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I believe Windows 2003 Server has extended GPO capabilities to make such a task simple, however given you have Windows 2000 Servers you will need to be a little more creative. The Windows 2000 Support Tools (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com :80/support/kb/articles/q301/4/23.ASP&NoWebContent=1) contains a little program called reg.exe. This program allows you to manipulate the registry remotely (HKLM and HKU only) or locally (ALL) without requiring end-user input/confirmation. If I were in your position I would write a batch file to be run for your workstation that looked like this echo "Adding registry key to COMPUTER1" reg add \\COMPUTER1\HKLM\KeyToAdd\ValueToAdd sleep 1 echo "Adding registry key to COMPUTER2" reg add \\COMPUTER2\HKLM\KeyToAdd\ValueToAdd sleep 1 echo "Adding registry key to COMPUTER3" reg add \\COMPUTER3\HKLM\KeyToAdd\ValueToAdd sleep 1 echo "Adding registry key to COMPUTER4" reg add \\COMPUTER4\HKLM\KeyToAdd\ValueToAdd sleep 1 ...etc When you run it make sure you capture the output batchfile.cmd > output.txt so you can see any errors or problems. But I would test thoroughly before letting loose on several hundred desktops. sleep.exe is available from various place on the net (Google it). If you wanted to get tricky you could use WSH to collect the computer names automatically and loop through them one by one with a short pause and capture any error messages. I use reg.exe on our VOPMail server to set the "autocreate mailboxes for this domain" option automatically when creating domains from Rodopi. David > -----Original Message----- > From: Suneel Jhangiani [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Posted At: Tuesday, 28 October 2003 10:31 AM > Posted To: VOPMail > Conversation: [Modus] OT - pushing registry key to XP systems > Subject: [Modus] OT - pushing registry key to XP systems > > > You should be able to do this quite simply ? > > Simply create a batch file to write out a .reg file and have > it call it then delete it. This will popup a warning on a > users system, so it might be wise to inform the user before hand. > > To call the batch file just add it to everyone's startup script. > > Suneel. > > ________________________________________ > From: Kirk Woloshyn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 28 October 2003 00:07 > To: Modus > > OT - > > I need to add a new registry key to several hundred XP > systems. I'm running w2K servers and Active Directory. Is > there an easy way to push the new key to the remote systems. > Emailing the users with instructions will be a 20% fix and I > don't really want to visit every desktop. I thought of Group > Policy but don't see where I would put it in the GPO. > > Any suggestions from those wiser than I? > > Kirk > > Kirk Woloshyn > Walters Wholesale Electric > 562.988.3100 F562.988.3150 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.walterswholesale.com > > > > ** To unsubscribe, send an Email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the body or subject line.
