How do I change &/or read registry remotely?

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bobk

How can a Domain Administer remotely read &/or change a workstation's
registry?

I've got 70 workstations, including Win2K & XP and some Win98. I'd really
be satisfied right now to read one particular line in every machine's
registry?

Do I actually have to go from machine to machine? Tell me it ain't so.

Thanks!
 
bobk said:
How can a Domain Administer remotely read &/or change a workstation's
registry?

I've got 70 workstations, including Win2K & XP and some Win98. I'd really
be satisfied right now to read one particular line in every machine's
registry?

Do I actually have to go from machine to machine? Tell me it ain't so.

Thanks!
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In either regedit or regedt32:

File ==> Connect Network Registry

Or use a group policy to push out the needed changes.

Kerry
 
Yes. I never realized it was so simple. Thanks!
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Also, remote WMI provides a view of the registry you can use to view the
registries. The class is called StdRegProv and is located in:

\\<computer>\root\default



Links:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/scripts/os/registry/default.
m
spx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-
us/wmisdk/wmi
/wmi_tasks__registry.asp

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