Set WEP key for "All users"?

Lazerwolf · 08-06-2008, 07:07 PM

I am setting up 60 laptops - (all Dell Latitude D520 running XP pro sp2) - that will be available for about 150 different users logging onto a Windows 2003 server via wireless access points with WEP encryption. I'm trying to find out how to configure these computers - using either the Intel PROset wireless software or XP to manage the connection - so that the WEP key is already available and configured even when a user logs on the first time.

I tried importing the HKLM/Software/Microsoft/WZCSVC/Parameters/Interfaces registry settings from a pc that already has the WEP key set, but that didn't work, and even if it did, it would require a reboot once the .reg file was imported in order for the change to take effect.

I also thought I found an option in the Intel PROset configuration that allowed for this, however I could not get it to work properly either.

Does anyone know what the best means of accomplishing this would be?

Thanks

TxTazDad · 08-06-2008, 08:34 PM

really need to know the make & model of the wireless router, is this a domain, do they have user accounts, etc? I ran into this before at work & I had to configure them all manually as they were training laptops but I think a script might work, but I'm no script writer

**lazareth1** · 08-07-2008, 03:00 AM

Yeah a script sounds like your best bet, but I'm no scripter either :(. But I have to ask, why use WEP? Can you use WPA? Reason I ask is that WEP can be cracked in minutes via software readily available on by googling.

08-06-2008, 07:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
Lazerwolf Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1 OS: Windows XP sp2	Set WEP key for "All users"? I am setting up 60 laptops - (all Dell Latitude D520 running XP pro sp2) - that will be available for about 150 different users logging onto a Windows 2003 server via wireless access points with WEP encryption. I'm trying to find out how to configure these computers - using either the Intel PROset wireless software or XP to manage the connection - so that the WEP key is already available and configured even when a user logs on the first time. I tried importing the HKLM/Software/Microsoft/WZCSVC/Parameters/Interfaces registry settings from a pc that already has the WEP key set, but that didn't work, and even if it did, it would require a reboot once the .reg file was imported in order for the change to take effect. I also thought I found an option in the Intel PROset configuration that allowed for this, however I could not get it to work properly either. Does anyone know what the best means of accomplishing this would be? Thanks

08-06-2008, 08:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
TxTazDad Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 103 OS: XP Pro SP2	Re: Set WEP key for "All users"? really need to know the make & model of the wireless router, is this a domain, do they have user accounts, etc? I ran into this before at work & I had to configure them all manually as they were training laptops but I think a script might work, but I'm no script writer __________________ It could be that the purpose of my life is only to serve as a warning to others.....

08-07-2008, 03:00 AM	#3 (permalink)
lazareth1 Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Hong Kong, previously Fife in Bonnie Scotland Posts: 1,294 OS: Vista SP1, Ultimate My System	Re: Set WEP key for "All users"? Yeah a script sounds like your best bet, but I'm no scripter either :(. But I have to ask, why use WEP? Can you use WPA? Reason I ask is that WEP can be cracked in minutes via software readily available on by googling. __________________ Prime95\|Everest Ultimate Edition\|How to do a repair install of XP\|Bench Testing "Nothing is True, Everything is Permitted"