gfgfg
Thu Apr 13 13:08:40 CDT 2006
yes, I have been able to copy the registry value successfully from a known
working system, so there is no real urgency there, I only wanted to know if
it was possible to decode that pig.....
I guess there are two things that bother me...
1.) why does this particular entry require a reg_binary entry as opposed to
a string value, which are used with Ip addresses quite liberally (see
hklm\system\currentcontrolset\services\tcpip\parameters\interfaces\xxxxxxxx,
e'g.)
2.) I can get this information easily using other methods, but this relies
on using system tools, of which MS if fond of changing the
syntax/name/functionality/errorlevels, just for kicks..(see choice.exe or
gettype.exe in 2000 and 2003 for examples) I am trying to get away from
that, which is why i started using vbscript in the first place...
rcmd \\dhcpservername netsh dhcp server dump | for /f "tokens=8*" %i in
('find /I "optionvalue 44"') do echo %i %j
this works very well, it's very quick, and obviously, someone who wrote the
netsh command has access to the encoding for dhcp reg entries (unless it's
stored in the dhcp.mdb file, but i'm on a rant here), but it requires remote
command server to be installed (not a problem for me, but it makes this
method unportable), and that the netsh command retain it's synatax over the
next revisions (no guarantee on that)...
anyway, i plan on figuring this POS out, as I am clearly not a well man...
if i can figure out how to cheat on my freecell statistics, i can figure
this out...
;)
"TDM" <rpuffd@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> "mr_unreliable" <kindlyReplyToNewsgroup@notmail.com> wrote in message
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>> hi gfgfg,
>>
>> You might try a decoder ring, but I recommend _CASH_.
>>
>
>> After finding the culprit, offer him/her a substantial
>> amount of cash to reveal how to decode that blob.
>>
>> cheers, jw
>> ____________________________________________________________
>
> I tried the blob decoder project a while back and gave up.
>
> I do have a thought that might work, but this is just a WAG.
>
> If you know of a system that has the correct entry, you could
> use WMI to query that value, then use WMI to wirte that value
> to the local/remote system. I wrote one a while back that migrates
> registry settings for Outlook during a data migration. I recently
> posted the 2 function to another thread in this group if you think
> you might want to give this a wack.
>
> Watch for line wrap ...
>
>
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.scripting.vbscript/browse_thread/thread/5e5049dce98dd625/9e2c97245c71a7d7?lnk=st&q=%22query+the+registry+subkeys&rnum=1#9e2c97245c71a7d7
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> TDM
>