Hi,

  I'm trying to run a script that uses logparser.exe and send by email changes 
seen in the event viewer in a Windows 2K machine.

  The scripts fails to connect to the registry getting "Error connecting to 
registry on server XXXXX".

  If I manually start the service remote registry, then the script works. 
However this is a critical machine and I've read around that allowing the 
remote registry service can be risky.

  So I came across this article from Microsoft:
 
  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/153183/EN-US/

  and I tried to add the Users entry in the registry using regedit. 
Unfortunately adding an entry for the administrator didn't work (neither using 
administrator nor capitalizing using Administrator).

  Also the article states "Select "winreg". Click Security and then click 
Permissions. Add users or groups to which you want to grant access." 

  I don't where I can "click" on security on this version of regedit.

  Questions:

  - Is really a security risk running the remote registry service?
  
  - How can I bypass and allow just certain users (administrators for instance) 
to access the registry?
  

  thanks in advance,

  Miguel


      

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