winutil/docs/content/dev/tweaks/Essential-Tweaks/WPBT.md

title, description

title	description
Disable Windows Platform Binary Table (WPBT)

  "WPFTweaksWPBT": {
    "Content": "Disable Windows Platform Binary Table (WPBT)",
    "Description": "If enabled, WPBT allows your computer vendor to execute programs at boot time, such as anti-theft software, software drivers, as well as force install software without user consent. Poses potential security risk.",
    "category": "Essential Tweaks",
    "panel": "1",
    "registry": [
      {
        "Path": "HKLM:\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Session Manager",
        "Name": "DisableWpbtExecution",
        "Value": "1",
        "Type": "DWord",
        "OriginalValue": "<RemoveEntry>"
      }
    ],

Registry Changes

Applications and System Components store and retrieve configuration data to modify windows settings, so we can use the registry to change many settings in one place.

You can find information about the registry on Wikipedia and Microsoft's Website.