Disable GC logon requirement (Perl)

This code can be found in Chapter 3 of Active Directory Cookbook, 2nd edition

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# This Perl code enables the IgnoreGCFailres registry setting and reboots

# ---------------------------------------------------------------
# Adapted from VBScript code contained in the book:
#      "Active Directory Cookbook" by Robbie Allen
# Publisher: O'Reilly and Associates
# ISBN: 0-596-00466-4
# Book web site: http://rallenhome.com/books/adcookbook/code.html
# ---------------------------------------------------------------

use Win32::OLE;
$Win32::OLE::Warn = 3;
my $strLSA = "HKLM\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\LSA\\IgnoreGCFailures\\";
my $objWSHShell = Win32::OLE->CreateObject("WScript.Shell");
$objWSHShell->RegWrite($strLSA, "");
print "Successfully created key\n";
print "Rebooting server...\n";
$objWSHShell->Run("shutdown.exe /r");

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