Admin Rights

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I have two admin accounts on my XP professional, one is the built in admin
account (administrator) and the other is my personal account. No matter which
account I sign on with, if I go to make changes to the registry I get a
message that states I do not have the rights to edit this key. Any ideas?
 
This might help, though after being shot down in flames for an earlier
post, I must admit I'm reluctant to offer help in this group, however
well intentioned.

So I will let you work out what can be done from the link.

http://www.jsiinc.com/subg/tip3400/rh3494.htm

Check out the registry key section about taking ownership. It will
also tell you who is the owner at present.

I have two admin accounts on my XP professional, one is the built in admin
account (administrator) and the other is my personal account. No matter which
account I sign on with, if I go to make changes to the registry I get a
message that states I do not have the rights to edit this key. Any ideas?
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1) thanks for your reply and dont worry about being shot down in flames. A
few things that I have noticed is that for every one person who tries to
offer a solution there are twenty behind playing monday morning quarterback.
everyone is an expert after the fact. Havent had a chance to try your
suggestion as I am wandering down a different path, looking at possible
corrupt keys in my registry. I have found some sw to analyze the db and it
has pointed out a number of "bad" keys. I think that might have something to
do with my problem as well as another problem that has yet to be solved,
namely personal settings (on a different account) taking anywhere from 15-20
minutes to load. I am loathe to delete that account as it is the only one
that truly has admin rights to this machine. Short of formatting and
re-installing I am trying to "fix" the machine.
 
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