Powershell Registry Edit for all users - windows

I am trying to change the text on the my computer icon when I create a new server, it currently says "My Server" but I need to change that to the host name. I have a script that works for me on initial run but I want to know if there is a way to change that for the local machine instead of the current user.
when I go into regedit I go here.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID{04271989-C4D2-51FA-6558-1FD935F1416C}
I can change the default here and I get the desired results but it is only for me and not all the other users. I just need it to be for anyone who logs into this device. I also need to change the background to black for everyone but I am still working on that. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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What does "workspace id:s" do in an RDP file?

I am debugging an RDP connection, and in the .rdp file there is a flag
workspace id:s:my-rdp-host.example.com
I see this parameter included in examples in many places on the internet like StackOverflow and in Microsoft support. But, no one ever explains what it does. It is not even listed in the official docs for RDP.
So, does anyone know what the workspace id:s: setting does in an RDP file?
This value seems to appear in remote application session when mouse is over rdp icon in task bar. For example see the icon where i set: workspace id:s:test
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Windows Registry changes will not work

I´m trying to make some changes(Wallpaper/Themes) on a windows7 enviroment, until now, I copied some files in to a directory with admin rights, so the "hard" part is over.
Trying to change the registryKey with a batch or with a Powershell file will work, as an Admin and as a normal-user.
The bad thing is, if I try to make the changes as an Admin, then the changes will be just for the adminSession. And I want to make the changes for the normalUser and every new user(with not admin rights).
I found that with a batch file, I can make some changes to my normalUser account:
HKCU:\Software\Micorsoft....\Themes\ and change the value CurrentTheme to my own Windows theme.
If I check my registry, I notice that the CurrentTheme value was accepted, and after a reboot stay so.
But Windows shows me the default theme... ¬¬
I tried to change "everything" to set my Theme as default, but nothing works..
Is there a way to make it works? Why windows is refusing to take the changes in the registry and always show me the default Theme?
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows
In the left pane, right click on Windows and click on New and Key. Type Personalization and press enter (if not already exists).
Create a New and String Value called ThemeFile and press Enter. Right click on ThemeFile and click on Modify. Type in the full path of the .theme file with file extension in "" (example: "C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\NewCustomTheme.theme") ; it will be default for new users.
Are the systems on a domain?
You should know that registry values stored within the Policies key and all the subkeys after that can be reset by domain group policy at any time. That is to say that if you make a change here and reboot or run gpupdate, you can expect the values to be erased.
If you really want to change the theme for all users, you should use Group Policy to apply the theme, as seen in this link. Group Policy Settings for Windows Personalization.. Look in the section under "Set a Specific Theme".
I've done this for clients a number of times. You can also set a specific theme as the default by logging on as the Default Profile and making changes. Keep in mind that this approach should be done when you build a system image to deploy to the environment.

Permission denied when trying to import a CSV file from PGAdmin

I'm using PGAdmin 1.14.3.
When I try to execute an import command:
COPY grad(country_code, postal_code, place_name, admin_name1, admin_code1, admin_name2, admin_code2, admin_name3, admin_code3, latitude, longitude, accuracy)
FROM 'C:\\Users\\denis\\Desktop\\BP2Project\\USA\\US.txt';
I get a
ERROR: could not open file
"C:\Users\denis\Desktop\BP2Project\USA\US.txt" for reading:
Permission denied SQL state: 42501
I did look up other similar questions and none of them solved my issue.
I logged in as user "postgres" who is the superuser. I don't see why I'm missing permissions. I'm on Windows 7.
The permissions article mentioned in the answer by Houari and Flimzy is a good reference material, but a direct answer (the quick fix I used) is:
Right click the folder containing the data file(s) that permission was denied to and then click Properties.
In the Folder's Properties window, select the Security tab.
Click the Edit button.
In the "Permissions for the folder" window that opened, click the Add... button.
Type Everyone into the "Enter the object names to select" text area box.
Click OK and the window will close.
Verify that the default Read & Execute permissions were set to Allow via the check checkbox in the previous window.
As JLB notes, Write permission is needed if dumping from PostgreSQL, opposed to copying into it.
Click OK and the window will close.
Click the Apply button in the Folder Properties window.
Now you can run the SQL COPY statement that needs to access those files.
Once done, return to the Folder's Properties window.
Click the Edit button.
Select the Everyone entry in the "Group or user names:" field.
Click the Remove button.
Click OK on the remaining open windows.
The permissions have now been returned to what they were.
The user Postgres must have read access on the file from which you are about to copy.
Look at this article to see how to modify files' security access on Windows.
Ok, this is how got COPY command working,to export a table to CSV, step by step.
Pls note that I am using pgAdmin 111.
Create the target folder you want to export a table to. E.g C:\myExports
Set a read/write permission on this folder following the steps below :
Right click the folder containing the data file(s) that permission was denied >to and then click Properties.
In the Folder's Properties window, select the Security tab.
Click the Edit button.
In the "Permissions for the folder" window that opened, click the Add... button.
Type Everyone into the "Enter the object names to select" text area box.
Click OK and the window will close.
Verify that the default Read & Execute permissions were set to Allow via the >check checkbox in the previous window.
Click OK and the window will close.
Click the Apply button in the Folder Properties window.
This is the tricky part, inside myExports folder create a blank CSV file with your desired name.E.g employee.csv
Then run the Copy command like this :
copy employee to 'C:\myExports\employee.csv' delimiter ',' csv;
employee is the table name in this example..
Hope this helps.
If you don't want to give permissions to Everyone, you can add permissions to the account that started the service. In the Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Services, copy the account name in the 'Log On' tab. (On my system the account is called 'Network Service'.) Then share the folder with the CSV-file with this user as shown in the answer above.
To solve this problem you must give permission to the CSV file because that CSV file present in a COPY command are read directly by the server, but not client application. So to make this file accessible to a server we must give full read-write permission so that Postgresql user can read and write on that file.
Reference: article showing step by step procedure.
I just ran into this error and even after adding postgres to permissions on the file folder and the file itself, it still didn't work. So, I put the file in a public folder. On Windows this was the path: "C:\Users\Public\Documents\census.csv." It worked!
Responses to this problem on different threads go something like this
1. "Tell me exactly what command you used"
2. "Make sure you have right permissions"
3. "Just use /copy"
I just tried giving permissions to Everyone on the cvs file I am trying to copy from, and it is still giving me the permission denied error. I think this functionality is broken and has been broken for multiple consecutive releases over multiple consecutive versions of Windows.
for me and I've just spent some long hours on this.
I have a central db residing on a HP box running 14.04 postgresql-9.5 pgAdmin3 postgis-2.2, shares are made through a tweeked Samba share. My clients are using a mixture of windows 10.1, 7, 8.1 and I have one ubuntu 14.04 desktop.
I'm working with large tables updating records and normalising data and have built the routines around SQL copy statements from CSV files which were made from the core COPY public.table_1 TO (the share folder I'd set up in Samba https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndAYZ0DJ-U4) '/srv/samba/share/[filename].csv'
I can then update the database once the tables have been amended with COPY table_1 from '/srv/samba/share/test.csv' USING DELIMITERS ',' WITH NULL AS '' CSV HEADER; from any of my clients.
The key as far as I have been able to determine is that the clients doing the updating must be superusers, also everything must tie up in terms of users as there are 4 servers working together here Postgresql, Samba, UNIX and WINS
All of my users are registered on each of the servers with the same username and password homogeneity is the main factor.
I had tried for a long time moving things about and trying various naming conventions but in the end it was http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CFF47E56EA077241B1FFF390344B5FC10ACB1C0C#webmail.begavalley.nsw.gov.au that sorted me out it was like a big switch clicking in. chown 777 on your shares and group management was an important learning curve but., the hours I've spent on this will reap rewards down the line... Loving Ubuntu loving life and loving the spirit of open source but that just might be sleep deprivation kicking in... IT WORKS
I am trying to execute SQL commands directly from a file in psql 14, and landed the same error.
The reason is that "postgres" user is different from the 'admin' or the main user of the operating-system. So, this main user denies "postgres" to access files from its file system.
Although there is a way to bypass it.
Windows lets any user access the files in 'C:\Users\Public' and Linux distros allow files in '/tmp' folder to do the same.
So, whatever files you are trying to access from postgres' terminal, keep the files in
'C:\Users\Public' for Windows
'/tmp' in Ubuntu
Read from the orginal source of this answer
use \copy command from psql instead with this config:
sudo psql -U postgres -d <your-db> -c "\copy <your-query-or-table> TO '<pat-to-save-file>' WITH (FORMAT CSV)"

how to fix opensuse GUI on VNC display?

our server has opensuse 12.1, whenever I try to access through VNC viewer the GUI of opensuse is appearing raw. I guess its the problem with X11 or X-windows. how do I fix this to get a better GUI for all the views?
And also when we create a new user we need to modify the xstartup file to append startkde & to have a GUI. Is there a way that I can modify it at one place and xstartup is modified for all the new users created?
Thank you
Can you explain more clearly what "raw GUI" means? is it the resolution, no kde effects?
As to second part of your question - basically u don't need to start X session to create / set user accounts see the link link - get familiar with user* commands - it really speeds up the work. Cheers!

Programmatically Changing XP Appearance Settings

I am trying to silently apply very specific appearance settings for a single user with poor eyesight on an XP machine.
I can alter the settings by using the appearance tab of the display settings dialog and clicking apply/ok. Doing this works however the user cannot see well enough to change her settings back to how she likes them each time she logs on.
Just changing the registry keys does not make the desired changes until the user logs off and then on again. For reasons that would take too long to explain, I cannot simply get the user to log off and then on again. I need the settings to be applied immediately upon login.
So! I either need to force windows to apply the display settings, a process which seems to be associated with the 'Please Wait' dialog, screenshot included OR I need to programmatically change the appearance settings individually (which includes altering 'Advanced' font-size settings).
Many thanks.
Please Wait Example http://www.dur.ac.uk/alexander.holmes2/b/pleasewait.jpg
Does this user have his/her own windows User? (his/her own account on XP). It should keep settings for you if you have them as a separate user from whoever else likes the larger DPI. Just create a user.

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