Editing the registry

[Guest]

Hi, can anyone tell me how to edit the registry on a account that is limited.
I wanted to hide the "search" facilty for a praticular user (THE CURRENT USER
ONLY). i had to log in admin and then change the account type to "computer
administrator", and then log back into the account and then edit the
registry. is there a easier way?

regards

 

[Will Denny]

NO!!

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[Yves Leclerc]

With XP Pro, you could use "Group Policy", but it may not be available in
Home version.

 

[Kelly]

Yes. However, doing it that way seems a bit quicker. )

From an account with Administrator level access

1) Click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT
2) In Regedit, highlight the HKEY_USERS key and go to File, Load Hive.
3) Use the File Open dialog to go to the Documents and Settings\<username>
folder, where <username> is the account you wish to modify.
4) Highlight the NTUSER.DAT file in this folder (usually a hidden file) and
select Open.
5) You'll be prompted to enter a "Key name". You can use whatever you wish,
but I use the User's logon name.
6) You can now expand the Hive you just loaded and make any needed changes.
7) When finished, highlight this Hive again and go to File, Unload Hive.

NOTE: You MUST unload the Hive prior to logging on to the users account.
Otherwise XP may have trouble loading the user's profile.

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