Vince4Amy Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 Because I usually deal with Linux, the Windows registry is beyond me sometimes. There are some customisations I need to carry out on a machine, however how can I set this to only apply to a certain user(s). As to what I understand HKEY_CURRENT_USER only applies to the person logged on. Is there any way I can change registry settings that will only apply to certain user profiles on this machine, without having to log on and launch regedit on each account.The system is set up like this:Windows XP Home Edition Sp25 user profiles, 4 limited, 1 administrator, of course there's the hidden Admin account that WXP has.There are registry settings I'd like applied to the 4 limited accounts, however I don't want these to affect the Admin accounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 There are ways to use script (documented well in a google search) on how to open a user's ntuser.dat file from his profile path (ntuser.dat is the user's HKCU hive, in file form) and make modifications without being logged in as that user via the reg.exe utility. I would look into this, as this command-line utility will allow you to do what you are looking to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamescarroll Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 (edited) no message Edited January 29, 2008 by jamescarroll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arie Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 try running this this will open up an edited regedit An empty ZIP-file? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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