Administrative Option Settings

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The optional Administrative Options registry settings allow an administrator to control the deployment of services. These settings reside under the subkey:

      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Common\Research\Options

Note  These settings cannot be set through the user interface.

Entry name Value type Value data Required? Default value
NoAdd DWORD Boolean used to disable the Add Services button. This setting prevents the addition of any service except the internal services. It also disables the discovery mechanism. Possible values include:
  • True (1). The Add button and discovery are disabled.
  • False (0). The Add button and discovery are enabled.
 No False is assumed if absent.
NoDiscovery DWORD Boolean used to disable the discovery mechanism. Possible values include:
  • True (1). The Research task pane never queries discovery servers.
  • False (0). The Research task pane can query the discovery servers.
 No False is assumed if absent.
DiscoveryNeedOptIn DWORD Boolean used to ask the user to opt in to the discovery mechanism. This setting is irrelevant if NoDiscovery is set to 1. The HKEY_CURRENT_USER version of this value overrides the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE value. Possible values include:
  • True (1). Ask the user to opt in to the discovery mechanism.
  • False (0). Enable the discovery mechanism without asking the user.
 No False is assumed if absent.

For more information, see Controlling Service Installation Options and Configuring Service Discovery.