Drew Wutka
dbatech at wolfwares.com
Mon Jan 5 23:34:42 CST 2004
Not regedit32, regedt32 (my posting wasn't a misspelling). Just put that in the Start --> Run dialog. Drew -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Kathryn Bassett Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 11:26 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] How do I unlock the Registry (was RunDLL32) Drew suggested: > Just an off the wall suggestion, instead of using regedit, use regedt32. > Find the setting you want to change, and check the security settings on it. good thought, but... "cannot find the file 'regedit32' (or one of its components). Make sure the path and filename are correct and that all required libraries are available" I've also checked out that McAfee UNDO.REG that Marty suggested with no luck. My McAfee is current, and to be sure of everything I'm running a new scan right now. William said: > ...not a problem of the registry being locked Kati, so much as it not > recognizing you as an authorized Admin ...have you tried adding a new user > with Admin privileges? ...if you are an Admin already, you should be able to > do that ...if you can't, then we need to take a different approach I was able to add a user and set Admin privileges. -- Kathryn Rhinehart Bassett (Pasadena CA) "Genealogy is my bag" "GH is my soap" kathryn at bassett.net http://bassett.net _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com