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: 
 | No | False is assumed if absent. | 
| NoDiscovery | DWORD | Boolean used to disable the discovery mechanism.
Possible values include: 
 | 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: 
 | No | False is assumed if absent. | 
For more information, see Controlling Service Installation Options and Configuring Service Discovery.