Document Windows read-only WebDAV quirks and add locking opt-out

The Explorer optimistically removes icons on a rejected DELETE, and apps
that LOCK before open get stuck for 30-60s on the WebClient negative
cache when the user only has read access. New disable-webdav-locking.reg
turns SupportLocking off as an opt-in workaround for view-only setups.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
; Disables WebDAV file locking globally. Useful when staff users have
; only "read" rights on customer folders: Office/editors stop trying
; to LOCK the file before opening (which would 403 and trigger the
; "file does not exist, create new?" dialog). Read-only viewing then
; works without the artificial wait.
;
; Trade-off: collaborative editing scenarios cannot rely on WebDAV
; locks anymore. For pure download/view workflows this is fine.
;
; Rechtsklick -> "Zusammenführen" (als Administrator), dann
; den WebClient-Dienst neu starten:
; net stop WebClient && net start WebClient
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WebClient\Parameters]
"SupportLocking"=dword:00000000