Scars from the Worm - Admin account can't edit registry

[Jeff VW]

Hi,

I'm helping out my father-in-law whose computer was infected with a
SWEN worm a while back. We killed the worm, but the remnants are that
his (admin) user account cannot edit the registry. I can get in from
another admin account, but I'm not sure how to restore his account's
privileges. Any suggestions?

Thanks.

 

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

I'm helping out my father-in-law whose computer was infected with a
SWEN worm a while back. We killed the worm, but the remnants are that
his (admin) user account cannot edit the registry. I can get in from
another admin account, but I'm not sure how to restore his account's
privileges. Any suggestions?

Hi

To try to solve your problem, go to the following Web site:

http://www.dougknox.com

In the menu, select Security, Disable/Enable Registry Editing Tools.

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