"Registry edit disabled by Administrator"

L

Linas

I cannot run regedit because I get this error message.
"Registry edit disabled by Administrator". I suspect some
sort of spyware. I recently had a bout of Swen virus, but
that has cleared up, and then recently the regedit has
stopped working. Any suggestions?
Thanks, Linas
 
T

Torgeir Bakken (MVP)

Linas said:
I cannot run regedit because I get this error message.
"Registry edit disabled by Administrator". I suspect some
sort of spyware. I recently had a bout of Swen virus, but
that has cleared up, and then recently the regedit has
stopped working. Any suggestions?

Hi

Most likely, this is the work of Swen.

See http://www.dougknox.com, Security, Disable/Enable Registry Editing Tools.

This small VB Script will remove this restriction. If the first time the
script is run it says "Disabled", run it again.
 
T

Torgeir Bakken (MVP)

Linas said:
I cannot run regedit because I get this error message.
"Registry edit disabled by Administrator". I suspect some
sort of spyware. I recently had a bout of Swen virus, but
that has cleared up, and then recently the regedit has
stopped working. Any suggestions?

Hi

Most likely, this is the work of Swen.

See http://www.dougknox.com, Security, Disable/Enable Registry Editing Tools.

This small VB Script will remove this restriction. If the first time the
script is run it says "Disabled", run it again.
 
D

Dave Patrick

Use the Group policy editor
%windir%\system32\gpedit.msc
User Config\Admin Templates\System\Prevent Access To registry Editing
Tools="Not Configured"

(usually spyware/ junkware that sets this Reg_Dword decimal value to 1)
DisableRegistryTools
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
 
D

Dave Patrick

Use the Group policy editor
%windir%\system32\gpedit.msc
User Config\Admin Templates\System\Prevent Access To registry Editing
Tools="Not Configured"

(usually spyware/ junkware that sets this Reg_Dword decimal value to 1)
DisableRegistryTools
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
 

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