[THIN] Re: Script updating ntuser.dat
- From: "Monahan, Thomas" <Thomas.Monahan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 10:56:51 -0000
Ok, I can now timidly admit that the problem was it was taking quite a long
time to write the changes to the ntuser.dat. Even after the ICA session
fully closed it takes nearly another minuite to update the ntuser.dat. The
problem was I was loading the user hive as soon as the session closed.
Thanks for the attempted help though.
Tom
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Braebaum, Neil [SMTP:Neil.Braebaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 28 February 2003 16:26
> To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Script updating ntuser.dat
>
>
> I can only suggest checking err.number after the regwrite, to see if
> there's
> an error code logged.
>
> I can't think of any obvious reason why it should fail. The sample syntax
> you've given is fine. The only thing to do, now, is proper debugging to
> see
> what's going on / wrong.
>
> Check / output err.number, also consider running regmon whilst the script
> is
> executing.
>
> I could easily recommend alternate means to script this (other languages)
> -
> but to be fair, there's no reason why the approach you've taken shouldn't
> work, so it seems more appropriate to try and find out why, rather than
> merely suggest an alternate method, simply because there's something not
> working with this one.
>
> Neil
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Monahan, Thomas [mailto:Thomas.Monahan@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 28 February 2003 16:09
> > To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> > Subject: [THIN] Re: Script updating ntuser.dat
> >
> > There are no policies that I am aware. Other programs that
> > are run don't have any trouble saving their reg entries. If I
> > load the hive I can see all their entries after each session.
> > Is it something to do with the fact that it is a script? Or
> > the way I publish it. I can't really think of why this is
> > happening. Though on a Friday evening my brain isn't at its
> > most sharp.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Braebaum, Neil [SMTP:Neil.Braebaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: 28 February 2003 15:48
> > > To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> > > Subject: [THIN] Re: Script updating ntuser.dat
> > >
> > > You said NTUSER.DAT - so it's fair to assume it's not a mandatory
> > > profile.
> > >
> > > Do you have any policies that set options like - don't save
> > settings?
> > >
> > > If you are sure that this isn't the case, check the security on the
> > > file(s), the profile path configured, and if necessary load
> > the hive
> > > (ntuser.dat) into regedt32.exe and check the DACL on the hive (I'm
> > > guessing that's not a
> > > problem, though, as your script would fail, and you'd have
> > all sorts of
> > > other problems during the session).
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Monahan, Thomas [mailto:Thomas.Monahan@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > > Sent: 28 February 2003 15:39
> > > > To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> > > > Subject: [THIN] Script updating ntuser.dat
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I am having trouble updateing the ntuser.dat a logged in user
> > > > from a script. The background to this, is a citrix farm that
> > > > publishs this script to update the users registry. I'm not
> > > > entirely sure as to how the whole ntuser.dat roaming profile
> > > > works but I think that when the user logs in, the ntuser.dat
> > > > is loaded into HKEY_USERS field of the server. It is from
> > > > here that all references to HKEY_CURRENT_USER is made. So my
> > > > script updates this without any trouble. But when this exits,
> > > > and the whole saving its settings process finishes the
> > > > ntuser.dat had not been updated. If I check the server the
> > > > HKEY_USERS has been udpated, but this update has not been
> > > > passed back to the ntuser.dat. What am I doing wrong?
> > > >
> > > > For example:
> > > >
> > > > Set WshShell=CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
> > > > WshShell.RegWrite "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Tomsoft\Tomkey",
> > "tomval", "REG_SZ"
> > > >
> > > > will update the HKEY_CURRENT_USER (stored under HKEY_USERS on
> > > > the server
> > > > reg) but on the script finishing the ntuser.dat isn't updated.
> > > >
> > > > Any help would be most appreciated.
>
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