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Thanks for the confirmation.
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Windows Server 2003 Standard R2<br />
I have the KB Articles 245030 and 187498.<br />
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I want to disable DES 56/56, RC4 40/128, etc. How is this done?<br />
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&nbsp;The KB 245030 says to change the DWORD value for Enabled to 0x0. <br />
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When I navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\<wbr />CURRENTCON<wbr />TROLSET\CO<wbr />NTROL\SECU<wbr />RITYPROVID<wbr />ERS\SCHANN<wbr />EL\CIPHERS<wbr />\ DES 56/56 there is no &quot;Enabled subkey&quot;.<br />
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I've created a new DWORD value and named it Enable and set it to 0. &nbsp;Will this disable the Cipher DES 56/56? &nbsp;
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Windows Server 2003 Standard R2
I have the KB Articles 245030 and 187498.

I want to disable DES 56/56, RC4 40/128, etc. How is this done?

 The KB 245030 says to change the DWORD value for Enabled to 0x0. 

When I navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONTROLSET\CONTROL\SECURITYPROVIDERS\SCHANNEL\CIPHERS\ DES 56/56 there is no "Enabled subkey".

I've created a new DWORD value and named it Enable and set it to 0.  Will this disable the Cipher DES 56/56?  

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