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The Three Rs: Registry, Rebooting and RMI

Posted by Matt Gerrans on December 11, 2001 at 6:57 PM

> > How do I access/edit windowsNT/windows9x registry using java.

Use Microsoft's cheesy non-portable JVM implentation, or native methods -- the Java Native Interface (JNI).

> > How do I shutDown a remote system(windowsNT/windows9x) from java.

Same as above. This was also covered earlier in this forum, so if you do a search, you'll find more details.

> > How do i run a program on a remote system.i.e. I want the program should run on remote system when i invoke it.

There are many ways, but you could use RMI for starters. Essentially it boils down to having an RMI (or other) server running on the remote machine, which is ready to perform the tasks for you.

- mfg