Re: [WiX-users] Encrypt and store the SQL sa password in the windows registry

2011-02-16 Thread Wilson, Phil
com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 8:19 AM > To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Encrypt and store the SQL sa password in the > windows registry > > Isn't storing the administrator password for a server in

Re: [WiX-users] Encrypt and store the SQL sa password in the windows registry

2011-02-16 Thread Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro)
s to the server that he did not previously have. > > -Original Message----- > From: Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) [mailto:edwin.cas...@fiserv.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 18:33 > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Encry

Re: [WiX-users] Encrypt and store the SQL sa password in the windows registry

2011-02-16 Thread James Johnston
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 18:33 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Encrypt and store the SQL sa password in the windows registry That all depends on what key you use to encrypt the data. If the key is associated with the SYSTEM context then only

Re: [WiX-users] Encrypt and store the SQL sa password in the windows registry

2011-02-16 Thread Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro)
> To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Encrypt and store the SQL sa password in the > windows registry > > Isn't storing the administrator password for a server in the registry a > terrible > idea? This

Re: [WiX-users] Encrypt and store the SQL sa password in the windows registry

2011-02-16 Thread James Johnston
Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 15:35 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Encrypt and store the SQL sa password in the windows registry Not today but it would be a great custom action to have. On Tue, Feb 15, 2011

Re: [WiX-users] Encrypt and store the SQL sa password in the windows registry

2011-02-16 Thread Rob Mensching
Not today but it would be a great custom action to have. On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 2:40 PM, Thai-Hoa Nguyen wrote: > > > Hello > > I'm currently storing the SQL sa password so the database can be > uninstalled later. > > Value='[SQLPASSWORD]' Type='string' /> > > > > Root='HKLM' Type='raw'/> >

[WiX-users] Encrypt and store the SQL sa password in the windows registry

2011-02-15 Thread Thai-Hoa Nguyen
Hello I'm currently storing the SQL sa password so the database can be uninstalled later. Is there a quick and easy way to encrypt and decypt the password in Wix? Thank you. -