Re: Modifying the Registry

From: Kelly (kelly_at_mvps.org)
Date: 02/26/05 

Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 02:33:03 -0600

Hmmmm..................... 

-- 
All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)
Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
"Will Denny" <willdenny@mvps.org> wrote in message 
news:O8jqaI5GFHA.3352@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Hi Mike
>
> If you have Admin. rights, then you should be able to enable:
>
> 'Allow'
>
> On your specific Account.
>
> -- 
>
> Will Denny
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
> Please reply to the News Groups.
>
>
> "Mike Heath" <msheath@btinternet.com> wrote in message 
> news:cvo952$c05$1@sparta.btinternet.com...
> Hi Will,
>
> Thanks for your interest in my problem.
>
> I am the sole user of my PC so I am the Administrator. I am looking at the 
> following key:
>
> HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run
>
> When I do as you say, there are four groups: Administrators (me), Creator 
> Owner (don't know who this is), System and Users (me again).
>
> Permissions are as follows:
>
> Administrators: checks in 'Allow' box for Full Control, Read and Special 
> Permissions, other boxes unchecked
> Creator Owner: check in 'Allow' box for Special Permissions only, other 
> boxes unchecked
> System:    check in 'Allow' box for Full Control and Read only. Special 
> Permissions and other boxes unchecked
> Users:    same as Systems
>
> Needless to say, I can't change the permissions like I can't change or 
> delete values. Fortunately, everything else seems to be working OK on the 
> PC apart from this issue with Registry access.
>
> Any more ideas to try?
>
> -- 
>
> Yours, Mike
>
>
>  "Will Denny" <willdenny@mvps.org> wrote in message 
> news:uAqx%23M1GFHA.3484@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>  Hi
>
>  Right click on the appropriate setting in the Registry and select
>  Permissions.  What have you got enabled for your User Account?  It's got 
> to
>  be an Account with Administrator's rights.
>
>  -- 
>
>  Will Denny
>  MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>  Please reply to the News Groups.
>
>
>  "Mike Heath" <msheath@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>  news:cvnca6$cto$1@hercules.btinternet.com...
>  Tried Will's idea of rebooting in order to 'save' the Registry changes 
> but
>  it didn't work.
>
>  This time I also tried to delete a value but it wouldn't let me. At the
>  first the modification appears correctly on screen, but then if I click 
> on
>  another folder within Registry and then back again, the old value is back 
> in
>  place.
>
>  Is this a completely new problem or has anyone ever met it before?
>
>  -- 
>
>  Yours, Mike
>
>
>    "Raymond J. Johnson Jr." <RayJay@nospam.org> wrote in message
>  news:uk41EzpGFHA.2472@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>
>    "Mike" <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>    news:5CA315FC-E336-4935-ADD5-F18124D158FE@microsoft.com...
>    | Hi Raymond,
>    |
>    | OK, I use the Computer Associates product EZArmor for my firewall and
>    | antivirus. I recently upgraded this which went OK except that the 
> tray
>    icons
>    | refused to appear. I had a look at the autorun settings in
>    | HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run and saw that it 
> was
>    | trying to call up the wrong file - presumably the uninstall had not
>    removed
>    | the old one for some reason.
>    |
>    | I modified the value (having backed up the Registry!) and thought I 
> was
>    done
>    | but, as I said, on reopening Regedit, the changes had not been saved.
>    |
>    | I have implemented a workaround which is to put links to the two 
> files
>    into
>    | the Startup folder so I now get my tray icons but it worries me that 
> I
>    cannot
>    | seem to modify the Registry if I need to.
>    |
>    | "Raymond J. Johnson Jr." wrote:
>    |
>    | >
>    | > "Mike" <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>    | > news:C417A5FA-55E6-4BB6-9513-807E689929E8@microsoft.com...
>    | > | I know this is not something to do lightly and I know to backup
>  first
>    etc
>    | > but
>    | > | sometimes you need to change a value. My problem is that I just
>  tried
>    to
>    | > | modify a value but if I then close and reopen Regedit, the old 
> value
>    is
>    | > still
>    | > | unchanged. Can anyone advise me what to do to fix this? I have
>  already
>    | > looked
>    | > | at Edit/Permissions but that seems OK. I don't want to do a 
> System
>    Restore
>    | > | because I have no idea how long this situation has existed - 
> maybe
>  for
>    | > many
>    | > | months.
>    | > | --
>    | > | Mike
>
>    Try Will's advice--reboot after editing and before reopening regedit.
>
>
>
>
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