Command Line on a Network

[Guest]

Yesterday I downloaded from Microsoft and ran their utility to disable the
automatic updating of Internet Explorer to version 7. Ran fine on this
computer with a command line calling the IE70Blocker.cmd. But when I tried
to run it for the other two computers in the house (wireless network) I got
"Error: The network path was not found." It won't be much of a chore just
to run it at each computer, but I'd like to know why it wouldn't work over
the network. I am able to read and write to files on the network as usual.
This is the syntax I used for the command, which I feel certain was the same
as given in the instructions: C:>IE70Blocker.cmd fezzik /b where fezzik is
the name of a network computer. I am rusty on DOS commands, and have never
used them on the network so far as I recall. Did I do something wrong?

Thanks for your help,
Buck

 

[WTC]

If you are trying to use the "IE70Blocker.cmd" command line to Windows XP
Home computers over the home network then it will not work because Window XP
Home does not have a Remote Registry service, only Windows XP pro does. You
will need to apply the "IE70Blocker.cmd" to each computer by visiting each
computer and applying the blocker.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...F7-5D44-482B-9DBD-869B4A90159C&displaylang=en
<quote>

If the remote registry can't be accessed due to security permissions or the
remote machine can't be found, an error message is returned from the REG
command.

</quote>

Your command line of "IE70Blocker.cmd fezzik /b" appears to be correct. If
the computers you are trying to apply the IE7 blocker to then ensure the
computers are Windows XP Pro and the Remote Registry service is running.

 

[Guest]

Thank you very much for your enlightening response. All three of the
computers in my network are indeed running XP Home. I should have mentioned
that in my first post. This isn't the first time I've run into a snag with
the differences between XP Home and XP Pro. Unlike in MS Knowledge Base
articles, there is no section on the page you cite, and which was my source
for the blocker tool, giving the systems to which it applies. Of course most
of it does apply to XP Home. I think it would have been nice if the author
had noted that part of it applies only to XP Pro.

Thank you again very much for your help.

Buck

 

[WTC]

You're welcome Buck and I do agree with the lack of information on that
particular page.