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Teconmoon
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Posted on 01-04-08 03:22:07 PM Link | Quote
When I try to access RegEdit on my account on my computer, I get this shit.



What the hell is this? I AM THE ADMINISTRATOR!
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Posted on 01-04-08 03:40:44 PM (last edited by Hiryuu at 01-04-08 12:41 PM) Link | Quote
If it's on XP, are you actually using the admin account or are you using a user account that you created upon XP being installed?

If you're on a user account and not that admin account, that will cause that error if it's been disabled for whatever reason. If it doesn't show up, run XP in Safe Mode. It'll show then.

If it's not, then I can only guess...really isn't enough info to go on past an error message.

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Posted on 01-04-08 03:52:10 PM Link | Quote
Yea, I am using the account I made when I installed XP.

But I somehow fixed the problem. Spybot showed that my configuration had been somehow changed... But W/e it's fixed so this topic can get canned.
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Posted on 01-04-08 04:17:20 PM Link | Quote
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Yeah, I've had this happen for regedit and Task Manager. There's a set of Registry keys that are set up to disable those utilities, and nothing set up to check against unauthorized changes apparently.

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Posted on 01-04-08 04:19:23 PM Link | Quote
Yea, somehow the registry got modified to disable the regedit for me...
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Posted on 01-04-08 04:22:16 PM Link | Quote
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Here, copy and paste this into a text file, then rename it to a .bat file.

REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
REG add HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System /v DisableCMD /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f


This basically just sets Windows to allow regedit, Task Manager, and command prompt when they've been disabled.

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Posted on 01-04-08 04:24:38 PM Link | Quote
Hey, thanks! This will be useful if it ever happens again... and for school.
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Posted on 01-04-08 09:06:10 PM Link | Quote
I find it stupid how Windows allows programs to edit the registry under a user that has no right to do so...

And is there at least a function that would alert the user when some program attempts to edit the registry? Seriously if there were, 80% of viruses would be history.

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Posted on 01-04-08 10:26:26 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Jelly Beanie
I find it stupid how Windows allows programs to edit the registry under a user that has no right to do so...

And is there at least a function that would alert the user when some program attempts to edit the registry? Seriously if there were, 80% of viruses would be history.
There's an anti-spyware program that does so, but no built-in Microsoft program. Not that Microsoft would do it correctly anyways.

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Posted on 01-04-08 10:26:50 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Jelly Beanie
And is there at least a function that would alert the user when some program attempts to edit the registry? Seriously if there were, 80% of viruses would be history.

UAC. Most users disable it. Not to mention, Microsoft's own knowledge database tells you that it's completely optional to implement in your own programs; aka, viruses can legitimately bypass any UAC prompts.
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Posted on 01-05-08 12:17:22 AM Link | Quote
Jul - Post #2049 - 01-04-08 07:17:22pm
Originally posted by chungy
it's completely optional to implement in your own programs
Ahahahaha. Please tell me you're joking.

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Posted on 01-10-08 02:23:57 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Sukasa
REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
REG add HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System /v DisableCMD /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f



Access is Denied? Boo Hoo.
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Posted on 01-10-08 02:29:13 PM Link | Quote
Are you sure your account is not set to limited?
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Posted on 01-10-08 06:40:40 PM Link | Quote
Jul - Post #2125 - 01-10-08 01:40:40pm
The way I've always seen it done is to import a .reg file:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"DisableTaskMgr"=dword:00000000
"DisableRegistryTools"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System]
"DisableCMD"=dword:00000000

It's fussy about the format though. You MUST have those two line breaks at the end.

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