Software Deployment

If I am reading your question correctly.
Try this;
'----------------code start ----------------------
Dim oNet
Set oNet = WScript.CreateObject("wscript.network")
strComputer = oNet.ComputerName
const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
Set StdOut = WScript.StdOut
Set oReg=GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" &_
strComputer & "\root\default:StdRegProv")
strKeyPath = "SOFTWARE\Informix\SqlHosts\" & strComputer
strValueName = "OPTIONS"
strValue = vbNullString
oReg.CreateKey HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,strKeyPath
oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,strKeyPath,strValueName,strValue
'----------------code end ----------------------

Regards,

That's fantastic, thanks. I didn't mean <hostname> to refer to the local PC name though, it's the host it's connecting to. I've no experience with VB script, how would I remove the feature that looks up the local machine name?

Not a problem, just a minor change.

Notice the new varible called strHostName, just replace the text between the quotes and your done.

'----------------code start ----------------------
Dim oNet
Set oNet = WScript.CreateObject("wscript.network")
strComputer = oNet.ComputerName
strHostName = "Enter the Host Name Here between the quotes"
const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
Set StdOut = WScript.StdOut
Set oReg=GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" &_
strComputer & "\root\default:StdRegProv")
strKeyPath = "SOFTWARE\Informix\SqlHosts\" & strHostName
strValueName = "OPTIONS"
strValue = vbNullString
oReg.CreateKey HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,strKeyPath
oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,strKeyPath,strValueName,strValue
'----------------code end ----------------------

I would recommend that you attempt to get a copy of the "Windows 2000 Scripting Guide" ISBN: 0735618674.
There is a wealth of information to be had there.

Kind Regards,

That works a treat - thanks very much!

Thanks for the book recommendation too, I've been looking for one for a while now in order to start learning more about scripting.