Registry on Workstations

[cranebill]

I was curious if there was a way to modify the registry on other machines from the server. I can modify things on others desktops etc by going through \\computername\c$etc... but simple regisrty items i have to go to their machine, log in as admin, change registry, relogout and relog them in. Is there a way to modify it remotely so the dont have to quit working? For example i found this little registry thing that allows Outlook to be minimized to the tray which i thought to be cool... so i did it to my machine. Now the word is spreading and people want me to do it to theirs but i think it to be really time consuming and its not really a critical matter.. so instead of going around the entire office i just figured there might be a way to do it from the server (2000 Advanced Server) or my workstation. Any help appreciated.

Bill

 

[brontosaurus]

you can access registries remotely (albeit one at a time) via either regedit or regedt32. If you want to do a mass update you can include a .reg file in a login script.

 

[Davetoo]

Run regedit locally, then go to Registry/Connect Network Registry and enter the computer name of the registry you want to modify. You'll have to have access rights to the machine, obviously, so you could do this after logging into your server as the domain admin (that's what I do).

I'm Certifiable, not certified.
It just means my answers are from experience, not a book.

 

[cranebill]

Ok now when i run it on my machine i have changed things to current user..... on the remote machine i only have Local Machine and Users. Is there a way to modify current users or current config on a remote machine?

 

[mawilson]

You could do them all from a logon script. Here is one I have used that sets the homepage for all users. You would just have to edit the registry key you want to change and what value you want it to be.

Option Explicit

Dim WSHShell, RegKey

Set WSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell&quot

RegKey = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\"

WSHShell.RegWrite regkey & "Start page", "homepage"

Just copy it into notepad and save it as a .vbs and set it as their logon script.

 

[cranebill]

In your example would start page be

http://www.webpage.com

and homepage be the same?

 

[mawilson]

I should say that I got that script from thread 549431 and give everybody their credit.

 

[cranebill]

Ok that thread you referred explained it for me ... thanks

Bill