Disabled regedit

[Guest]

I tried to open regedit yesterday and it says that it was disabled by the
administrator. I am in an admin account and also if I go to onother user
account I can get into regedit. How did this get disabled and how can I
re-enable it on my primary account. Thanks Paul

 

[Guest]

I tried to open regedit yesterday and it says that it was disabled by the
administrator. I am in an admin account and also if I go to onother user
account I can get into regedit. How did this get disabled and how can I
re-enable it on my primary account. Thanks Paul

Scroll down to registry.
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_qr.htm

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the response and the link. It didn't work though. It would say the
same thing when I would try to click on the reg file or merge it. I figure
something got in there and did something but I don't know what. I'll try to
find another reg editing tool and do that. If anyone has another idea I'd
love to hear it Thanks again PAul

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

I tried to open regedit yesterday and it says that it was disabled by the
administrator. I am in an admin account and also if I go to onother user
account I can get into regedit. How did this get disabled and how can I
re-enable it on my primary account. Thanks Paul

Hi

This might be the work of a worm or something similar
(it could be from some spyware or parasite as well).

To try to solve your problem, do the following:

Copy and paste the URL address lines into your IE address bar:

http://www.dougknox.com

In the menu at http://www.dougknox.com, select Security,
Disable/Enable Registry Editing Tools.

This small VBScript will remove this restriction. If the
first time the script is run it says "Disabled", run it
again to enable registry edits again.


To try to find what has caused this:

Run a cleanup tool, e.g. Stinger.exe from McAfee, it removes 30+
virus/worms in one sweep.

McAfee AVERT Stinger
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/


and this one:

On Line Virus Scan
http://housecall.trendmicro.com

Be sure to run an updated Antivirus program at all times.


For the Spyware and Parasites part, you will need to run other tools:

Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

The Parasite Fight Quick Fix Protocol
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm