"Registry edit disabled by Administrator"

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Linas

I cannot run regedit because I get this error message.
"Registry edit disabled by Administrator". I suspect some
sort of spyware. I recently had a bout of Swen virus, but
that has cleared up, and then recently the regedit has
stopped working. Any suggestions?
Thanks, Linas
 
Linas said:
I cannot run regedit because I get this error message.
"Registry edit disabled by Administrator". I suspect some
sort of spyware. I recently had a bout of Swen virus, but
that has cleared up, and then recently the regedit has
stopped working. Any suggestions?
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Hi

Most likely, this is the work of Swen.

See http://www.dougknox.com, Security, Disable/Enable Registry Editing Tools.

This small VB Script will remove this restriction. If the first time the
script is run it says "Disabled", run it again.
 
Linas said:
I cannot run regedit because I get this error message.
"Registry edit disabled by Administrator". I suspect some
sort of spyware. I recently had a bout of Swen virus, but
that has cleared up, and then recently the regedit has
stopped working. Any suggestions?
Click to expand...

Hi

Most likely, this is the work of Swen.

See http://www.dougknox.com, Security, Disable/Enable Registry Editing Tools.

This small VB Script will remove this restriction. If the first time the
script is run it says "Disabled", run it again.
 
Use the Group policy editor
%windir%\system32\gpedit.msc
User Config\Admin Templates\System\Prevent Access To registry Editing
Tools="Not Configured"

(usually spyware/ junkware that sets this Reg_Dword decimal value to 1)
DisableRegistryTools
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
 
Use the Group policy editor
%windir%\system32\gpedit.msc
User Config\Admin Templates\System\Prevent Access To registry Editing
Tools="Not Configured"

(usually spyware/ junkware that sets this Reg_Dword decimal value to 1)
DisableRegistryTools
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
 
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