Advanced Configuration Settings

These additional advanced settings are controlled through special registry entries under:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adkins Resource\Hyena\Advanced

If necessary, create the Advanced registry key (folder) manually in Hyena.  The following value names can be created in the Advanced registry key to control specific behavior in Hyena.  

Note: Unless otherwise noted, all value names are REG_DWORD and need a value of '1' to enable the option.  Set to either a '0' to disable or delete the entire value.

Note 2: If you are using a shared settings (.INI) file, you can place these settings in an [Advanced] section of the shared settings file.

ShowAllProfileConnectionDrives - Normally, for Windows NT users, Hyena will show drive letters A: through Z: on the user and terminal server profile dialogs.  For Windows 2000/2003, Hyena by default will only use letters C: through Z:.  This is due to Microsoft's standard.  However, if your environment needs to use drives A: or B: for Windows 2000/2003, enable this setting.

UseOuToolbarSettingsInTree - Hyena does not normally use the OU filtering toolbar for any displays in the tree (left) window.  However, if this option is enabled, Hyena will use the OU filtering toolbar settings for both the left (tree) and right results window.  OUs and Containers will always be shown in the tree window, however, regardless of the setting on the filter toolbar settings.

RestoreOuToolbarOnOpen - Hyena always restores the OU filtering toolbar to default settings when Hyena is opened.  To force Hyena to save the settings and restore them to the last settings used, enable this option.

EnableAdFindOK - Use this option to turn ON/Off the option to enable the OK button on the Active Directory 'Find' dialog.  Set this value to a '0' to remove the OK button.  The default setting is a '1' (enable/show OK), even if the value is not present.

MaxServiceControlRetry - Use this option to set the number of attempts that Hyena makes to wait for a service to start/stop.  By default, Hyena will try 15 times with a 3-second wait to see if a service responds to a start/stop request.   For example, to get Hyena to only try 5 times (5 x 3 seconds = 15 second max. wait), create a REG_DWORD entry and set to a '5'.

IncludeGroupNameOnClipboardCopy - By default, Hyena will include the group name when copying group member information to the clipboard.  To disable this feature, set this value to a '0'.

OverwriteHomeDirOwnership - This option only applies when the security settings are being overwritten as configured on a home directory template definition and if a non-default home directory ownership has been establish in the template definition by using the Set Owner... button. By default, if the security information on a home directory is overwritten with what is specified in a template, the existing ownership of the directory is unaffected. To force the ownership to be changed as defined in the template, create this REG_DWORD entry and set it to a '1'.  Warning: Forcing the %username% to be the owner can result in the Administrators group being unable to view or manage the contents of the directory unless the Administrators group is also given rights to the directory in the template definition.

MaxNTPasswordLength - By default, Hyena restricts Windows NT passwords to 14 characters.  To use a long password length on Windows NT systems, set this registry setting to a longer value.  The default value is 14.  For setting the password length on Windows 2000 systems, see the MaxW2kPasswordLength setting below.

MaxW2kPasswordLength - By default, Hyena restricts Windows 2000 passwords to 30 characters.  To use a long password length on Windows 2000 systems, set this registry setting to a longer value.  The default value is 30.

MaxToolProcesses - This option controls the maximum number of tool commands (processes) that can be created at one time from items selected in the right window. The default is 20.  Set it to a higher value if you want to create more processes when executing tool commands.  Note that setting it to a very large value could cause Windows to become unstable.

GetUserGroupsFromGC - A problem has been addressed with the new mechanism used in Hyena v6.6 to display a user's group members. Hyena will retrieve the user group members from a global catalog server using a different method than was used in the initial v6.6 release. This new functionality and method, however, will only be used if this registry setting is added and enabled. Enabling this new feature will force Hyena to retrieve a user's group members from a global catalog server using the GC:// protocol (moniker) instead of LDAP. This will allow all of the user's universal group memberships in the entire forest to be visible. Without this feature, only the user's group members in the domain will be visible.

NOTES

• Restart Hyena after making this change. To verify that this feature is enabled, display a user's group members, either by expanding the Groups object under a user, displaying the group members in Hyena's right window, or by displaying the User Properties and clicking the Groups tab. Verify that all members are present, including domain local, global, universal and universal groups from other domains in the same forest.
   

• The status bar in Hyena will show the full GC:// path that Hyena is using to retrieve the group memberships. There may be a slight delay when retrieving the user group members for the first time for any given domain, however, the global catalog server used for any domain is automatically cached, so further user group member display performance will be normal.
   

• If you want to fine-tune the global catalog server that is used for user group retrieval, you can force the domain controller to be used in Object Manager for the domain (File->Manage Object View). Type in the Netbios or DNS name in the ADSI Server field for the domain.