write privileges in the registry?

[Guest]

I was looking at the properties for my com port 1 in device manager. In port
settings I click on advanced and the stupid message says "you must have write
privileges in the registry for this device in order to modify the device's
advanced settings".

what the hell? yes I am administrator.
should I slash my wrists and jump out the window?

Greg

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I was looking at the properties for my com port 1 in device manager. In port
settings I click on advanced and the stupid message says "you must have write
privileges in the registry for this device in order to modify the device's
advanced settings".

what the hell? yes I am administrator.
should I slash my wrists and jump out the window?

Greg

It would be less messy to right-click the problem key
and set the permissions you require.

 

[Newbie Coder]

I could set permissions using WMI in code in around 6 lines of code, but
you'd be able to pass any reg key to it too

 

[AJR]

Never saw that "problem" before - have you tried to set the receive/transmit
buffer registry settings?

 

[Guest]

Thanks all for the reply but, I have no idea what recieve/transmit buffer
registry settings is or how to set it. and... I cant right click the problem
key cause I have no idea what or where it is in the registry.

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

I was looking at the properties for my com port 1 in device manager. In
port settings I click on advanced and the stupid message says "you must
have write privileges in the registry for this device in order to
modify the device's advanced settings".

what the hell? yes I am administrator.
should I slash my wrists and jump out the window?

Scan your system for malware instead. If an administrator encounters the
problem of missing permissions, only malware being installed with your
administrative privileges will be the cause. Note that any malware being
capable to restrict your privileges may easily bypass any anti-virus as
well. Note also that trying to add the lost permissions to affected
registry keys is just patchwork and does *not* clean the compromised
system. The loss of permissions never comes out of the blue!