RE: [Unattended] registry + other user
In the Windows 2000 Resource Kit there is a utility reg.exe that can be used in batch files to script registry modifications. For example, here are a couple of lines using reg.exe (in the z:\bin directory) that modify variables in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Hive. I use these on a Windows XP installation for a laptop that does not belong to a domain: rem Disable Windows Welcome Screen (classic logon) %z%\bin\reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon /v AllowMultipleTSSessions /t REG_DWORD /f /d 0x0 %z%\bin\reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon /v LogonType /t REG_DWORD /f /d 0x0 Perhaps you could use a logon script to check for group membership (KiXtart is an easy way of doing this) and call an appropriate batch file to set registry values in HKEY_CURRENT_USER, although I am not sure if the logon script would attempt to run before the user profile had been created. If you stick a shortcut to a kiXtart script in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup this should run at the correct point. James Barlow TRL Technology Ltd. http://www.kixtart.org/ KiXtart Home Page -Original Message- From: Patrick J. LoPresti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 March 2004 19:40 To: Julien TOUCHE Cc: Unattended List Subject: Re: [Unattended] registry + other user Julien TOUCHE [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: has someone some experience with script to edit registry of other users ? i explain: for now, i have *.reg o to modify HKLM et HKCU for Admin. but if i want to add some users (with Addusers for example) and change their registry settings only on each of them or their group, how ? HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT is no good as i don't want same settings for all. example: have some settings for group admin, group users, group guest. With local profiles, you cannot do this until after the user has logged in for the first time. This is because the user-specific registry settings are stored in the profile, and a local profile is created (by copying the Default User profile) the first time a user logs in. If the user has logged in already, or if you are using roaming profiles, you can edit the NTUSER.DAT registry hive in the profile folder. For local profiles, this is normally C:\Documents and Settings\username. For roaming profiles, it is whatever network directory you use to hold the profiles. To edit these settings, you must first load the hive. Interactively, you would run regedt32, select Registry - Load Hive, navigate to the NTUSER.DAT file you want, and choose where in the registry the hive should appear. (Note that NTUSER.DAT is a hidden file.) Then you would edit the registry and unload the hive. MS documents this here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/server/help/load_hive_reged.htm From a Perl script, you would use Win32::TieRegistry, call the Load method to load the hive, make your registry changes, and call the Unload method. We use this approach to edit the Default User hive in our win2ksp4-notips.pl script. Search for NTUSER.DAT in: http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/unattended/unattended/install/bin/ win2ksp4-notips.pl?view=markup - Pat This email and any attachments are confidential to the intended recipient and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it from your system and notify the sender immediately by telephoning +44(1684) 278700. You should not copy it or use it for any purpose nor disclose or distribute its contents to any other person. --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id70alloc_id638op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
Re: [Unattended] registry + other user
On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 10:35:20AM -, James Barlow wrote: In the Windows 2000 Resource Kit there is a utility reg.exe that can be used in batch files to script registry modifications. Perhaps you could use a logon script to check for group membership (KiXtart is an easy way of doing this) and call an appropriate batch file to set registry values in HKEY_CURRENT_USER, although I am not sure if the logon script would attempt to run before the user profile had been created. If you stick a shortcut to a kiXtart script in but coult it elevate privilege to change reg entry ? (unlike perl, autoit, ...) a normal user (and guest) can't modify all keys of his current_user tree: for example, if i log in as a user and try to load a reg to disable control panel, run, co, it says it can't: some are opened by system or other process. regards julien --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470alloc_id=3638op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
[Unattended] Some ideas about the unattended 4.0b version
Hi all, I haven't gone that far with my first setup but at least my first installation went thru to the level of the OS. As at now I have been thinking of the following: 1. A method for selecting and installing different languages of the an application( say: OFF2K english and Czech version depending on the base OS language version installed or to be able to select meself) 2. machine specific drivers copied to the $OEM$\$1 are all copied to the C: drive even if I did not select the directory. e.g an IBM T40 and a DELL C600. After installing the IBM I found out that the C600 directory was also copied to the C drive even though it was an IBM. - and even it did not clean out the mess after the installation. With so many drivers for a specific model(IBM T40 have a size of cca 120 MB all inclusive) the directory can grow and the 2G initial partition will not fit. I have read someone reporting on not enough space during XP install- this could be the problem. 3. Can the installation have separate product ID( product Key) for each OS.? 4. Can the HW specific drivers be taken out of the OS installation point ( from $OEM$ bla bla). so that I do not have duplicate HW drivers for each OS. Most of these drivers are common to most OSes. Will be back with more questions and ideas. Thanx to all -Original Message- From: [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 4:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: unattended-info digest, Vol 1 #343 - 1 msg ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id70alloc_id638op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
[Unattended] Local Group Policy Automation
Hi, I wonder if anyone else is doing this. We currently configure a local group policy file on workstations, that run the same login script at startup on every machine. We do this by opening the MMC, selectiong the Group Policy Snap in, and then under the Computer Configuration Windows Settings we set the startup script to point to this startup.cmd script. This is always run, when the machine is started up, and allows laptops to check things before the user gets going. Does anyone have any ideas on how to script this into the unattended configuration ? Thanks in advance Edmund -- Edmund J. Sutcliffe Thoughtful Solutions; Creatively [EMAIL PROTECTED] Implemented and Communicated http://panic.fluff.org+44 (0) 7976 938841 --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470alloc_id=3638op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
RE: [Unattended] Problems installing XP
The amount of drivers could be a reason (aboun 25M) I'll try changing that or upgrading the unattended version. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Russell Smith Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 9:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Unattended] Problems installing XP I have been installing win XP successfully on 2G for ages now. Are you copying a lot of drivers with the installation? Other than that, I can't think why it would complain about not enough space. I am using winxpoem for these installs though. Regards Russell Smith On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 04:26 am, DE-LOS-SANTOS,ORIOL (HP-Spain,ex1) wrote: We have been successfully installing W2k. Today I tried installing WXP and got an error telling me that the partition where I was trying to install was too small ... I have the 2000MB initial partitioning that Unattended uses and don't know how to change that. I understand the 2000MB limit was due to the DOS boot. Any suggestions? Thanks Oriol de los Santos --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470alloc_id=3638op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470alloc_id=3638op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470alloc_id=3638op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
RE: [Unattended] Problems installing XP
The question is ... How can I do dat with the DOS boot image? I believe it only supports FAT-16. Is this correct? Thanks Oriol de los Santos -Original Message- From: Marek Tyc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 7:53 PM To: 'DE-LOS-SANTOS,ORIOL (HP-Spain,ex1)'; 'Unattended List' Subject: RE: [Unattended] Problems installing XP Resize the partition to minimal 4 gb. The Installation needs some amount of space. So just increase it. -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens DE-LOS-SANTOS,ORIOL (HP-Spain,ex1) Verzonden: donderdag 25 maart 2004 18:26 Aan: Unattended List Onderwerp: [Unattended] Problems installing XP We have been successfully installing W2k. Today I tried installing WXP and got an error telling me that the partition where I was trying to install was too small ... I have the 2000MB initial partitioning that Unattended uses and don't know how to change that. I understand the 2000MB limit was due to the DOS boot. Any suggestions? Thanks Oriol de los Santos --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470alloc_id=3638op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470alloc_id=3638op=click ___ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
