global registry changes (W2K)

[ruthroff]

I'm tweaking IE 6 to prevent users from clicking on various buttons by removing the buttons. I can do this easily in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer. When I make these changes I'm logged in as Administrator. But if I log out and log in as another user (in this case a regular "User"), the changes have not affected that user. I go in to try an edit the registry for that user, but I can't write to the registry. I assume this is due to the lack of rights to edit the registry of a regular User vs. an Administrator.

How can I apply these changes globally?

Thanks,

John

[unknown634]

Did you try making the change in the Local Machine hive?

e.g., HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Policies\Explorer

You did the change in current user, which'll only affect your profile, not in any others.
Local machine will affect all users.

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[ruthroff]

I looked in the local machine hive. Here's what I run into:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software|Microsoft|Windows|Curr entVersion\Policies....but no folder named 'Explorer'. As a subtree of Policies I have...

ActiveDesktop
NonEnum
Ratings
system

Nothing in those folders looks like is has anything to do with IE. There is no 'Explorer' folder

This is W2KPro, SP4 4 5.00.2195

[Brf]

Quite often you can just make-up the keys you need... just copy what is in the HKCU key you want to change into the HKLM key....
If that doesnt work, you can always log in as administrator and open the "Hive" files for each user and change them there.

[unknown634]

Adding to that, here's the command to run regedit as admin:

runas /user:%CompName%\Administrator regedit

Replace %CompName% with the computer's name
and Administrator with whatever admin account you're using

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