# 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