Re: problem with msconfig [system configuration utility]

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I had this problem and found it to be caused by McAfee software. Once I
uninstalled McAfee, msconfig works as expected.

In addition to this problem, I found McAfee to be bothersome in other ways
like not stopping to scan out going emails when I told it to and not doing
System Guard when I turned it off.

"Ana" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I also have the same problem and I've one admin.
Ana

"albert" <invalid@xxxxxxxxxx> escribió en el mensaje
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System -- Pentium D, 2 Gig ram, XP Pro. Fully patched and up-to-date.
Currently protected by firewall and AV from Zone Alarm.

I am the sole user and administrator of this machine. My user ID is
identified by the system as being the Administrator.

When I use msconfig, I get this message after making changes:

"An Access Denied error was returned while attempting to change a
service.
You may need to log on using an Administrator account to make the
specified
changes."

That notification is annoying, but seems to be meaningless, as whatever
change I might make seem to be successfully applied and stay applied
[e.g., changes in boot.ini, changes in stuff under the Startup tab].

This behavior started some time, as best I recall, around late October,
early November 2006. I think it is related to some MS patch. Here's
why:

I always patch regularly, and keep it virus and malware-free through
regular
scans and updates. I use differing software, sometimes trying out stuff
and
removing it -- all the software is legit and from major firms. This
machine
originally had XP MCE. Around late Oct. to mid Nov., this "access
denied"
error started showing up [unfortunately I did not pay enough attention at
the time to figure out what had been recently installed or what patch was
most recent].

At the end of November I completely redid the machine with XP Pro - new
hard drive, reinstall from scratch. I did this over a period of several
days. As I went along, msconfig behaved normally. I assumed I had
triumphed over whatever glitch or software conflict had first caused that
behavior.

Since there were so many patches to install in the rebuild [using a
slipstreamed XP with sp2, and 2002 Office], and since MS makes it offers
to do multiple patches at once -- once I assumed I had licked the
problem, I stopped checking to see the behavior of MSCONFIG after each
stage of rebuilding the machine.

Well, the problem returned. So it is not something unique to my earlier
MCE installation. I did some searching on the internet, and found
references to this problem associated with Zone Alarm's security suite.
Although I currently use that software, I don't think that is the source
of the problem [because with the earlier MCE installation I had used
Norton's AV and Firewall -- and the problem first showed up with that
install]. Nonetheless, I tried out what was suggested with Zone Alarm,
including shutting down the whole thing -- but to no effect.

I have even seen a web reference to this kind of problem stating that it
might be a McAfee problem [ although I don't have McAfee on this
machine -- fyi, that link is:
http://www.oregontechsupport.com/support/windows_xp/ ]. Perhaps this is a
problem relating to firewalls, in general? But if so, then why would it
not appear in the machine when brand new [with a fully patched MCE 2005
install], or with a brand new XPSP2 install, and aftermarket firewalls in
place and functioning? I am stumped. Any comments, suggestion or ideas
will be appreciated.

TIA
albert





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