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.

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...")? What file sharing authentication are
you using on the server (target computer) - Guest, or non-Guest?
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Guest>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...-xp.html#Guest

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http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.

Try enabling the exception for remote administration as shown in the link
below. --- Steve

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...827bfa8ba.mspx

"capitan" <c@pi.tan> wrote in message
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> 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.

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,

--
capitan

steve umbach wrote:
> Try enabling the exception for remote administration as shown in the link
> below. --- Steve
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...827bfa8ba.mspx
>
> "capitan" <c@pi.tan> wrote in message
> news:%23EY2AFVEGHA.3468@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>
>>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.
>
>
>

Hi Steve, thanks for the reply. I took a look at this article and it
looks like it has good information in it. I did the first part (enable
file and printer sharing) and it still was not working. As I am trying
to do this from on Windows XP SP2 machine to another, would I find a
Windows Firewall GPO on an XP machine? If so, where? Because the
article is about Server 2003 and I'm working with XP, I'm a bit confused.

Thanks a bunch!

--
capitan

This may help...

http://support.microsoft.com/default...23120121120120

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"capitan" <c@pi.tan> wrote in message
news:OYV7aRhEGHA.3944@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>
> Hi Steve, thanks for the reply. I took a look at this article and it
> looks like it has good information in it. I did the first part (enable
> file and printer sharing) and it still was not working. As I am trying to
> do this from on Windows XP SP2 machine to another, would I find a Windows
> Firewall GPO on an XP machine? If so, where? Because the article is
> about Server 2003 and I'm working with XP, I'm a bit confused.
>
> Thanks a bunch!
>
> --
> capitan

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.

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.

Sooner Al [MVP] wrote:
> This may help...
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...23120121120120
>
Thanks Al, I'll look through this article and see if I can find my answer.

--
capitan

Chuck wrote:
> 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.
>

OK, thats good to know. Thanks Chuck. I'm a domain admin so it seems I
should have permissions, and it should work if I have file and print
sharing allowed in the firewall. Hmmm, puzzling. When I disable the
firewall and try it it works, so I am positive it is the firewall
blocking me. And the firewall does not prompt the logged in user for
the remote registry access.

Any other suggestions? Thanks again.

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capitan