Who is the "administrator"?

Twiller

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Hi,

Recently I tried to tweak my girlfriend's computer by editing the registry, and when I tried to run regedit a box popped up saying "Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator".

Her computer is a one-user PC. She's not really on a network, except for the DSL connection she has. It's a fairly old computer, and she's still using Windows 98. She's the only "user", and when she starts her computer she doesn't have to log in with a password.

So, who is her "administrator", and how can I change the permissions, or whatever they are called, to allow changes to the registry?

Thanks,

Allen
 

blcjr

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What is the history of this computer? Very odd to see this happening unless the computer was once part of a domain and had a system policy applied to it. IAC, it has been aeons since I did anything with 98, but I'm guessing you need to install and run the system policy editor to undo this setting.
 

ktwebb

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Yeah, get poledit off the CD and sniff around for a policy locking out the registry.
 

JackMDS

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Short of becoming a Registry Expert.

Load this free program. It has a huge amount of well explained option to deal with these issues.

X-SetUp
 

Twiller

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Thanks for the helpful information. The PC in question is about 6 years old and has always been a one-user PC. For a while she had a cable modem before she got DSL, but that is the only time she's been on a network of any kind. I DO know that in the past her computer has been infested with many viruses and a lot of spyware-type stuff, so maybe that had something to do with it.

In any case, I did a search for "system policy editor" and found quite a bit of helpful info on the Internet. This page was particularly helpful: http://www.zisman.ca/poledit/

I downloaded and installed the policy editor, and changed the settings, so now I can edit the registry.

Thanks again,

Allen