[THIN] Re: Advice for using the shadow key structure
- From: "Rick Mack" <Rick.Mack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 22:00:44 +1000
Hi Jeremy,
if you actually want to use the shadow key in a multi-server scenario, then you
have to be absolutely sure the timestamps are synced on the servers or you can
end up with chaos. As you're probably aware there are utilities for doing this
but my personal recommendation is don't.
It's actually dead easy to handle just about anything but binary string values
with appopriate group policies, machine or domain level. Between using
regtoadm, regshot and either notepad or something a bit more sophisticated like
the policy template editor from www.sysprosoft.com, there's just no excuse for
not using group policies.
Back to your original question though, hkcu\software\classes is actually a
separate registry hive (usrclass.dat)with an on-disk location of \Local
Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows. It was a late add-on to Windows
2000 server and appears to be handled somewhat separately to the standard
profile hive. For example it's one of the common reasons for user profile
unloading to be slow and requiring UPHClean.
That's a long-winded way of saying I'm not sure using the shadow key would help
you here.
Anyway you still have a number of options including grafting the appropriate
usrclass.dat on to the default user profile, copying the file (with appropriate
everyone read/write registry access) to all the user's profile directories,
scripting or a group policy if it's not too convoluted.
But as far as Notes is concerned, from memory the secret to getting the sendto
functionality working to to edit win.ini ;-)
Add: MAPIX=1 under the [Mail] heading and try it out.
regards,
Rick
Ulrich Mack
Volante Systems
Level 2, 30 Little Cribb Street
Coronation Drive Office Park
Milton Qld 4064
tel: +61 7 32431847
fax: +61 7 32431992
rick.mack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Jeremy Saunders
Sent: Mon 24/04/2006 7:19
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Advice for using the shadow key structure
Hi All,
I'm having problems getting part of the shadow key to populate the
HKCU\Software key, and just want confirmation that what I am trying to do
is supposed to work.
Notes Client 6.5.4 requires some keys in the HKCU\Software\Classes key
structure. It works fine without these keys, but the "Send to" function of
Windows doesn't work without it. So I have placed this info in the
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Terminal
Server\Install\Software\Classes key, hoping that it will populate the
HKCU\Software\Classes structure when the users login, but it doesn't work
on any of the servers. I am wondering if the Classes key structure can
actually be populated like this.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers.
Kind regards,
Jeremy Saunders
Senior Technical Specialist
Integrated Technology Services &
Cerulean
IBM Australia
Level 2, 1060 Hay Street
West Perth WA 6005
Visit us at
http://www.ibm.com/services/au/its
P: +61 8 9261 8412 F: +61 8 9261 8486
M: TBA E-mail:
jeremy.saunders@xxxxxxxxxxx
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