DisableRegistryTools -- how to undo it? Can't use RegEdit!

Jeffrey Wagar

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Oct 1, 2003, 10:40:13 AM10/1/03

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A recent virus added DisableRegistryTools=1 to HKey
Current User section and he cannot change certain program
settings that are normally written & saved in the
registry. I cannot run RegEdit or RegEdit32 to edit the
registry because this key has disable it. I don't want to
have to crate a new user and port all his applications &
settings to it if I can avoid it. Any suggestions? Both
McAfee and Norton offered a free download patch that
removed the virus and undid its alterations to the
registry, but missed this [crucial] setting.

Dave Patrick

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Oct 1, 2003, 7:20:48 PM10/1/03

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Use the Group policy editor
%windir%\system32\gpedit.msc
User Config\Admin Templates\System\Prevent Access To registry Editing
Tools="Not Configured"

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]

crouchie1998

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Oct 1, 2003, 7:52:53 PM10/1/03

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Please e-mail me & I can send you the unlock registry
file. All you have to do then is run it, click Yes & then
click ok at the end. 2 Seconds tops.
Earlier today, I was coding my own program that creates
this exact file.

Its up-to-you. I can help if you trust me or otherwise,
sorry find someone else to help you.

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>

Mark Blain

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Oct 1, 2003, 9:06:55 PM10/1/03

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On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 07:40:13 -0700, "Jeffrey Wagar" <jwa...@chopin.com>
wrote:

Here are two solutions I found for you to investigate:

Log in as a different user to apply a fix that will load when the
original user logs in.
<http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=%23%24IK2QEsBHA.2432%40tkmsftngp07>

Run a repair tool to fix the key.
<http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=056601c380b2%240cfb36b0%24a401280a%40phx.gbl>

RCastee

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Oct 2, 2003, 4:50:52 PM10/2/03

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Can you please email me this unlock registry file? I've
tried all other options and nothing is working so far.
THANKS!!

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Robert Strom

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Oct 3, 2003, 2:43:38 AM10/3/03

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Try this script

BEGIN Script
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

@echo off

GOTO BEGIN

Enable Registry Editing

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

The following registry value:

Value Name: DisableReistryTools
Data Type: REG_DWORD -Boolean
Value Data Range: 0, 1 (False, True) Default: 0 (False)

This script requires the Windows 2000 Support Tools Utility REG.EXE
The Windows 2000 Support Tools are included on the Windows 2000 CD-ROM
in the \Support\Tools directory - Run SETUP.EXE from this directory to
install this useful tool and others

This script will Enable (Off / False - default setting) the Windows 2000
Registry Editing Tools

:BEGIN

REG ADD
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
/v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
END Script

The actual REG command will probably wrap in this post. The line begins with
REG ADD and ends with /d 0 /f

As stated, the script relies on the REG.EXE command line utility. The Win2k,
XP, or 2003 versions should all work. put REG.EXE and the script onto a
floppy and run it.

HTH,

Robert Strom

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Mark V

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Oct 3, 2003, 5:40:47 AM10/3/03

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Robert Strom wrote in news:e1M$umXiDH...@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl:

> Try this script
>
>
> BEGIN Script
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> @echo off
>
> GOTO BEGIN
>
> Enable Registry Editing
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policie
> s\System
>
> The following registry value:
>
> Value Name: DisableReistryTools
> Data Type: REG_DWORD -Boolean
> Value Data Range: 0, 1 (False, True) Default: 0 (False)
>
> This script requires the Windows 2000 Support Tools Utility
> REG.EXE The Windows 2000 Support Tools are included on the Windows
> 2000 CD-ROM in the \Support\Tools directory - Run SETUP.EXE from
> this directory to install this useful tool and others
>
> This script will Enable (Off / False - default setting) the
> Windows 2000 Registry Editing Tools
>
>
>:BEGIN
>
> REG ADD
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> END Script

[ ]
>
> Robert Strom

Very Neat. May I repost at need (with attribution)?

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Mark V

Robert Strom

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Oct 3, 2003, 10:11:12 PM10/3/03

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Sure, NP

I wrote it for another consultant in our company who locked himself out of
using his registry tools a couple of years ago. Feel free to pass it along.

Robert

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