Registry editing disabled

D

Danielle

Hello,
I have Windows XP and I am trying to remove a few viruses from my PC. My
anti-virus program has advised me to remove them manually through by editing
the registry.

However, when I click start, run, regedit I recieve an error "registry
editing has been disabled by your administrator"

I am the administrator, and have two users on this computer, how do I adjust
this setting in order to edit the registry?

Any help would be great!
 
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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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Hello,
| I have Windows XP and I am trying to remove a few viruses from my PC. My
| anti-virus program has advised me to remove them manually through by
editing
| the registry.
|
| However, when I click start, run, regedit I recieve an error "registry
| editing has been disabled by your administrator"
|
| I am the administrator, and have two users on this computer, how do I
adjust
| this setting in order to edit the registry?
|
| Any help would be great!
|
|
 

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