Trying to change default user registry settings through a task sequence

[CurtMGray]

I'm trying to load a bunch of IE settings changes into the registry so our user's machines will have the default set of trusted sites and whatever preconfigured during our OSD process. I found the following that seemed to help me along quite a bit...

 

http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/7772-how-can-i-change-a-hkcu-setting-within-windows-during-an-osd-deployment/

 

Using this as a template, I set it up pretty similarly, swapping file names as needed and such. All in all, the commands being fired look like this...

cmd.exe /c reg.exe load HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\defuser c:\users\default\ntuser.dat

cmd.exe /c reg.exe import "IESettings.reg"

cmd.exe /c reg.exe unload HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\defuser c:\users\default\ntuser.dat

When I run the task sequence during OSD, I get an error in the SMSTS.LOG...

ERROR: Invalid syntax. InstallSoftware 11/19/2013 2:57:25 PM 2916 (0x0B64)
Type "REG UNLOAD /?" for usage. InstallSoftware 11/19/2013 2:57:25 PM 2916 (0x0B64)
Command line returned 1 InstallSoftware 11/19/2013 2:57:25 PM 2916 (0x0B64)
Process completed with exit code 1 TSManager 11/19/2013 2:57:25 PM 3984 (0x0F90)
Failed to run the action: Commit Changes to Default User. 
Incorrect function. (Error: 00000001; Source: Windows) TSManager 11/19/2013 2:57:25 PM 3984 (0x0F90)

I tried firing the command in cmd.exe, with a similar error stating reg unload was being used improperly. Can someone explain what is going on here? I have this executing at the end of my OSD task sequence so I don't think there should be anything else interfering.

This is the kind of stuff I am loading into the registry from the .reg file. Does this need to be reformatted as HKLM instead of HKCU?

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\Domains\mycompany.com]
"*"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\1]
"1A00"=dword:00000000

 

[CurtMGray]

After reviewing some of the notes from the other thread, I've changed the HKEY_CURRENT_USER lines to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, that seems to make more sense as I'd be modifying the default user profile instead of whatever current user is logged in.

[CurtMGray]

Ok, sorted it out, I don't need the path when unloading the registry hive. Easy fix