Re: Unable to delete Registry Items

In microsoft.public.win2000.registry Bob wrote:

> On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 02:10:02 -0700,
> "=?Utf-8?B?YmFycm93aGlsbA==?="
> <barrowhill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Mark,
>>
>>Thanks for useful reply
>
> While we are on the subject of Legacy keys, can someone explain
> their purpose and why you cannot delete them with Regedit.

They are the boot time enumeration of "legacy" (non-PnP) drivers for
the system. As they are created these keys inherit ACLs from the
parent key (which only allow DELETE from the SYSTEM account and thus
cannot be deleted directly from the registry by an Administrator).
Use the Device Manager interface (devmgmt.msc) instead. This is both
easier and *safer*.

May like reading at:

http://www.sysinternals.com/Information/BootTimeRegistryActivity.html
.

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