RegCast Tool

This module is the most complex in MetaLAN. It is very flexible and if you are a System Administrator it can save you considerable time by altering the registries of the computers on your network in real time. It is recommended that you get used to this module using a small group of test computers. It wont take long to become familiar with its capabilities. Time saved in deploying changes real time will be considerable.

Only users that belong to the “Domain Admins” or “Enterprise Admins” groups can perform write actions using RegCast. All other users will have read only access.

The Registry Module uses standard, NT4, Win2000 or Windows XP Regedit files (that are exported from Regedit.exe). The module uses these files both as search templates and to define registry modifications. The module can be used to search for key names, value names or data defined in the template data. Set the desired action under 'Conditional action based on template'.

If you wish to add or delete data from all the computers in the target computer list unconditionally, check 'Perform registry modification' on the 'Action type' panel and select the Modification type on the 'Modification type' panel. Click the [Load] button on the 'Modification type' panel to specify the regedit file that contains the data you wish to add or delete.

To perform a search and/or perform registry modifications based on the results of the search, in the 'Action type' panel, click the 'Search registry/conditional modification' radio button . Load and define the search criteria by clicking the '[Load] button in the “Search on template data” panel' and define the search data. To perform a search only click the 'Search only (no modification') radio button.

To perform a conditional modification click either the 'Perform modification if template found' or 'Perform modification if template not found' radio button. Now the modification action will only be performed on the computers that meet the criteria.

Once you have set all the appropriate parameters click the [Run] button to carry out the task(s) on all the computers displayed in the target computers list. If no action is selected you can still view the the computers that match the search template by clicking the 'show matching computers' icon on the target computers panel after the operation is complete.

Any action executed will be performed on whatever computers are currently displayed in the target list so you can easily perform an action on the computers that failed the last action by clicking the show failed icon and executing the desired actions.

A detailed record of every action performed will be displayed after the action completes and can be viewed any time by clicking the view log button.

Warning: If incorrect data is entered into computer's registry the computer could become unbootable. Make sure all registry modifications a thoroughly tested before applying them across a network or domain.