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You can put in the User gpo. Or, in the user's logon script, which would call the REG IMPORT thefile.reg
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Thanks for your reply.<br />
I know how to apply it. <br />
I need to know how to enumerate through all the users under HKEY_USERS to update all users at once, <br />
by running a script.<br />
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Thank you for your help
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How do you plan to run that script though? Is this for a single workstation / server used by multiple users or in a roaming profile environment<br />
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The user Registry HIVE is loaded at login and then unloaded again when they logoff.<br />
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Consider the situation where a user logs onto machine 1 changes something logs off then logs onto machine 2 - now assuming the profile persisted - which one do you modify. The next logon will overwrite the change.<br />
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If you have a roaming setup you would need to iterate through your useraccounts, find their roaming profile store, load their registry .DAT into the registry, then apply the change - possible but a lot of work.<br />
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Why not use the logon script / GPO as suggested above?
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I understand your concern. I am not the IT Dept. and to get the IT Dept's cooperation will take sometimes base on their regulation and process. I do not wish to go into more details here. <br />
So, The only way is the long way, in this case....
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No there are two ways <br />
1. The easy way - by logon script / GPO<br />
2. Writing a script that pulls the user account list from AD, loops through this getting profile locations, loading profile into registry, applying change, unloading registry<br />
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Bear in mind with item 2 you will need to run this when you know users won't be logged on - otherwise you will load their profile - make the change - they logout and overwrite the change.<br />
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Logon script / GPO means it will be applied correctly and saved correctly.
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The only way for me is to log on to run the script to detect all user accounts that have been logon to update the registry value. Also, change the default profile.
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I don't understand your comment?<br />
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To update a user Registry Setting the user Registry has to be loaded on the workstation you are running the script. In most production environments user profiles are configured to unload on logoff to save space. Users can also potentially be logged on to more than one session so trying to update all user Registry values in one go - in my view is not practical.
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I will run the script at the maintenance time on each workstation, so no users are logged on.<br />
Then, the script would need to query the usernames who are already logged on to the WS, and then upload the registry to update the entry.
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I will run the script at the maintenance time on each workstation, so no users are logged on.
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If there are no users logged on then how can you guarantee their profiles will be loaded?
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So far, none of the comments were able to help ....!!<br />
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I need to update a registry key .... that can be done by hive registry!! <br />
No need for the users to be logged on!! :)
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In your opening question you said you need to update this key<br />

<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-41789670-1"><span>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\x2FTP\ControlBase ]</span>
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER is in the user's profile - it only exists when a user is logged on. When a user logs off - if the policy on the machine is to unload the profile (which is pretty standard) the user profile is removed. Either way after logoff the HKEY_CURRENT_USER hive dissappears.<br />
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Here is how it works.<br />
User profiles comprise two things<br />
1. Registry Settings<br />
2. Files<br />
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Registry settings are stored in a file called NTUSER.DAT which sits in the root of the user profile.<br />
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When a user logs on the winlogon process finds this file and loads in into the Registry under the HKEY_CURRENT_USER hive.<br />
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When the user loggs off this HIVE is unloaded. <br />
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If the policy on the machine is to unload user profiles then all local copies of the profile are removed.<br />
If the policy is not to unload profiles then a copy of the registry may be available but it will be under the HKEY_USERS hive with a key equal to the SID of the user's account.<br />
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So, in answer to your question - for the key you want to update - the user must be logged on.
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The User does not need to be logged on in order to change/update/add registry keys....<br />
As, i said before .. none of the comments above seem to help out....
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The User does not need to be logged on in order to change/update/add registry keys....
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Ok I am going to try this one last time<br />

<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-41795511-1"><span>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\x2FTP\ControlBase ]</span>
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Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER<br />
Which implies user profile<br />
Profiles are loaded into HKEY_CURRENT_USER when the user is logged on.<br />
Please explain how you are going to access the HKEY_CURRENT_USER key of user who is not logged on?
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Thank YOU...!<br />
Keep up the Great Work.... :)!
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Hi ..<br />
I need to modify registry key below for the current &nbsp;user and all the users (S-#-#-##) in the windows registry, if the key exists.<br />
How can I automate this process using &nbsp;a script.<br />
Type is REG_SZ.<br />
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software<wbr />\x2FTP\Con<wbr />trolBase ]<br />
&quot;Flags&quot;=&quot;26&quot; &nbsp;<br />
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Thank you for your help.
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Hi ..
I need to modify registry key below for the current  user and all the users (S-#-#-##) in the windows registry, if the key exists.
How can I automate this process using  a script.
Type is REG_SZ.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\x2FTP\ControlBase ]
"Flags"="26"  

Thank you for your help.

Update a registry value to every user hive

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