Registry entries

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Ken B

Here's another good one... I'm not understanding what the policy is doing.

Say I want to copy a reg key from one computer to all of 'em via GP. I'd
make the policy, then Edit, go Computer Config> Windows>Security>Registry.
The key exists on the DC I'm creating the policy from. So I'd right click
in the right pane, and go Add Key. I'd locate the key I want, and it lists
it under Object Name.

It should take all the strings/values with that key as well, no? Or is this
just a place where you can assign permissions to select keys?


Also, when does CurrentControlSet become CurrentControlSet?... one of the
keys I want to import is in CurrentControlSet, but as I've been going, it
doesn't seem to apply to the computer. Or is CCS a user side key?

TIA---and happy Friday!

Ken
 
Hi

This feature is intended only for setting permissions on keys.

To distribute registry settings, you have three main choices. You can
either write your own custom ADM file (Windows help has information on
this), or you can export to a .reg file and use a GPO to distribute the
settings. You can also use VBScript to script the settings.

I have written some ADM files, but this does take the most work. It's good
when you want the most flexibility and to allow others to change settings.

For most purposes, I normally use a .reg file. You need to separate the
user and machine portions into different files, if appropriate. For machine
settings, create a GPO on an OU containing the machines you want to target
and make a computer startup script policy. Click the "show files" button
and copy the .reg file into the folder. Then, create a command with
"regedit" as the command and "/s myfile.reg" as the parameters.

Not sure about your CCS question. Are you sure you didn't make a typo in
the question? CCS is a machine, not user, portion of the registry.

Hope this helps

Oli
 
Aha! Thanks for the help, Oli... each day I learn a little more about GPO
:0

Thanks again

Ken
 
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