can't do regedit as administrator

[Lucia]

Hi,

I'm trying to install a particular program but am blocked
with the message "registry editing is disabled by
administrator". I AM the administrator but can't find
the regedit file. I'm blocked from that too.

Anyd ideas?

 

[Pat Garard]

G'Day Lucia,
Check the configuration of your Security Software.
--
Regards,
Pat Garard
Australia

Anne & Pat Garard.
apgarardATbigpondDOTnetDOTau
_______________________________________________

 

[Gord]

I have been getting the same message. Unfortunately, I'm
a novice when it comes to things like this and I haven't
a clue as to what the answer below means. I got another
answer from a company that told me to make sure I was
logged on as administrator (I am, or so it says), and to
make sure that I have "full permissions" set in my user
account. I haven't a clue as to what this means,
either. I've found some XP references to Security but I
can't find anything about permissions.
Can anyone explain this to me, step by step?

Thanks for any help,

Gord Lindsay

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Utilities, Windows XP Security Console. This
restriction, and many others can be controlled with this utility.

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
Hi,

I'm trying to install a particular program but am blocked
with the message "registry editing is disabled by
administrator". I AM the administrator but can't find
the regedit file. I'm blocked from that too.

Anyd ideas?
.

Here -- right or wrong -- is how I managed to stop
getting the message "Registry editing has been disabled."
In my case, I was getting it from a program called PCDOC
On Call Repair which wasn't able to edit
the registry in order to permanently fix some recurring
problems.
After I did the following, I no longer got that message
from the program. Presumably it was
able to get into my registry and fix what was wrong. Now
I don't know anything about this stuff
so I can't recommend these steps to anyone. Perhaps you
should check with someone whom you know to be an expert
before doing this, I did it, though, and lived -- so far.
1. Windows search for "regedit.exe"
The correct hit had an icon that looked like a blue
Rubik's cube coming apart.
2. Left click on icon to open the program
3. Down the left hand side were five folders beginning
with HKEY_ or something like that.
4. I right-clicked on each of the folders, and selected
Permissions from the menu
5. Rightly or wrongly, I checked the boxes under Allow
for Full Control and Read for just about every user in
every HKEY folder (I'm the only one who uses my computer;
I saw a "user unknown" once, and did not allow control
for that one). These are the folders, btw, not the
files. I didn't expand the folders.
The next time I ran my fixit program, I no longer got
the "registry editing disabled" message.
Try this at home at your own risk ...

Good Luck,

Gord Lindsay