Warning Message when applying changes in MSConfig.

[Joe935]

I am signed on with only user id in XP Pro and when i make any changes and
click apply in msconfig i get the following:

"An access denied error was returned while attempting to change a service.
You may need to logon using an administrator account to make the specified
changes."

So far as i can tell the changes do take affect. But why am i getting the
error message. is this something new? Because I don't remember seeing this
message a while ago.
TIA
Joe Calderone Don't Force it, Use a bigger Hammer.

 

[Malke]

I am signed on with only user id in XP Pro and when i make any changes and
click apply in msconfig i get the following:

"An access denied error was returned while attempting to change a service.
You may need to logon using an administrator account to make the specified
changes."

So far as i can tell the changes do take affect. But why am i getting the
error message. is this something new? Because I don't remember seeing this
message a while ago.
TIA
Joe Calderone Don't Force it, Use a bigger Hammer.

What third-party security software do you have installed? You have some
program installed that is preventing you from making the change and only
you know what is on your computer. An example is McAfee.


Malke

 

[Joe935]

What third-party security software do you have installed? You have
some program installed that is preventing you from making the change
and only you know what is on your computer. An example is McAfee.


Malke

I have AVG installed. I also ran Ad-aware and Spybot S&D and both run clean.

Joe Calderone Don't Force it, Use a bigger Hammer.

 

[Malke]

I have AVG installed. I also ran Ad-aware and Spybot S&D and both run clean.

Joe Calderone Don't Force it, Use a bigger Hammer.

I'm not talking about doing a scan. I'm talking about some third-party
security program you have installed that is blocking the changes. IIRC
Spybot has this feature. Look under "Immunization" or the like. I don't
believe AVG free version does.


Malke

 

[Doug Knox - [MS-MVP]]

One possible culprit is an HP Printer driver.

http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic42578.html

 

[Joe935]

I'm not talking about doing a scan. I'm talking about some third-party
security program you have installed that is blocking the changes. IIRC
Spybot has this feature. Look under "Immunization" or the like. I
don't believe AVG free version does.


Malke

I checked spybot and had it remove all immunization although nothing bad was
blocked. and still get the message. I have no other security program

Joe Calderone Don't Force it, Use a bigger Hammer.

 

[Joe935]

One possible culprit is an HP Printer driver.

http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic42578.html

Doug, I checked that site. But it does not match my printer which is a HP
5610. also checked for the registry entry but i did not have that entry.
Any other ideas. I see there are a few people having this problem.
As I said the message doesn't seem to prevent the changes, only the message
is disconcerting



Joe Calderone Don't Force it, Use a bigger Hammer.

 

[Doug Knox - [MS-MVP]]

Many components of the HP printer drivers are shared among various different
models. The Registry entry may be there, just under a different printer
model. If all else fails, remove your printer driver and software. If this
resolves your issue, then its definitely the HP driver.

--
Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart
Display\Security
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com

 

[Joe935]

Many components of the HP printer drivers are shared among various
different models. The Registry entry may be there, just under a
different printer model. If all else fails, remove your printer
driver and software. If this resolves your issue, then its
definitely the HP driver.

Doug, thanks. I will check the HP site first. then i may just do that.

Joe Calderone Don't Force it, Use a bigger Hammer.

 

[Joe935]

Many components of the HP printer drivers are shared among various
different models. The Registry entry may be there, just under a
different printer model. If all else fails, remove your printer
driver and software. If this resolves your issue, then its
definitely the HP driver.

Doug Knox - [MS-MVP] wrote:
One possible culprit is an HP Printer driver.

http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic42578.html


I am signed on with only user id in XP Pro and when i make any
changes and click apply in msconfig i get the following:

"An access denied error was returned while attempting to change a
service. You may need to logon using an administrator account to
make the specified changes."

So far as i can tell the changes do take affect. But why am i
getting the error message. is this something new? Because I don't
remember seeing this message a while ago.
TIA
Doug, I checked that site. But it does not match my printer which is
a HP 5610. also checked for the registry entry but i did not have
that entry. Any other ideas. I see there are a few people having
this problem. As I said the message doesn't seem to prevent the
changes, only the
message is disconcerting



Joe Calderone Don't Force it, Use a bigger Hammer.

Doug, thanks. I will check the HP site first. then i may just do that.

Joe Calderone Don't Force it, Use a bigger Hammer.

HP says not their problem. I uninstalled all the printer software and sure
enough the problem still there.
The problem is there even when you return from diagnostic mode, so it cant
be any of the drivers. Has to be in the Windows XP OS. Any one?

Joe Calderone Don't Force it, Use a bigger Hammer.

 

[David Nimon]

There was a thread on the McAfee forum about this issue. Seems when a change
is made to any items in Msconfig, all items there are, for lack of a better
word, 're-initialized'. When it came to any of the McAfee items (and there
seemed to be a million items listed), the message would appear as McAfee
was, in a sense, trying to protect itself--even if your change was to
another item.

While I've removed McAfee, I still get the warning with AVG Free listed.

Bottom line is, as you noticed, any change you want to make does indeed get
done.

While the message is annoying and disconcerting, just ignore it.

--
David Nimon
dnimonREMOVE@##sympatico.ca

--------------------------------

 

[Poprivet]

Many components of the HP printer drivers are shared among various
different models. The Registry entry may be there, just under a
different printer model. If all else fails, remove your printer
driver and software. If this resolves your issue, then its
definitely the HP driver.

I had that problem and it was solved by the remove/reinstall of the HP
printer and drivers. From working with HP, it appears that the actual
culprit is the javaw.exe they use. The whole thing started over an issue
with the HP Toolbox monopolizing the cpu for no good reason. After I got
that taken care of, then I had the misconfig issue where it SAID it failed
to work, but it actually did work.
Should you go to fiddle with javaw.exe, be careful: There are multiple
versions/file sizes of it that aren't obvious. Be sure you get the one in
the HP directories.

HTH
Pop`

 

[Joe935]

It's not a spyware program that would be blocking you, but the
security software itself. Check in all three applications to see if
they are set to block unauthorized registry changes. In order to not
recieve a message when trying to edit the registry (through MSConfig)
you would have to disable that feature.



Stevo

http://www.howtofixcomputers.com

I checked thru the settings for all 3 apps and I can find no such option. I
also have winpatrol and i dont see an option for that.

Joe Calderone Don't Force it, Use a bigger Hammer.