Write an octet string to a REG_SZ value?

[markdmac]

Anybody have an example of how to write an octet string to a REG_SZ value?

A basic example of what I want to do:

On Error Resume Next
Const HKLM = &H80000002
strComputer = "."

Set objUser = GetObject _
    ("LDAP://cn=myerken,ou=management,dc=fabrikam,dc=com")
UserGUID = objUser.objectGUID

Set objReg = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & _
      strComputer & "\root\default:StdRegProv")

strPath = "\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\" & _
        "ProfileList\S-1-5-21-1443548379-341315552-1914419632-1108"

strName = "Guid"

objReg.SetStringValue HKLM, strPath, strName, UserGUID

The above appears to work, however the value in the registry displays as Chinese. Any help is greatly appreciated. This is my first time running into the octet-string and I have been unable to find any examples.

Regards,

Mark

 

[markdmac]

OK, I realized the error in my way of searching. I was looking for a way to write the actual octet value instead of first converting it to a string. I found the conversion I needed here:

http://blog.joeware.net/2005/09/14/67/

Once converted I could write the value using my code from above.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

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