Modifying Registry Via Group Policy

[Ben Blackmore]

Hi,

Is there anyway to modify registry settings via group policies? We've just
had to change the location of our McAfee updates, so we need to change the
entry in the McAfee update, but we have 300 machines to do this on. As they
all logon to our domain and are part of our active directory it would be a
lot quicker to do it when they logon. I could do it via a logon script but
you then get the message asking if you want to merge the information into
your registry. Most of our users would get scared by that message and phone
us. So we'd like to do it silently.
Is this possible?

Cheers

Ben

 

[Kevin Mattson]

You have a couple of options. If you want to use the login script
method you can use the /s switch to avoid the prompt asking if you want
to merge the information into the registry. Otherwise you can extend
group policy by creating a custom .adm template. http://www.plasma-
online.de/index.html?content=http%3A//www.plasma-online.
de/english/help/solutions/system_adm.html

Kevin Mattson, MCSE
www.deploy-tech.net

 

[Ben Blackmore]

Looking at that I don't think I have the knowledge yet to do something that
complex, I might just stick with the /s switch during logon script.

Cheers
Ben