Registry Security settings problem on SP1

[IT-Fraggel]

dear all,

i don't know how, but i have trouble with the security settings of the
registry. There are some keys in HKLM and HKCR which don't have the correct
permissions.

When i try to take the owner ship as Administrator i get the nie message
that some of the subkeys can't taken over from the owner ship, also some
installations even as administrator report registry problems.

Is there any way to set the registry security settings to the default values ?

Cheers and thanks

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

There are utilities to do that, but they do nothing you can't, since you
know how to set Permissions. Your only problem is understanding how to
acquire the power to do it in Vista. Rightclick a Command Prompt icon on
Start, and 'run as administrator'. From the prompt:

start regedt32

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[IT-Fraggel]

Thanks for the answer but i already did it in that way, alsi i try to use
psexec -i to run regedit in a system account, but the result is the same, i
can't take over the ownership of certain registry keys, also it is a ramp to
figure out which keys are effected ...

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

If you can't change the registry, you are not the admin, by definition. You
could always start a recovery prompt, and use REG.exe to do anything you
want.
If you had no access to the registry, even System Restore would be failing.
If I saw that on my system, I would be looking at file corruption problems.

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[Jon]

Thanks for the answer but i already did it in that way, alsi i try to use
psexec -i to run regedit in a system account, but the result is the same,
i
can't take over the ownership of certain registry keys, also it is a ramp
to
figure out which keys are effected ...

Possibly 'Windows Resource Protection' kicking in

About Windows Resource Protection

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa382503.aspx


If you have a Vista DVD, you can do as Mark hinted and make 'offline'
changes from the Recovery command prompt (although this is a bit techie,
since it involves loading and unloading hives), or if you're feeling even
more adventurous download the 'Windows Automated Installation Kit' and set
up your own recovery environment, which you could then add to your boot menu
using bcdedit etc.