Registry Entry for Windows 7 (Works in XP but not Win7)

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(imported topic written by RobertDiRosato)

So I want to change a few reg keys in my environment and it works on xp but not 7… Why???

= Tried on different machines

= Machines do not have any virus protection

How to make a registry change for Windows XP

(In my environment this will not work for Windows 7)

= Log into the BigFix Console

= From the Tools pull down menu select Createe New Custom Action

= Select Endpoints to deploy this actions to

= Click the Action Script TAB

= Enter one or all of the below. (Tweak to desired output)

RegSet "

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ROB

" “ROB-STRING”=“String”

RegSet "

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ROB

" “ROB-BINARY”=hex:10,00,10,10,11,10,00,01,00,00,00,11,10,10

RegSet "

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ROB

" “ROB-DWORD”=dword:00001234

RegSet "

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ROB

" “ROB-MULTI-STRING”=hex(7):73,00,74,00,72,00,69,00,6e,00

Please Help

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(imported comment written by RobertDiRosato)

On the machines I am testing I added everyone full access to the registry

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(imported comment written by SystemAdmin)

Try:

regset64 “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ROB” “ROB-STRING”=“String”

using:

regset “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ROB” “ROB-STRING”=“String”

will actually set: (on 64bit machines)

“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ROB” “ROB-STRING”=“String”