Windows 10 changing Registry help!

[BlennDy]

Hello everyone! So I am testing some registry stuff (don't worry I have it all backed up), and was testing to change the CPU name in the specs that works even when restarting it.

So I looked up some stuff on the web, and I found this to apply my registry :

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0]
“ProcessorNameString”=”Core i7-6800K @ 3.4GHz 3.4GHz”

The processorNameString is the name i tried to give my cpu which is i7-6800K.

Alright so what's wrong? You see, when I clicked to apply the registry it said that it's done, it was successful... But when I went into my PC specs it didn't change.

Oh and about that stuff for keeping it "permanent", I read I could just create a shortcut of the registry and add it to the Startup on Windows so hoping that would work, but for now I need help on why the specs aren't changing. 

Thanks a lot! 

[GoodBytes]

25 minutes ago, BlennDy said:

Hello everyone! So I am testing some registry stuff (don't worry I have it all backed up), and was testing to change the CPU name in the specs that works even when restarting it.

So I looked up some stuff on the web, and I found this to apply my registry :

The processorNameString is the name i tried to give my cpu which is i7-6800K.

Alright so what's wrong? You see, when I clicked to apply the registry it said that it's done, it was successful... But when I went into my PC specs it didn't change.

Oh and about that stuff for keeping it "permanent", I read I could just create a shortcut of the registry and add it to the Startup on Windows so hoping that would work, but for now I need help on why the specs aren't changing. 

Thanks a lot! 

Anything under "DESCRIPTION", is registry items generated by Windows. It is there to give a simple way for developers to get system information. A simple registry check of a value is all a dev needs. Alternatively, devs can do a query to an active database that Windows contentiously update on your system called WMI. It is more complicated to implement WMI query support over a registry check for a dev. The registry method is great if you want to get very few information out of the system, WMI is better suited if you plan to do a lot more, and get stuff like HDD/SSD read/write activity monitoring, network activity monitoring, CPU usage and such. Basically, almost all the information available in Task Manager and Resource Monitor, and some other things. And the third way, is getting directly the info from the hardware, either by communicating via the driver, or interface of the hardware itself.

 

So changing the value in the registry will only affect SOME programs, and maybe some Windows panels. but it won't affect WMI or anything else.