I've been looking around for a method to read the registry from remote Windows machines running XP and Win2003. I first tried Hardware/Software Inventory and that works great if the credentials on both machines match but I need to be able to specify unique credentials for each machine. I've looked at Win32::OLE and Win32::TieRegistry, and http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/guide/sas_wmi_vzbp.mspx?mfr=true. I didn't see anything that would help or if the answer is there it's most likely above my current skill level.

After trying a few other examples I stumbled on Win32::Lanman that might work but I get this message  Error installing package 'Win32-Lanman': Read a PPD for 'Win32-Lanman', but it is not intended for this build of Perl (MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.10) . I'm using strawberry Perl 5.10.0 on XP.
There's a thread http://www.mail-archive.com/perl-win32-users@listserv.activestate.com/msg37524.html that indicates Win32::Lanman needs to be updated and there's a volunteer, but I don't see anything more recent. There are instructions for compiling it using MSVC++ but I'm afraid that would become a second career before I got it figured out.

Are there any other ideas for getting at the remote registry or something I've missed?

In reply to Error: Read a PPD for 'Win32-Lanman', but ..not intended ..for this build (MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-5.10) by gctaylor1

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