you just start editing entries found in the System Registry, you can render your computer useless. So, protecting your computer's registry is very important.
Included with Windows XP Professional (not Windows XP Home) is a service that allows users with administrative privileges to connect your computer's registry and edit it. Having this service enabled and running is just way too big a security risk. The vast majority of computer users have little or no use for this service. Why would you even want to give anyone a chance at trying to break into one of the most critical parts of the operating system?
Disabling this service is a snap. Just follow these steps:
1. Click the Start button and select Run.
2. Key in services.msc in the box and click OK to launch the services manager.
3. Scroll through the list and right-click and select Properties on the Remote Registry entry.
4. Set the Startup Type as Disable and click the Stop button.
5. Click OK to close and save your changes.
Now you have knocked off yet another unneeded service from your computer.
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