In this post http://www.msfn.org/board/Unattend-Secret-...ty-T-t9513.html Gosh explains how to integrate a security template during installation. I'm trying to find a way to Set certain registry permission to be the default for all users. Gosh's guide would work If i was trying to do this during the installation, but I'm trying to do this to a windows install that's already up and running. I would hate to have to redo this install for this one silly setting. When I go through the security template dialogue to create one, it wants you to choose from the hkey users hive, local machine or classes root hive. I think this is my problem. Loading the c:\documents and settings\default user\ntuser.dat into the reg editor and setting the permission and then unloading, doesn't work. Suggestions?