RE: [Unattended] registry + other user

[James Barlow]

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

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Re: [Unattended] registry + other user

[Julien Touche]

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


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[Unattended] Some ideas about the unattended 4.0b version

[TUSSEY Aloha]

 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
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[Unattended] Local Group Policy Automation

[Edmund J. Sutcliffe]

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
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RE: [Unattended] Problems installing XP

[DE-LOS-SANTOS,ORIOL (HP-Spain,ex1)]

The amount of drivers could be a reason (aboun 25M)

I'll try changing that or upgrading the unattended version.

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> Behalf Of Russell Smith
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> 
> 
> 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
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RE: [Unattended] Problems installing XP

[DE-LOS-SANTOS,ORIOL (HP-Spain,ex1)]

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

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> 
> 
> Resize the partition to minimal 4 gb. The Installation needs 
> some amount of space. 
> So just increase it.
> 
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> 
> 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
> 
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RE: [Unattended] Problems installing XP

[Stephan Lampe [ITXP]]

> > Resize the partition to minimal 4 gb. The Installation needs some 
> > amount of space.
> > So just increase it.
> > 
> 
> The question is ... How can I do dat with the DOS boot image? 
> I believe it only supports FAT-16. Is this correct?
> 


Which version of unattended are you using ?
I thought I read someone's remark that v4 uses a dos version that supports
fat32 and can go beyond that 2 GB point. 

So probably the answer is get v4. ;)

 
GreetZ,
 
Stephan





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[Unattended] Samba issues resolved

[fil]

I believe I figured out the problem I was having with
my samba server.  I had not configured the wins "server = a.b.c.d"(duh!)
in the smb.conf.  After doing so the 3.5 boot cd was able to see the
server fine.  Now I can upgrade my windows server to unattended 4.0
and play around with the linux install disk!  This sounds cool!
Im looking forward to playing around with it...
Thanks again to all of you who are developing this wonderful
project as if it wasnt for this I would be microsoft hell!!
Laters,
fil


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