Software Deployment

Hi everyone,

I'm currently working on "IBM iSeries Access for Windows V5R4M0" and have a problem while a profile-fix (self-repair) occur to update a HKCU registry entry.

Some info:
Registry table
Registry Root Key Name Value Component_
registry54 1 Software\IBM\Client Access Express\CurrentVersion\Volatile\Communication\Time Stamps\192.168.10.10 Default User Mode #2 CurrentUser

MSI-Log
Executing op: RegOpenKey(Root=-2147483647,Key=Software\IBM\Client Access Express\CurrentVersion\Volatile\Communication\Time Stamps\192.168.10.10,,BinaryType=0)
Executing op: RegAddValue(Name=Default User Mode,Value=#2,)
Note: 1: 1401 2: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\IBM\Client Access Express\CurrentVersion\Volatile\Communication\Time Stamps\192.168.10.10 3: 1021

Message Code 1401 = Could not create key: [2]. System error [3].
net helpmsg 1021 = Cannot create a stable subkey under a volatile parent key.

Process Monitor
Process Name Operation Path Result Detail
msiexec.exe RegCreateKey HKU\S-1-5-21-1801674531-1078145449-682003330-1004\Software\IBM\Client Access Express\CurrentVersion\Volatile\Communication\Time Stamps\192.168.10.10 0xC0000181 Desired Access: Read/Write

Result code 0xC0000181 (STATUS_CHILD_MUST_BE_VOLATILE) = An attempt was made to create a stable subkey under a volatile parent key.

So what happens during logon for a user is that the "HKCU\Software\IBM\Client Access Express\CurrentVersion\Volatile\Communication\Time Stamps\192.168.10.10" key has already been created, I'm not sure yet which background process/service is creating the registry but it has been (guessing again) created with the RegCreateKeyEx function + REG_OPTION_VOLATILE option.

As I need to add the "Default User Mode" DWORD entry (value doesn't seem to make any difference) to set the "Prompt every time" "iSeries Signon Information" option for the 192.168.10.10 connection I need to go around this problem.

So; any idea how this could be solved?
I havn't tried to add the registry key to the RemoveRegistry table yet and then repair it as normal (through Registry table) but I guess that is my next attempt.