winexit error

[Guest]

When a limited account user uses the screen saver winexit I get the following
error dialogue window: "Error encountered while creating registry key. MAke
sure you have Set Value and Create Subkey PErmissions." Once the dialogue
box is closed it works.

What can I do stop this from happening?

Regards,

Hal

 

[Malke]

When a limited account user uses the screen saver winexit I get the
following
error dialogue window: "Error encountered while creating registry key.
MAke
sure you have Set Value and Create Subkey PErmissions." Once the
dialogue box is closed it works.

It sounds like something is running in the background that wants to
write to the registry before it exits and can't because it needs
elevated permissions to write to required registry keys. Do shutdown
troubleshooting, as well as clean-boot troubleshooting to determine
what is running in the background.

http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm - Shutdown Troubleshooter
Clean Boot - http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=310353
and How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

Malke

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hal,

The Winexit.scr does not run correctly under Limited accounts by default.
However, by altering the Permissions for a registry key, you can resolve the
problem.

Logoff Screen Saver Does Not Function in Windows NT:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=156677

Note that this KB was written for Windows NT, but very much applies to
Windows XP as well.

See also: for configuring the registry Permissions.

How To Use the Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Registry Editor Features:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310426

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


When a limited account user uses the screen saver winexit I get the
following
error dialogue window: "Error encountered while creating registry key. MAke
sure you have Set Value and Create Subkey PErmissions." Once the dialogue
box is closed it works.

What can I do stop this from happening?

Regards,

Hal