What's the difference between regedt32 and regedit

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I'm trying to prevent the invoking of the Internet Connection Wizard for any
new profile that gets generated on computers in our domain.

I've been told I can do this using regedt32.exe, loading a hive from the
Default user's ntuser.dat file, making the necessary edits to that hive and
then unloading the hive.

Wouldn't it be simpler to go to Regedit and go to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT and
making the edits there?

I'm not clear on the differnce between the two applications.
 
In said:
I'm trying to prevent the invoking of the Internet Connection
Wizard for any new profile that gets generated on computers in our
domain.

I've been told I can do this using regedt32.exe, loading a hive
from the Default user's ntuser.dat file, making the necessary
edits to that hive and then unloading the hive.

Wouldn't it be simpler to go to Regedit and go to
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT and making the edits there?

I'm not clear on the differnce between the two applications.
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In W2K regedt32.exe can "Load hive..." (ntuser.dat) and regedit.exe
cannot (amongst other differences).

More to the point the HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT is for the system desktop
primarily. ...\All Users\Default User\ntuser.dat is the "template"
for new profile's HKCU registry.

One can also use the Copy Profile function of the OS (System
Propeties, User Profiles) to copy a customized profile to the Default
User location for subsequent use.

Backup, backup, backup.
 
Thanks for the reply. That makes sense. However, I'm not sure how I could
apply a change to ntuser.dat to a specific group policy object. If I were to
create a custom administrative template, I'm not clear how I'd create it to
show a change in ntuser.dat. That's my ultimate goal.
 
As Mark said HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT is for the system account (aka when no one
is logged on) What specifically are you going to edit? That may help us help
you.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| I'm trying to prevent the invoking of the Internet Connection Wizard for
any
| new profile that gets generated on computers in our domain.
|
| I've been told I can do this using regedt32.exe, loading a hive from the
| Default user's ntuser.dat file, making the necessary edits to that hive
and
| then unloading the hive.
|
| Wouldn't it be simpler to go to Regedit and go to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT and
| making the edits there?
|
| I'm not clear on the differnce between the two applications.
 
In said:
Thanks for the reply. That makes sense. However, I'm not sure how
I could apply a change to ntuser.dat to a specific group policy
object. If I were to create a custom administrative template, I'm
not clear how I'd create it to show a change in ntuser.dat. That's
my ultimate goal.
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Now I'm confused. If this is a Policy change you should use a Policy
not a manual registry edit. I think you should post more details on
the task itself for better feedback. More detail may be needed.

I'll throw in some possibly relevant links.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/intmgmt/35_xpncw.mspx
"Using Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 in a Managed Environment: Controlling Communication with the Internet
Appendix H: New Connection Wizard and Internet Connection Wizard"

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/Windows2000Pro/maintain/w2kmngd/25_2kwiz.mspx
"Using Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 in a Managed Environment
Appendix H: Internet Connection Wizard and Network Connection Wizard"
 
Ultimately, I want to prevent the Internet Connection Wizard from being
invoked on all Windows 2000 computers in our domain. I found a JS tip that
suggests accomplishing this on a single computer by using the following steps:

1. You can modify the default profile for new users by loading the hive at
%SYSTEMROOT%/Profiles/Default User/User.dat. Call it AAAA.
2. Navigate to: Software\Microsoft
3. Add Key name Internet Connection Wizard with a blank Class.
4. Select the Internet Connection Wizard key and Add Value name Completed
and set this type REG_DWORD data value to a 1 (true). The default is 0,
(false).
5. Select AAAA and unload hive.

This works on a computer-by-computer basis. However, I was hoping there'd be
a way to deploy this edit using group policy.
 
You may have better luck asking in one of the IE groups. Also have a look
in;
group policy editor
%windir%\system32\gpedit.msc
User Config\Admin Templates\Internet Explorer\Disable IE Connection wizard

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Ultimately, I want to prevent the Internet Connection Wizard from being
| invoked on all Windows 2000 computers in our domain. I found a JS tip that
| suggests accomplishing this on a single computer by using the following
steps:
|
| 1. You can modify the default profile for new users by loading the hive at
| %SYSTEMROOT%/Profiles/Default User/User.dat. Call it AAAA.
| 2. Navigate to: Software\Microsoft
| 3. Add Key name Internet Connection Wizard with a blank Class.
| 4. Select the Internet Connection Wizard key and Add Value name Completed
| and set this type REG_DWORD data value to a 1 (true). The default is 0,
| (false).
| 5. Select AAAA and unload hive.
|
| This works on a computer-by-computer basis. However, I was hoping there'd
be
| a way to deploy this edit using group policy.
 
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