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by seanl

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I am currently testing the use of XP as a desktop client
on a windows 2000 domain and have a few issues, (which i
think are all probably related to 1 fix).
I can connect remotely to any desktop running Windows
2000 and edit the registry of the desktop. (Using
regedt32 and then choosing to open a remote computer
registry). If i attempt to do this to an XP machine it
refuses access. It will list the remote desktop, and the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and HKEY_USERS key, but not the
subtree of these keys - just get a message "error while
opening key"

Another example, - The antivirus console on the server
allows for antivirus installs to a remote computer on the
network - it works fine for all windows 2000 desktops,
but receives a "cannot connect" error from all the XP
desktops.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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by maz1980

Have you ensured that you can log on to AD from your XP machines? Check its DNS and AD settings.

Antivirus remote installation methods usually need C$ and ADMIN$ share on client machines. Check first do the XP machines have that share.

by seanl

They all logon to AD, and all the rights that are assigned to the various groups when adding the machine to the domain are correct. The admin shares are all working fine.

by maz1980

Does Remote Registry Service already started on the clients? Usually it is automatically started by default.

by lunar pc

Had the same problem. Need to add the "Local Service" account with read permission to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurePipeServers\winreg

Check out this MS KnowledgeBase:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=314837

(Or search for kb# 314837)

Added the account to just the winreg key (the subkey already had it) and remote registry worked and our virus scan agent was able to work.

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