How to undo/fix Windows XP's registry permissions?

[Ant]

I have a dillema with a user's Windows XP machine. Somehow the registry
permissions got messed up. It seems to be missing group and user names
and/or permissions. I get blank generic icons on desktop and Start Menu,
can't run any EXE files, etc.

Is there a way to undo this or reset the permissions back to
defaults/original values?

Thank you in advance.
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[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

I have a dillema with a user's Windows XP machine. Somehow the registry
permissions got messed up. It seems to be missing group and user names
and/or permissions. I get blank generic icons on desktop and Start Menu,
can't run any EXE files, etc.

Is there a way to undo this or reset the permissions back to
defaults/original values?

Thank you in advance.

Hi,

As long as this is a WinXP Pro computer:

How To Reset Security Settings Back to the Defaults
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=313222

If you only want to reset the registry permissions, add this to the
secedit command line:

/areas REGKEYS

 

[Haggis]

I have a dillema with a user's Windows XP machine. Somehow the registry
permissions got messed up. It seems to be missing group and user names
and/or permissions. I get blank generic icons on desktop and Start Menu,
can't run any EXE files, etc.

Is there a way to undo this or reset the permissions back to
defaults/original values?

Thank you in advance.
--
"When many work together for a goal, great things may be accomplished. It
is said a lion cub was killed by a single colony of ants." --Saskya
Pandita
/\___/\
/ /\ /\ \ Phillip (Ant) @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site)
| |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net
\ _ / Remove ANT from e-mail address: (e-mail address removed)
( ) or (e-mail address removed)
Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.

open start> "help and support" and type in "system restore" it will walk
you through the rest

 

[Phillip Pi]

Hi,

As long as this is a WinXP Pro computer:

How To Reset Security Settings Back to the Defaults
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=313222

If you only want to reset the registry permissions, add this to the
secedit command line:

/areas REGKEYS

What happens if it is Home? I haven't tried this yet.
--
Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
Norton SystemWorks (PC)
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com

 

[Phillip Pi]

open start> "help and support" and type in "system restore" it will walk
you through the rest

One problem: I can't run System Restore nor cmd.exe! It is EXE! I can't
get into Windows' safe mode either.
--
Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
Norton SystemWorks (PC)
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

What happens if it is Home? I haven't tried this yet.

Secedit.exe isn't available for WinXP Home...

 

[Phillip Pi]

Secedit.exe isn't available for WinXP Home...

Well, bad news. I couldn't run ANY exe files including cmd.exe. I
think this XP is gone.
--
Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
Norton SystemWorks (PC)
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com

 

[Phillip Pi]

I have a dillema with a user's Windows XP machine. Somehow the registry
permissions got messed up. It seems to be missing group and user names
and/or permissions. I get blank generic icons on desktop and Start Menu,
can't run any EXE files, etc.

Is there a way to undo this or reset the permissions back to
defaults/original values?

Thank you in advance.

FYI. The issue is here in details:
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/t1132966741
--
Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
Norton SystemWorks (PC)
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com