Windows 用户帐户控制(Windows User Account Control)( UAC ) 允许您设置Windows，以便在您或任何程序对计算机进行某些更改时提醒您。这是一个非常有用的安全功能；但通常情况下，当您正在努力做某事并且屏幕冻结并显示来自用户帐户控制(User Account Control)( UAC ) 的警告时，这会很烦人。您需要停止工作并转到UAC消息以允许更改。WinPatrol是WinPatrol监控系统变化的免费软件。
无论您多久使用一次计算机系统或使用哪种操作系统，都必须始终保护您的 PC 免受恶意程序的侵害。今天的劫机者有太多的想法来控制您的计算机，因此保护您的计算机系统变得更加重要。在您的计算机系统中检查各种入侵恶意软件几乎是不可能的，因此唯一可行的选择是，除了您的防病毒软件之外，还可以使用一些特殊的软件来帮助您监控计算机中发生的每一个变化。这就是WinPatrol开始使用的地方。
如何使用 WinPatrol
默认情况下，当某些程序更改Windows注册表或启动程序列表时， Windows 10/8/7 会提醒您。(Windows)当您更改计算机设置时，您不会收到通知。在某些情况下，您可能会在不知不觉中更改某些内容并错过警报。例如，您可能一直在处理Internet Explorer设置，并错误地单击了IE 主页设置(IE Home Page Settings)下的“默认” 。您收到Windows通知的机会有多大，这显然是假设您故意更改了它？没有任何！
使用 WinPatrol 的案例
在过去的很多年里，我一直在使用这个免费软件程序——WinPatrol——长达七年甚至更长的时间。我对Windows UAC的设置是“从不通知”。这种设置的原因是显而易见的。虽然我知道Secure Desktop，但我不喜欢Windows为来自(Windows)User Account Control的每个通知调暗和冻结屏幕。另外，我想知道我是否在不知不觉中更改了计算机上的任何设置；甚至是我在安装时将某些文件类型与某个程序分离并将其与另一个程序相关联的设置。
对于我们安装的某些程序，只需继续更改文件类型关联即可。不仅如此，他们还在浏览器中添加了自己的工具栏和IE 助手(IE Helpers)。有多少(How)人安装了Zone Alarm或Nero等程序来查找不必要的启动程序、更改的主页和不需要的Internet Explorer加速器？
即使您将 Windows 7 设置为Always Alert ， Windows UAC也不会通知此类更改。虽然 Windows 不会错过这些更改，但它未能就上述情况提醒您。(While Windows does not miss out on the changes, but it fails to alert you on the cases mentioned above.)这就是WinPatrol派上用场的地方。
设置 WinPatrol
当您安装WinPatrol时，它会根据以下情况记录当前设置并在更改时提醒您：
- Internet Explorer 主页(Internet Explorer Home)的更改
- 启动程序
- Internet Explorer 助手(Internet Explorer Helpers)（加速器(Accelerators)、工具栏(Toolbars)和其他插件）
- 视窗服务
- Windows注册表字符串(Registry Strings)（启动(Startup)、运行一次(RunOnce)和文件关联(File Associations)）
WinPatrol还为您提供了查找您不了解的启动程序和服务的功能。例如，您想减少启动时间。您可以在Internet(Internet)上查找服务并决定保留哪些服务和丢弃哪些服务。此外，您可以延迟启动程序(Startup Programs)以更快地访问Windows桌面。您还可以 在Windows启动时使用WinPatrol禁用启动程序(disable startup programs)。
WinPatrolToGo
此便携式版本是一个可执行文件，您可以在 SD 卡或便携式USB设备上携带它，而不会在被管理的计算机上留下任何剩余文件或注册表项。您只需插入便携式USB并运行WinPatrolToGo可执行文件。
WinPatrolToGo 便携(WinPatrolToGo Portable)版特点
- 分析(Analyzes)您计算机上安装和运行的每个程序
- 删除和管理启动程序
- 禁用不需要的Windows 服务(Services)或将它们设置为延迟启动(Delayed)
- 删除工具栏和 BHO。
- 创建(Create)提供潜在问题快照的报告 禁用ActiveX 控件(ActiveX Controls)及更多！
WinPatrol是一个免费软件，但也有一个专业版(Pro Version)可用，为您的系统提供额外的安全性。免费版无法访问WinPatrol PLUS知识库和实时渗透检测。最重要的是，WinPatrol是一款为您的计算机系统提供流畅功能的多合一保护工具 - 如果您喜欢帮助您的朋友解决计算机问题，WinPatrolToGo将成为您USB上的有用工具.
(Monitor)使用WinPatrol PLUS(WinPatrol PLUS)监控关键的Windows 注册表(Windows Registry)设置
WinPatrol是许多Windows用户的最爱。它通过监视所有关键参数来帮助您监控计算机的更改。如果某些程序尝试添加或删除启动条目，或者某些软件尝试更改您的默认搜索或浏览器设置，它会立即发出警告并提醒您。这就是为什么它是我在全新安装Windows后安装的第一个程序。它不仅可以让您延迟启动程序(delay startup programs)，还可以让您控制它们的启动顺序。它作为垃圾软件删除软件(Crapware Removal Software)也非常有用。
恶意软件(Malware)通常会尝试操纵您的Windows 注册表(Windows Registry)设置。例如，它可以禁用系统还原功能或您的防火墙或您的安全中心。因此，在当今瞬息万变的时代，必须格外警惕，甚至监控这些关键的注册表位置。WinPatrol Plus将让您轻松做到这一点。注册表监控(Registry Monitoring)是该软件鲜为人知且使用较少的功能之一。
监控 Windows 注册表设置
打开WinPatrol Plus并单击注册表监控(Registry Monitoring)选项卡。在这里，您可以添加要监视的任何注册表位置。WinPatrol将确保这些注册表设置在未经您许可的情况下不会更改。您可以将WinPatrol设置为在有人尝试更改它们时提醒您，或者您可以将其设置为完全拒绝所做的任何更改。
让我们说，您想保护您的系统还原功能(protect your System Restore function)，并希望在有人试图对其进行更改时得到通知。要防止对其状态进行任何更改，请单击添加(Add)。在打开的框中，将以下键复制粘贴到指定的字段中。
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore
此外，在给定的字段中输入以下信息：
如果您希望彻底拒绝对此密钥所做的任何更改，请选中始终保护此密钥(Always protect this key)选项。如果没有，如果进行任何更改，您将收到警报。完成后，单击“添加(Add)”按钮。
同样，为了保护您的安全中心设置(protect your Security Center settings)，您可以使用以下值：
- 注册表(Registry)项：HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Security Center
- 值类型：REG_DWORD
现在依次添加以下每个值，然后单击“添加(Add)”按钮，
- 名称： AntiVirusDisableNotify
- 值：0
进而，
- 名称：FirewallDisableNotify
- 值：0
如果密钥不存在，将为您创建它们。(If the keys are not present, they will be created for you.)
为了让您更轻松，WinPatrol的好心人提供了一个可供下载的注册表文件，这将允许您在WinPatrol中安全地添加注册表值，而无需成为专家。它将帮助您防止对某些文件类型进行更改、检查签名、禁用注册表编辑工具等。
此注册表监控和锁定功能非常独特，因此我们决定介绍它——尽管它仅在共享软件WinPatrol PLUS中可用。(WinPatrol PLUS)虽然WinPatrol是免费的，但WinPatrol Plus不是。顺便说一句，WinPatrol还附带了一个便携式版本，称为WinPatrolToGo，它又是一个免费软件。
这些也可能让您感兴趣：(These may also interest you:)
- 监视注册表更改的工具(Tools to Monitor Changes To Registry)
- 如何备份、恢复、维护 Windows 注册表。(How To Back Up, Restore, Maintain Windows Registry.)
- 如何限制对注册表编辑器等的访问
- 如何打开注册表的多个实例。
WinPatrol 免费下载
您可以在WinPatrol(WinPatrol)的免费版本中获得所有这些功能，您可以在winpatrol.com 下载该版本。(winpatrol.com. )还提供了一个名为WinPatrolToGo的便携式版本，无需安装。此便携式版本是一个可执行文件，您可以在 SD 卡或便携式USB设备上携带它，而不会在被管理的计算机上留下任何遗留文件或注册表项。
更新(UPDATE)：WinPatrol 已关闭，但您可以从filehippo.com获得其最新版本。
笔记：(Notes:)
- 您可能希望在安装WinPatrol后关闭UAC ，否则在某些情况下您会收到两个警报：一个来自Windows UAC，另一个来自WinPatrol。
- 作为一般规则，不建议关闭 UAC(not advisable to turn off the UAC)。但是上面的帖子是基于我自己的个人喜好和对产品的体验。由于用户的需求不同，您的意见可能会有所不同。
How to use WinPatrol: Review & Free Download
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No matter how often you use your computer system or which operating system you are using, your PC must always be protected against malicious programs. Hijackers today have too many ideas to take control over your computer and thus it becomes even more important to keep your computer system protected. It is almost impossible to check for all sorts of intruding malware in your computer system, so the only feasible alternative is to, apart from your antivirus software, get some special software that helps you monitor every change occurring in your computer. This is where WinPatrol comes into use.
How to use WinPatrol
By default, Windows 10/8/7 alerts you when some program makes changes to the Windows registry or start-up program list. You won’t be notified when you make changes to the computer settings. In certain cases, you may unknowingly change something and miss out on the alert. For example, you may have been working on Internet Explorer settings and clicked “Default” under IE Home Page Settings by mistake. What are your chances of being notified by Windows, which, obviously presumes you changed it knowingly? None!
Case For Using WinPatrol
I am using this freeware program – WinPatrol – for the past many years – as much as seven years or even longer. My settings for Windows UAC is “Never Notify”. The reason for this setting is obvious. Although I am aware of Secure Desktop, I don’t like Windows dimming and freezing the screen for each notification from the User Account Control. Also, I want to know if I change any setting on the computer unknowingly; even the setting where I dissociate some file type from some program and associate it with another program while installing.
For some of the programs we install, simply go-ahead to change the file type associations. Not only that, they go ahead and add their own toolbars and IE Helpers to the browsers. How many of you have installed programs like Zone Alarm or Nero to find unnecessary startup programs, changed home pages and unwanted Internet Explorer accelerators?
Such changes are never notified by Windows UAC even if you set up Windows 7 to Always Alert. While Windows does not miss out on the changes, but it fails to alert you on the cases mentioned above. This is where WinPatrol comes in handy.
Set Up WinPatrol
When you install WinPatrol, it takes stock of current settings and alerts you when changes according to the following:
- Change of Internet Explorer Home Page
- Startup Programs
- Internet Explorer Helpers (Accelerators, Toolbars and other add-ons)
- Windows Services
- Windows Registry Strings (Startup, RunOnce and File Associations)
WinPatrol also offers you with the facility to look up startup programs and services that you do not understand. For example, you want to reduce the startup time. You can look up the services on the Internet and decide the ones to keep and the ones to discard. In addition, you can delay Startup Programs for quicker access to the Windows desktop. You can also disable startup programs when Windows boots, using WinPatrol.
WinPatrolToGo
This portable version is a single executable file that you can carry on your SD card or portable USB device without leaving any leftover files or registry entries on the computer being managed. You just need to plug in your portable USB and run the WinPatrolToGo executable file.
Features of WinPatrolToGo Portable Version
- Analyzes each program installed and running on your computer
- Remove and manage Startup programs
- Disable unwanted Windows Services or set them to Start Delayed
- Remove Toolbars and BHO’s.
- Create Reports that provide a snapshot of potential problems Disable ActiveX Controls & MORE!
WinPatrol is a freeware, but there is also a Pro Version available which provides extra security to your system. the free version does not have access to WinPatrol PLUS knowledgebase and real-time infiltration detection. The bottom line is that WinPatrol is an all-in-one protection tool for your computer system providing smooth functionality – and if you are one who loves to help your friend with their computer problems, WinPatrolToGo would make a useful tool to have on your USB.
Monitor critical Windows Registry settings using WinPatrol PLUS
WinPatrol is a favorite among many Windows users. It helps you monitor changes to your computer by keeping a watch on all the critical parameters. If some program tries to add a startup entry – or remove it, or if some software tries to change your default search or browser settings, it will immediately bark and alert you. That is why it is the first program I install after a fresh Windows install. Not only does it let you delay startup programs, but it also lets you control their order of starting up. It is pretty useful as a Crapware Removal Software too.
Malware, more often than not, will try to manipulate your Windows Registry settings. For instance, it could disable the system restore function or your firewall or your security center. It thus becomes imperative, in today’s changing times, to be extra alert and even monitor such critical registry locations. WinPatrol Plus will let you do so easily. Registry Monitoring is one of the lesser-known, and lesser-used features of this software.
Monitor Windows Registry settings
Open WinPatrol Plus and click on the Registry Monitoring tab. Here you can add any registry location/s that you want to be monitored. WinPatrol will ensure that these registry settings do not change without your permission. You can set WinPatrol to alert you should anyone try to change them or you can set it to outright reject any changes made.
Let us say, you would like to protect your System Restore function and would like to be informed if anyone tries to make changes to it. To prevent any change to its status, click on Add. In the box which opens, copy-paste the following key in the field specified.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore
Also, enter the following information in the fields given:
- Name: DisableSR
- Value: 0
- Value Type: REG_DWORD
If you wish to outright reject any changes made to this key, check the Always protect this key option. If not, you will be alerted if any changes are made. Once this is done, click on the Add button.
Similarly, to protect your Security Center settings, you can use the following values:
- Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Security Center
- Value Type: REG_DWORD
Now add each of the following values one after the other and click the Add button,
- Name: AntiVirusDisableNotify
- Value: 0
And then,
- Name: FirewallDisableNotify
- Value: 0
If the keys are not present, they will be created for you.
To make things easier for you, the good folks over at WinPatrol have made available a registry file for download, that will allow you to safely add registry values in WinPatrol without having to be an expert. It will help you keep protected against changes being made to certain file types, checking of signatures, disabling of registry editing tools, and so on.
This registry monitoring and locking feature are pretty unique, and hence we decided to cover it – although it is available only in WinPatrol PLUS, which is shareware. While WinPatrol is free, WinPatrol Plus is not. Incidentally, WinPatrol also comes with a portable version, called WinPatrolToGo, which is again a freeware.
These may also interest you:
- Tools to Monitor Changes To Registry
- How To Back Up, Restore, Maintain Windows Registry.
- How To Restrict Access to Registry Editor, etc.
- How to open multiple instances of the Registry.
WinPatrol free download
You get all these features in the free version of WinPatrol, which you can download at winpatrol.com. A portable version named WinPatrolToGo is also available, which does not need to be installed. This portable version is a single executable file that you can carry on your SD card or portable USB device without leaving any left over files or registry entries on the computer being managed.
UPDATE: WinPatrol has been shut down but you can get its last version from filehippo.com.
Notes:
- You may want to turn off UAC after installing WinPatrol else you will receive two alerts in some cases: one from Windows UAC and the other from WinPatrol.
- As a general rule, it is not advisable to turn off the UAC. But the above post is based on my own personal preferences and experience with the product. Your opinions may differ as the needs differ from user to user.
