On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 10:17:32 -0600, capitan <c@pi.tan> wrote:

>Chuck wrote:
>> On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 11:06:47 -0600, capitan <c@pi.tan> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>What do I need to do to enable remote registry access through the XPSP2
>>>firewall? I have allowed file and print sharing (I thought this would
>>>do it because the registry is just a few configuration files after all).
>>> I have also allowed remote desktop and the items I have specifically
>>>allowed all work fine, just can't figure out exactly how to allow remote
>>>registry access. Having difficulty finding info on how to do this while
>>>googling usenet or the web. Thanks in advance for any help.
>>
>>
>> What type of registry access do you want to do remotely? Computer specific
>> ("HKLM..."), or user specific ("HKCU...")?
>
>Both if possible.
>
> What file sharing authentication are
>> you using on the server (target computer) - Guest, or non-Guest?
>
>Whatever the default is when accessing the registry remotely through
>regedit.
>
>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Guest>
>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...-xp.html#Guest
>>
>
>Hi Chuck, thanks for the reply. The links you have given me sound more
>like file sharing access and correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think
>that is the same type of access used for editing the registry remotely.
> I enabled allow exception for file and print sharing, and that did not
>let me in to edit the registry remotely. What is the permissions or
>access required for remote registry? How does it work?
>
>Thanks a million,

If you don't have administrative access to file shares, you won't have
administrative access to registry shares. Guest access (to file shares) will
not give you registry access.

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