KB196225 - SMS: Remote Control Registry Keys and Client Settings

PSS ID Number: 196225

Article Last Modified on 10/22/2003

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0

This article was previously published under Q196225

IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry

SUMMARY

Although the client-side Control Panel icon for Remote Control is the preferred method for changing client-side Remote Control settings, a Systems Management Server administrator may also need to know where the registry settings for these items are located. The settings listed in the MORE INFORMATION section of this article include all of the "switches" that control what features are available to administrators attempting to view a client computer.

MORE INFORMATION

WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

The following registry path is where all client-side Remote Control settings are stored:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\SMS\Client\Client Components\Remote Control

In nearly all cases, the values in each key represent either ON/ALLOWED (set to "1") or OFF/DISALLOWED (set to "0").

   Value                     Default setting
   -----------------------------------------

   Allow Chat                1
   Allow File Transfer       1
   Allow Ping Test           1
   Allow Reboot              1
   Allow Remote Execute      1
   Allow Takeover            1
   Allow DOS Diagnostics     1 (Windows 95 or Windows 98 computers only)
   Allow Windows Diagnostics 1 (Windows 95 or Windows 98 computers only)
   Audible Signal            1 (exists for all, but used only by computers
                                running Windows 95 or Windows 98)
   CommandLine              IP (used to start WUSER with chosen protocol;
                                computers running Windows NT only)
   CompressionType           0 (0 = RLE, 1 = LZH)
   Control Level             1
   Default Protocol          IP (Windows 95 or Windows 98 computers only)
   LanaNum                   0
   LogToFile                 1 (not set by default; can be added to start
                                logging)
   Permission Required       0
   PermittedViewers          "Administrators" (specifies the user groups
                              permitted to use Remote Control)
   Use IDIS                  1 (screen acceleration, 1 [ON] by default)
   Use Local Settings        0
   Visible Signal            1

These settings are dynamically polled by the Windows NT WUSER32 service, but are not polled by the Windows 95 or Windows 98 (WUSER) client. Therefore, changes made to these registry settings will take effect immediately on computers running Windows NT, but will not take effect until you stop the WUSER service and restart it on computers running Windows 95 or Windows 98.

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