Software Deployment

HKLM is for all users. HKCU would only apply to a specific user. Alternatively you can set a scheduled task using schtasks.exe if you need to run under elevated priviledges.

ORIGINAL: yarborg
HKLM is for all users. <nitpick>Not quite. The HKLM 'Run' key is accessed and its contents acted upon before any user logs in and is independent of any such log-in. To all intents and purposes, it amounts to the same thing in practice, of course, but the distinction might be important in certain circumstances.</nitpick>

The original post is a little vague, particularly when talking about package deployment. There are a couple of things to consider. One, you may want to consider placing actions which need to occur at login time into a login script; two, you may be better off using Active Setup. It depends on what is meant by 'something needs to be run'.

Only HKLM RunServices is acted on before a user logs in, all other user or machine Run keys launch after login..