Re: establishing file association

What happens if you logon as a new user? (create a new account in 'Users and Passwords').

Failing that these may help.

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=292175

What an In-Place Windows 2000 Upgrade Changes and What It Does Not Change
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=306952

Be sure to apply SP4 and these two below to your repair install before connecting to any network. Internet included. (sasser, msblast)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx

Then

Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?amp;displaylang=en&familyid=B54730CF-8850-4531-B52B-BF28B324C662&displaylang=en

FYI; Cross-post when necessary, but never multi-post. Cross-posting is when you include two or more groups in the "Newsgroups:" section. In this scenario the message and all responses are seen in all groups that the message was cross-posted to. In other words any replies will automatically propagate to the other newsgroup posts.

Multi-posting is when you post the same message to two or more groups individually. In this scenario the message is seen in the groups it is posted to, but the responses are only seen attached to the message (unless you cross-post the reply) in which the response was made. So those that frequent these groups then need to deal with or re-read the posts. It may seem like a small thing to keep track of. But some of us actively traverse 50 or more groups. The poster also then must search out all of the posts to see if there was a response.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

"eureka125" wrote:
Dave,
I now have the keys in HKLM and HKCU and value = 0
The box is still grayed out.
Problem not resolved.
Rick

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