read registry keys

[Borka]

Hi all!

I have some questions.
1. I write script which controls registry settings, which must work
on every computer.
If I try
JFSO = new ActiveXObject(" Scripting.FileS ystemObject");
JWS = new ActiveXObject(" WScript.Shell") ;
key =
JWS.RegRead("HK LM\\Software\\M icrosoft\\Windo ws\\CurrentVers ion\\Run\\").to L
owerCase();
or
key =
JWS.RegRead("HK LM\\Software\\M icrosoft\\Windo ws\\CurrentVers ion\\Run").toLo w
erCase();
I recieve the message:
"Unable to open registry key ... for reading."

I heard I can read it using WMI, but WMI must be installed
on every PC where my script will work. It's unreal.
Is there a possibility to read this key without WMI?

2. I would see content of binary file in a hexadecimal form.
How can I read binary file?

Thank in advance.
Boris A. Chertenko aka Borka.

[Mark Preston]

Re: read registry keys

Borka wrote:
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> 1. I write script which controls registry settings, which must work
> on every computer.[/color]

Failure point one - many computers don't *have* a registry, so quite
obviously your "must work" will *always* fail.
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> JFSO = new ActiveXObject(" Scripting.FileS ystemObject");[/color]

Failure point two - the ActiveX is a Windows object so can *only* work
on Windows machines (or on those which have very deliberately chosen to
incorporate something similar).