Registry changes

HI all
I just wanted to ask the best way of performing a certain function during OSD deployment.
We are building a citrix XD75 farm using SCCM, migrating away from MDT,
In MDT we use a script to alter some registry variables for example:
REM Improve UI consistency - replace 'Microsoft San Serif' with 'Tahoma' ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes"
/v "MS Shell Dlg" /d Tahoma /t REG_SZ /f REM Remove Briefcase from New menu DELETE HKCR\Briefcase /f
Now in MDT this works perfect every time no issues
so what I have done is turn the script into a package and add it into the OSD Sequence, now the sequence runs with no issues, however on competition
when I check the registry for the values which should be altered nothing has changed,
I need to know why and how to fix this as its seems that not being able to deploy stuff via the ADMIN account is proving to be a show stopper for
us as the moment
Many thanks.
Chris

HI Torsten
so the script is a simple .cmd file which is how we do all of our registry changes in MDT, I know that SCCM using the System account to run the OSD which is why I believe we are having so many issues with the migration of our processes from MDT to SCCM.
ah would seem I am being a numpty have checked the WOW64NODE as the OS being Server 2012R2 and yes all the registry entries are there correctly :)
thank you for your assistance :)
is there a recommended approach to registry editing during OSD for SCCM2012R2 I want to make sure im doing in the correct supported MS way
Chris

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