RE: Regwrite problem

Thanks everyone, I moved it to software and it is now fine there.
 
Someone from the other forum suggested I put it in the CMOS. We are using
only IBM machines and I think I found a utility to do just that.
 
Regards
Gert

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Stefan Lubitz
Sent: 10 November 2006 16:39 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AutoIt] Regwrite problem



As far as I know, you are not able to create new keys under
HKLM/Hardware. In fact you can create, but they will be deleted.
Use another location like: HKLM\Software\Audit.

Regards,
Stefan

Gert Scheepers schrieb:
>
> Hi All
>
> I am busy with a program to do a hardware and software audit of the 
> company
> assets.
>
> Part of this means that a company asset number must be recorded as 
> well for
> each PC and printer.
>
> I can get monitor and pc serial number, models, etc. Of course the asset
> number will be have to be entered manually
>
> I created a Gui to easily record these asset numbers. I then want to write
> it to the registry, if I in future have to re-audit, I can query the
> registry.
>
> For the PC base this will work fine but for the monitor, I would 
> compare the
> previously recorded serial number to the value read, which should tell 
> me if
> the monitor was changed since the previous audit.
>
> Sounds easy? I write to the registry, this can then be verified, all 
> ok. On
> rebooting the PC, the entries are all wiped out!
>
> I am writing to "HKLM\Hardware\AUDIT", any ideas why this happens and 
> how I
> can overcome this problem?
>
> Regards
> Gert
>
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