Need help modifying individual PC-settings via registry

[dawaske]

Hello everyone!

I'm currently trying to compile a custom up-to-date Windows 8.1 ISO with all those telemetry/ customer experience updates excluded and out-of-the-box settings (e.g. error reporting disabled, hide known file extensions disabled etc.) tailored to my needs. Unfortunately I kind of hit a wall when trying to modify anything in the "PC-Settings"-App such as automatically disabling location services or microphone access. Is there any way to change those settings via the registry and, if yes, is anyone of you aware of a website giving an overview of the reg-entries that need to be modified/ added in order to enable/ disable the individual settings?

Thank you in advance for your help!

Cheers,

Daniel

 

[samuria]

Welcome to the forum. What version of win 8? Is this for stand alone pc or on a domain

 

[dawaske]

Hello samuria, thanks !

I'm doing all this for my stand alone private PCs, the Windows version is 8.1 Professional.

 

[samuria]

will gpedit.msc do what you want?

 

[dawaske]

Ahm, that is an excellent question. I read that PC-Settings can apparently be changed using the Group Policy Editor but I'm not sure if it is possible to do this via the SetupComplete.cmd-script and, if yes, how I need to set it up.

 

[samuria]

If take a snapshot of the reg then use the edit rescan for changes and you could then know what keys to set

 

[dawaske]

this is an excellent idea, I will try that next weekend and report back!

 

[samuria]

regshot will do it 8 Tools to Track Registry and File Changes by Comparing Before and After Snapshots • Raymond.CC

 

[dawaske]

The regshot-method you proposed worked like a charm, thank you so much samuria!