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EDIT REGISTRY IN A REMOTE PC?

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by page.mark

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Is it possible to View or Edit the registry in a remote PC, via My Network Places (Net Neighborhood)? I need to see what registy setting is in place for a particular key, and I'd like to be able to change it if is wrong. I can access the PC via the network, but I don't have "remote access" and I don't have a user there who can open up Regedit and do it for me. (Remote PC is running Windows98.) Any ideas?

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by multiplexed

Many tools allow configuration of remote machines. For example, most MMC based utils, you can go to "Action", then "Connect to another computer".

Assuming you have network connectivity, for the registry just open Regedit. Then click "File" and then "Connect to Network Registry".

You'll need administrator credentials, which can be had by using runas when starting regedit, or by logging in as admin and then running regedit.

by page.mark

I guess mmc wouldn't recognize the Windows98 machine. It asks for the computer name, when I enter it, the response is "invalid name". If I browse to it, the PC doesn't show up on the list of net nodes in the mmc app.

by curlergirl

to connect to the remote computer. Go to File/Connect Network Registry and select or type in the name of the machine you want to connect to. You can then see the HKLM and HKEY_USERS registry hives. If you know or can figure out the SID of the user, their HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry hive is listed under that SID in the HKEY_USERS hive. I know this works perfectly with WinXP/Win2K3/Win2K machines, but my memory is a little thin when I try to recall the days of Windows 98. It's worth a try, though.

Hope this helps!

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