Increasing Registry size

[jfkind]

I am installing IE5.0 in client machines and while installing it prompts me for not enough registry size and asks me to increase the registry size (as most of the client computers have only 8MB). I am using Kixtart to increase the registry size. Could anyone let me know how this could be done and also by any other method.

thanks

[Nick]

I presume NT ?

My Computer>Properties>Performance(tab)>>Change(butto n) : Bottom Option 'Registry Size'.

Nick

[jfkind]

Well my question is to increase it using a script. Not the normal method of increasing the size. Cause this sript has to check the existing registry size and then increase it.

[Nick]

OK, I was going to ask, but for some reason didn't. I had a similar problem when installing the latest 4.6B SAP GUI, post here:-

http://www.regedit.com/cgi-bin/wwwthreads/showpost.pl?Board=brdQuestions&Number=5333&page=&view=&sb=#Post5333

Now, first WinNT only tells you that the registry is not big enough half way THROUGH the install, which I find peculiar, so this means that if you use a script to increase the reg size 'ad lib' it will do so irrelevant if it is required... but I don't think this would create any probs other than wasted resource.

Can you not analyse the scripts generated by the app you use to see what keys (?) it modifieds?

And how does the script generate a reboot necessary to activate the resize as you are doing now... or has this still to be user intervention?

Nick

[jfkind]

Hi Nick,

In my case it prompts me as soon as it starts the installation of IE5. I am actually copying the files from the file server to the local hard disk of users using kixtart script and am running the setup. This happens when the users log on to their systems and this kixtart script is present in the login script.

But, in most of the case I noticed that it was initially while the setup starts it prompts with this message.So, my intention is to check the registry size in users pc before copying, then reboot the system and then start the normal process of copy and install.