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Windows registry Anthony 12-29-2006
`--> Re: Windows registry Doug Knox - [MS...12-30-2006
Posted by Anthony on December 29, 2006, 8:48 pm
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I believe a program disabled registry editing. When I call the editor
(regedit.exe) an error sign tells me that "Registry editing has been disabled
by your administrator." I am the only administrator and unless some hacker
or a program has change this, I have not done any thing to change it. Is
there a way to enable registry editing again?

Posted by Michael Brown on December 30, 2006, 12:06 pm
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Run gpedit.msc, drill down User Configuration | Administrative Templates |
System then change the setting for Prevent access to registry editing tools
to not configured. Open a command prompt and type gpupdate /force. If this
machine is part of a domain your domain GPO's could be setting that value.

Mike


>I believe a program disabled registry editing. When I call the editor
> (regedit.exe) an error sign tells me that "Registry editing has been
> disabled
> by your administrator." I am the only administrator and unless some
> hacker
> or a program has change this, I have not done any thing to change it. Is
> there a way to enable registry editing again?


Posted by Doug Knox - [MS-MVP] on December 30, 2006, 1:32 pm
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See www.dougknox.com, Security, Disable/Enable Registry Editing Tools. This
small VB Script will undo this restriction. You also need to scan your
system for virus's and other malware, as REGEDIT is often disabled to make
it more difficult to remove these infections.

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>I believe a program disabled registry editing. When I call the editor
> (regedit.exe) an error sign tells me that "Registry editing has been
> disabled
> by your administrator." I am the only administrator and unless some
> hacker
> or a program has change this, I have not done any thing to change it. Is
> there a way to enable registry editing again?


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