Re: Registry privileges?
From: Kent W. England [MVP] (kwe_at_mvps.org)
Date: 08/28/04
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Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 09:47:48 -0700
Doug Starkey wrote on 27-Aug-2004 9:33 AM:
> I have recently upgraded a piece of software (ADP PCPayroll) and
> everything went fine on all my workstations except my one Windows XP
> Professional station.
>
> I spent nearly an entire day on the phone with ADP trying to resolve the
> issue and they finally concluded that, "the user does not have complete
> access privileges to the registry".
> ...
>
> I do not understand how I could NOT have write privileges to the
> registry. Does anyone have a clue how this could happen? And, more
> importantly, how to fix it?
Just as with files, registry keys have permissions and you can be locked
out of a registry key without permission, even if you are an admin. Of
course, as an admin, you can change the key permissions to allow access,
but which key(s)? Only ADP knows.
You might be able to save yourself some time by trying to install the
software when logged on as each account that will use it. That trick
often works for game software, it might work in your case, otherwise,
you have to find the vendor keys (usually in HKLM\Software\vendor\app,
where "vendor" and "app" depend on your vendor and the application) and
then use the Permissions... menu item in regedit.exe to change the key
permissions. You likely can fix the problem by adding the Administrators
group with full permission, if you find that only the Administrator
account has write privilege.
-- Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows Security
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