Mike, HKEY_CURRENT_USER is writable by the current user, by definition - it's set to refer to the user's registry hive when they log on. In the case of the Guest user, this is a temporary copy of the default user registry hive, and so any data saved to it won't persist. Installing applications requires write access to parts of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, as well as to parts of the filesystem, which is why non-Admins can't normally install apps to systems.
Cheers, -- Wez @ RealVNC Ltd > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Miller > Sent: 19 October 2007 15:04 > To: Seak, Teng-Fong > Cc: VNC List > Subject: Re: VNC viewer and cd/thumb/flash/usb drive > > On Fri, 19 Oct 2007, Seak, Teng-Fong wrote: > > > Mike Miller wrote: > > > >> If the user of the Windows machine does not have administrator > >> permissions and is not allowed to install software, does this mean > >> that VNCviewer cannot run from the thumb drive? I'm thinking that > >> the answer is yes because it won't be able to create the > registry entries. > > > > It's written to this area: > > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RealVNC\VNCViewer4 > > > According to Microsoft... > > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/r > eskit/regentry/51211.mspx?mfr=true > > "A new HKEY_CURRENT_USER subtree is created each time a user logs on." > > But the VNCviewer stores information more permanently. For > example, it remembers where I have previously connected. So > it must at least try to create other registry keys. > > Also according to Microsoft: > > "The HKEY_CURRENT_USER subtree does not contain any data. It > just stores a pointer to the content of..." > > So if something is stored in HKEY_CURRENT_USER it is also > being written somewhere else. > > The reason I am interested in this is that some friends in > another department have a very heavy-handed IT staff that > won't allow them to install any programs. I'm wondering if > there is no way around this restriction. > > Mike > _______________________________________________ > 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
