Hey Jeb...I was told that you might know the answer to my question...When I try to go to RegEdit a box pops up and says it's been disabled by the administrator..I'm on the admin, so I was wonderin if u knew how to enable it..? Thankz

Why did joo ask for jeb specifically.

Find whatever is stopping you from doing that (fortres, winlogon, etc), and login with your admin account on that service...

Because was told he would probably know...

I said that Jeb might be able to help you. I thought taht he would be one of the first people, other than me, to see the thread (since he is a mod and they look at most threads).

Yes, Jeb does seem to post very long and very informative posts. Some of my questions he has answered have been very informative. Not necessarily exaclty what I was looking for but still somewhat helpful.

BUT I'M SURE ANYONE ELSE WOULD BE ABLE TO HELP YOU TO THE SAME EXTENT AS JEB.

But, WestCoastGangsta4Life, you should not have reposted your question. Someone would have helped you eventually.

Have you tried to download a program that lets you edit the regidtry, instead of manually doing it?

I know what you said...and thatz why I said that he would "PROBABLY" know...I didn't say he'd know for sure...and i just renamed it so it would catch HIS attention and not everyone else...but i guess i was wrong...

Yup....pretty much.

You should have left it.

All of this time you could have been searching google for the answer.

Um.....Did you take any of my advice.

1.Login "Administrator" account in safemode.

2.Search for a program to edit the registry.

Imma try it right now..

Yes, I think I can help you out. Keep in mind that I read every topic in this forum, and it's probably better to use a more descriptive subject line. If you have a question that I can answer / feel like answering, I'll do so as soon as I see it.

I assume you are running Windows XP? This is a result of a misconfigured security policy. It's meant for use in corporate computing environments to prevent users from screwing up their systems, but under certain circumstances a virus (I believe the Torvel (http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.hllw.torvel@mm.html) worm is one of them) or certain pieces of spyware may enable this feature without your intervention. Scan for viruses and spyware first using your preferred programs.

If that doesn't do it, this is how you disable the policy:

<UL TYPE=SQUARE><LI>Go to the "Run" prompt.

<LI>Execute "gpedit.msc".

<LI>There is a threaded view on the left side of the window.

<LI>Go to User Configuration, Administrative Templates, System.

<LI>Disable "Prevent access to registry editing tools".

<LI>If that doesn't work, there may be a function to do so under "secpol.msc". Check under Local Policies, Security Options.</UL>If you have trouble with that, save the following as a ".reg" file (e.g., "restore.reg"), and execute it:

code:<pre>Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\System]

"DisableRegistryTools"=dword:00000000</pre>

If that doesn't work, I'll have to write a program to do it, but hopefully one of the methods I outlined above will.

Oh, and for future reference, this type of question belongs in T&T, but I'll keep it here for now.

Edit: Formatting.

[This message has been edited by jebuonag (edited 05-11-2004).]

Ok, I just finished writing a program for you that will do the same thing as mentioned above. "EnableRegistryTools.cs", written in C# (yeah, C-Sharp; shutup):

code:<pre>using System;

using Microsoft.Win32;

class EnableRegistryTools

{

public static void Main(string [] Args)

{

RegistryKey key = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey("Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Poli cies\\System");



if (key == null)

{

key = Registry.CurrentUser.CreateSubKey("Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Poli cies\\System");

Console.WriteLine("Key Created...\n");

}



if (key.GetValue("DisableRegistryTools") != null)

{

key.SetValue ("DisableRegistryTools", 0);

key.Flush();

Console.WriteLine("Key Modified...\n");

}



Console.WriteLine("\nDone.");

return;

}



}</pre>

Here is the binary (http://members.cox.net/jebuonag/EnableRegistryTools.exe) for your convenience...

Use this program if the other options don't work.

Edit: Formatting.

[This message has been edited by jebuonag (edited 05-11-2004).]

quote:Originally posted by jebuonag:

Yes, I think I can help you out. Keep in mind that I read every topic in this forum, and it's probably better to use a more descriptive subject line. If you have a question that I can answer / feel like answering, I'll do so as soon as I see it.

I assume you are running Windows XP? This is a result of a misconfigured security policy. It's meant for use in corporate computing environments to prevent users from screwing up their systems, but under certain circumstances a virus (I believe the Torvel (http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.hllw.torvel@mm.html) worm is one of them) or certain pieces of spyware may enable this feature without your intervention. Scan for viruses and spyware first using your preferred programs.

If that doesn't do it, this is how you disable the policy:

<UL TYPE=SQUARE><LI>Go to the "Run" prompt.

<LI>Execute "gpedit.msc".

<LI>There is a threaded view on the left side of the window.

<LI>Go to User Configuration, Administrative Templates, System.

<LI>Disable "Prevent access to registry editing tools".

<LI>If that doesn't work, there may be a function to do so under "secpol.msc". Check under Local Policies, Security Options.</UL>If you have trouble with that, save the following as a ".reg" file (e.g., "restore.reg"), and execute it:

code:<pre>Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\System]

"DisableRegistryTools"=dword:00000000</pre>

If that doesn't work, I'll have to write a program to do it, but hopefully one of the methods I outlined above will.

Oh, and for future reference, this type of question belongs in T&T, but I'll keep it here for now.

Edit: Formatting.

[This message has been edited by jebuonag (edited 05-11-2004).]

very long and very informative

What did you expect?

jebuonag rules, everyone knows that.

?

You wrote him a program

...?

quote:Originally posted by Lundmark:

?

You wrote him a program

...?

Yes.

Jeb, When i click your binary..a box pops up and sayz "The aplication failed to initialize properly (0xc0000135) Click OK to terminate application"...Why is that...and also how do I use ur program you made..Do I put it in a folder or sumthin??thankz for your help Jeb...

I don't know what the problem would be, but I'll research it. Perhaps you need to run Windows Update and install the .NET Framework.

As I said, though, try the other options first. What happened when you tried to disable the policy using gpedit/secpol? What happened when you tried to modify the registry key using the .reg file?