Re: Admin Rights

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From: Michael (Michael_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/13/04 

Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 15:27:02 -0800

1) thanks for your reply and dont worry about being shot down in flames. A
few things that I have noticed is that for every one person who tries to
offer a solution there are twenty behind playing monday morning quarterback.
everyone is an expert after the fact. Havent had a chance to try your
suggestion as I am wandering down a different path, looking at possible
corrupt keys in my registry. I have found some sw to analyze the db and it
has pointed out a number of "bad" keys. I think that might have something to
do with my problem as well as another problem that has yet to be solved,
namely personal settings (on a different account) taking anywhere from 15-20
minutes to load. I am loathe to delete that account as it is the only one
that truly has admin rights to this machine. Short of formatting and
re-installing I am trying to "fix" the machine.

"GasMan" wrote:

> This might help, though after being shot down in flames for an earlier
> post, I must admit I'm reluctant to offer help in this group, however
> well intentioned.
>
> So I will let you work out what can be done from the link.
>
> http://www.jsiinc.com/subg/tip3400/rh3494.htm
>
> Check out the registry key section about taking ownership. It will
> also tell you who is the owner at present.
>
> On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 05:07:03 -0800, "Michael"
> <Michael@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >I have two admin accounts on my XP professional, one is the built in admin
> >account (administrator) and the other is my personal account. No matter which
> >account I sign on with, if I go to make changes to the registry I get a
> >message that states I do not have the rights to edit this key. Any ideas?
>
> Please remove obvious from email address if emailing.
>

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