HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\OLE

The named-values under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\OLE key control Distributed COM’s default launch and access permission settings and call-level security capabilities for applications that do not call CoInitializeSecurity. Only machine administrators and the system have full-access to this portion of the registry. All other users have only read-access.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\OLE\named_value = value

Named Values:

\EnableDCOM = value

Sets the global activation policy for the machine

\DefaultLaunchPermission = value

Defines default ACL for the machine

\DefaultAccessPermission = value

Defines default access permission list for the machine

\LegacyAuthenticationLevel = value

Sets the default authentication level

\LegacyImpersonationLevel = value

Sets the default impersonation level

\LegacyMutualAuthentication = value

Determines if mutual authentication is enabled

\LegacySecureReferences = value

Determines if AddRef/Release invocations are secure

See Also

Security in COM