AllowedPaths Key

What happens if I decide to delete everything under this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurePipeServers\winreg\AllowedPaths\Machine

I do not have a network..

 

Don't know. But if you decide to delete it, please let us know.

 

Stupid question. Why do you want to do it?

 

From what I understand, it holds the paths that are remotely accessible...

I was hoping someone could shine more light on it.. I was more interested in what it's going to cripple... I know that I've read it will cripple things like network printers.. but, as I said, I don't have a network..

 

Well, light a candle. Just delete it & let us know.

 

I FULLY AGREE with this line quoted by PeteC

Been there.
Done that type of thing.
WILL NOT do it again. Unless I know EXACTY what it is for.

For one reason I have found that sometimes things are tied together more than we realize.

BillyBob

 

You probably guess from my other post, 'XP Security', what I am doing.. I'm trying to make sure XP is very tight...

I'll give it a go tomorrow and let everyone know what happens, even if nothing happens as a result.



[Edit]

OK, removed all the entries in that key and restarted.. I see no visual affects, the event log is clear of any errors or warnings, everything seems to be functional.. I will report if anything happens after this post.

I found the following:

This would lead me to believe that removing the paths from this key would prevent any bypassing of access to remote use of the registry. Which is why this is a security measure.