Tyran, Note that disabling regedit.exe is _not_ a security-measure. It's simply a way of reducing the likelihood of the user messing up their user settings & causing themselves problems.
Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tyran Ormond > Sent: 23 October 2006 15:08 > To: vnc-list@realvnc.com > Subject: RE: removing IP address history > > On 10:55 AM 10/23/2006 +0100, it would appear that James > Weatherall wrote: > >Hi "teh.asbo", > > > >Thanks for posting this handy tip. :) > > Note that if the administrator is smart and > doesn't want you messing with the registry (as > any semi-intelligent network admin would), > regedit has likely been disable, including the > abilty to merge .reg files. With regedt disabled > in this way, you cannot merge .reg files even as > an administrator (there are other methods where > merging is still possible but what's the point?). > > While there are ways to re-enable regedit, doing > so when the admin has purposefully locked them > down is, at the very least, an intentional > security breach. The possible ramificationsloss > of computer use, loss of employment, criminal > chargesthat could stem from intentionally > breaching a computer's security measures should not be taken lightly. > > With all this in mind, I do have a small number > of personal clients that have had their > registries fouled by malicious code which > included disabling regedit and .reg files. For > situations such as this, I use the script found > here > (http://windowsfair.blogspot.com/2006/03/how-to-enable-regedit.html) > to re-enable their regedit (assuming I don't just > wipe the machine and rebuild it, that is). > > One final note, if the admin has *really* locked > the computer down, scripting may well be disabled > and then even the above trick won't work for you. > > > > To fix your problem, fire up notepad, and paste in the > > > following three > > > lines: > > > > > > Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 > > > > > > [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RealVNC\VNCViewer4\MRU] > > > > > > and save it as anything.reg. Double-click it, answer yes to > > > the prompt, > > > and then the MRU list will be deleted. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > VNC-List mailing list > > > VNC-List@realvnc.com > > > To remove yourself from the list visit: > > > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > >_______________________________________________ > >VNC-List mailing list > >VNC-List@realvnc.com > >To remove yourself from the list visit: > >http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > > Tyran Ormond > Programmer/LAN Administrator > Central Valley Water Reclamation Facility > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > VNC-List@realvnc.com > To remove yourself from the list visit: > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List@realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
