Vista - Reading from the registry

10-16-2008

I have a classic asp site and a function to read from the registry. I have
two identical reg keys, one in HKLM and one in HCU.

Using my vbscript function i can read from the HKLM key but not through the
HCU. Is this something to do with pass through authenication? is there a way
of reading a key from HCU.

When I use the same function in a vbs file i can read from HCU.

Can anyone point me in the direction of more information?

regards

Robert

10-16-2008

Are you sure who the current user is?
What if no one is logged on to the machine?
(And the abbreviation is HKCU not HKU)

--

Joe Fawcett (MVP - XML)

http://joe.fawcett.name

"Robert" <Robert@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

>I have a classic asp site and a function to read from the registry. I have
> two identical reg keys, one in HKLM and one in HCU.
>
> Using my vbscript function i can read from the HKLM key but not through
> the
> HCU. Is this something to do with pass through authenication? is there a
> way
> of reading a key from HCU.
>
> When I use the same function in a vbs file i can read from HCU.
>
> Can anyone point me in the direction of more information?
>
> regards
>
> Robert

10-17-2008

HKCU is not created for the iusr account as even though iis is running the
application as iusr account it is not considered as logged on. The web
application cannot therefore read from HKCU

Robert

"Joe Fawcett" wrote:

Quote:

> Are you sure who the current user is?
> What if no one is logged on to the machine?
> (And the abbreviation is HKCU not HKU)
>
> --
>
> Joe Fawcett (MVP - XML)
>
> http://joe.fawcett.name
>
> "Robert" <Robert@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:6A08903B-4FF9-4F87-97F3-D5260C3F4F0F@xxxxxx

Quote:

> >I have a classic asp site and a function to read from the registry. I have
> > two identical reg keys, one in HKLM and one in HCU.
> >
> > Using my vbscript function i can read from the HKLM key but not through
> > the
> > HCU. Is this something to do with pass through authenication? is there a
> > way
> > of reading a key from HCU.
> >
> > When I use the same function in a vbs file i can read from HCU.
> >
> > Can anyone point me in the direction of more information?
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Robert

>
>
>

10-16-2008	#1 (permalink)
Robert n/a posts	Reading from the registry I have a classic asp site and a function to read from the registry. I have two identical reg keys, one in HKLM and one in HCU. Using my vbscript function i can read from the HKLM key but not through the HCU. Is this something to do with pass through authenication? is there a way of reading a key from HCU. When I use the same function in a vbs file i can read from HCU. Can anyone point me in the direction of more information? regards Robert
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10-16-2008	#2 (permalink)
Joe Fawcett n/a posts	Re: Reading from the registry Are you sure who the current user is? What if no one is logged on to the machine? (And the abbreviation is HKCU not HKU) -- Joe Fawcett (MVP - XML) http://joe.fawcett.name "Robert" <Robert@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:6A08903B-4FF9-4F87-97F3-D5260C3F4F0F@xxxxxx Quote: >I have a classic asp site and a function to read from the registry. I have > two identical reg keys, one in HKLM and one in HCU. > > Using my vbscript function i can read from the HKLM key but not through > the > HCU. Is this something to do with pass through authenication? is there a > way > of reading a key from HCU. > > When I use the same function in a vbs file i can read from HCU. > > Can anyone point me in the direction of more information? > > regards > > Robert
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10-17-2008	#3 (permalink)
Robert n/a posts	Re: Reading from the registry HKCU is not created for the iusr account as even though iis is running the application as iusr account it is not considered as logged on. The web application cannot therefore read from HKCU Robert "Joe Fawcett" wrote: Quote: > Are you sure who the current user is? > What if no one is logged on to the machine? > (And the abbreviation is HKCU not HKU) > > -- > > Joe Fawcett (MVP - XML) > > http://joe.fawcett.name > > "Robert" <Robert@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:6A08903B-4FF9-4F87-97F3-D5260C3F4F0F@xxxxxx Quote: > >I have a classic asp site and a function to read from the registry. I have > > two identical reg keys, one in HKLM and one in HCU. > > > > Using my vbscript function i can read from the HKLM key but not through > > the > > HCU. Is this something to do with pass through authenication? is there a > > way > > of reading a key from HCU. > > > > When I use the same function in a vbs file i can read from HCU. > > > > Can anyone point me in the direction of more information? > > > > regards > > > > Robert > > >
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