RE: RE(2): Deployment

From: Karl Homburg ()
Date: Tue Aug 08 2000 - 10:48:36 EDT

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    assuming both machines are WinNT and "domain admins" have admin rights on
    your workstations, you could probably use regedit and open there registry
    remotely.

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Ian Cowley [mailto:]
    > Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 10:19 AM
    > To: ''
    > Subject: RE: RE(2): Deployment
    >
    >
    > Hmm. Since this method of installation only requires the
    > files to be copied
    > to a directory on the machine and for registry settings to be
    > installed....does anyone know of any software that can
    > remotly add things to
    > registries?
    > For instance, I'm sat here in our admin office, and out on
    > the network is a
    > machine named NFUTEST. Assuming NFUTEST is switched on
    > (logged on, even,
    > but not as administartor), and I'm logged on to the domain as
    > administartor,
    > is there any program that can add things to the registry of
    > NFUTEST from
    > where I'm sitting?
    >
    > This is not technically VNC related, but if it exists, itd help with
    > installing VNC remotely.
    >
    > Ian Cowley
    > NFU Computer Services Dept.
    >
    > > -----Original Message-----
    > > From: James ''Wez'' Weatherall [mailto:]
    > > Sent: 08 August 2000 15:04
    > > To:
    > > Subject: Re: RE(2): Deployment
    > >
    > >
    > > Could you write a little script/program which opened the
    > > remote registries
    > > from a single, pre-configured machine, and then copied the
    > > settings across?
    > > Fundamentally, you will need to have sysadmin access to install and
    > > configure the software, though.
    > >
    > > James "Wez" Weatherall
    > > --
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    > >
    > > ----- Original Message -----
    > > From: "Ian Cowley" <>
    > > To: <>
    > > Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 1:49 PM
    > > Subject: RE: RE(2): Deployment
    > >
    > >
    > > > I AM a student employed to install VNC on 400 machines....
    > > >
    > > > The way we've got the settings done, we need registry entries from
    > > > HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT which can only be imported into the
    > > registry by an
    > > > administrator or the like (we're running an NT4 server and
    > > workstation
    > > > domain). Has anyone managed to get aroiund this with
    > > remote insallations?
    > > >
    > > > We have 13 offices spread over the UK, and it'd be much
    > > easier to install
    > > > over the network than visiting each office. :)
    > >
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