Regedit: Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator

[indiauday]

Hello friends,
I am new user to this community.

My problem is when I try to open registry editor by start> run > regedit, it displays this message.
"Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator"

I logon with administrator administrator account, then why it gives this message.

Thank you for reading my post.

[bartonc]

Hello friends,
I am new user to this community.

My problem is when I try to open registry editor by start> run > regedit, it displays this message.
"Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator"

I logon with administrator administrator account, then why it gives this message.

Thank you for reading my post.

Is your OS XP Pro, or some other (Home) version?

[bartonc]

Is your OS XP Pro, or some other (Home) version?

If it's XP Pro, you'll want to check your group policy settings.
To run the Group Policy Editor, see How To Use the Group Policy Editor to Manage Local Computer Policy in Windows XP.
In that editor, go to Local Computer Policy->User Configuration->Administrative Templates->System. In there, check the item called "Prevent access to registry editing tools" and make sure that it is not enabled.

Hope that helps.

[indiauday]

I am using windows XP professional with service pack 2.

[indiauday]

Thank you Bartonc,

my problem is solved. You seem to have great knowledge of Windows
Thank you very much , bye n take care

[bartonc]

Thank you Bartonc,

my problem is solved. You seem to have great knowledge of Windows
Thank you very much , bye n take care

Glad to be of assistance. I actually learned something on this one.

[udhayakarthick]

hi everybody i see some code(which i given below) in a site and save it as regtools.vbs then i double click that icon. this disable my regedit. Now i am unable to enable it again.
please give me solution..
it is very urgent i am unable to install new softwares in my system.



'

Enable/Disable Registry Editing tools
'© Doug Knox - rev 12/06/99
Option Explicit
'Declare variables
Dim WSHShell, n, MyBox, p, t, mustboot, errnum, vers
Dim enab, disab, jobfunc, itemtype
Set WSHShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
p = "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\"
p = p & "DisableRegistryTools"
itemtype = "REG_DWORD"
mustboot = "Log off and back on, or restart your pc to" & vbCR & "effect the changes"
enab = "ENABLED"
disab = "DISABLED"
jobfunc = "Registry Editing Tools are now "
'This section tries to read the registry key value. If not present an
'error is generated.  Normal error return should be 0 if value is
'present
t = "Confirmation"
Err.Clear
On Error Resume Next
n = WSHShell.RegRead (p)
On Error Goto 0
errnum = Err.Number
if errnum <> 0 then
'Create the registry key value for DisableRegistryTools with value 0
 WSHShell.RegWrite p, 0, itemtype
End If
 

[bartonc]

If you have XP Pro, I can guide you in doing this from the Group Policies Editor.

[bartonc]

If you have XP Pro, I can guide you in doing this from the Group Policies Editor.

Here is a link to that discussion.

[udhayakarthick]

thank u for ur help.
thanks a lot. i recover from that problem

regards
udhaya

[bartonc]

thank u for ur help.
thanks a lot. i recover from that problem

regards
udhaya

Thanks for the update. Glad it worked out.

[annipanni]

thanx buddy , i am also catch the same problem , but now i am able to open my registry , great solution , it really wrks, i even waste my time in many sites , but they only fake i think i can trust u even in future.

[bartonc]

thanx buddy , i am also catch the same problem , but now i am able to open my registry , great solution , it really wrks, i even waste my time in many sites , but they only fake i think i can trust u even in future.

We try to give accurate and useful information. Thanks for the acknowledgment.

[epots9]

thanx buddy , i am also catch the same problem , but now i am able to open my registry , great solution , it really wrks, i even waste my time in many sites , but they only fake i think i can trust u even in future.

We try to give accurate and useful information. Thanks for the acknowledgment.

Alot of us have gone through this too and it can be annoying to fix, so we are always happy and willing to help out everyone.

[Chrisjc]

thanx buddy , i am also catch the same problem , but now i am able to open my registry , great solution , it really wrks, i even waste my time in many sites , but they only fake i think i can trust u even in future.

Yes the great Barton is always here at "thescripts.com" =)

No but I agree with you, there are alot of FAKE sites out there and I myself am very glad I ran in on "thescripts" one day as looking for a solution a year ago.

Glad we have people here that devote time into helping others insted of going down to a local shop and paying 200 bucks to get a computer defraged.

Not that I have ever done this but I am sure most of you get the point =)

[raghu1954]

Hello friends,
I am new user to this community.

My problem is when I try to open registry editor by start> run > regedit, it displays this message.
"Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator"

I logon with administrator administrator account, then why it gives this message.

Thank you for reading my post.

me is the same problem can anyone give a solution?

[bartonc]

me is the same problem can anyone give a solution?

The solution has been posted in this thread. It is in reply #3, above.

[thuggiemoore]

my windows registry is giving a message, saying it has been disabled by your administrator pls assist thanks

[bartonc]

my windows registry is giving a message, saying it has been disabled by your administrator pls assist thanks

The solution has been posted in this thread. It is in reply #3, above.

[ravikumardk]

The solution has been posted in this thread. It is in reply #3, above.

Regedit:Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator

[monirul arfin]

bartonc,
many many thanks to you. my problem is solved by what you suggest. thank you again .bye tack care.

monirul.

If it's XP Pro, you'll want to check your group policy settings.
To run the Group Policy Editor, see How To Use the Group Policy Editor to Manage Local Computer Policy in Windows XP.
In that editor, go to Local Computer Policy->User Configuration->Administrative Templates->System. In there, check the item called "Prevent access to registry editing tools" and make sure that it is not enabled.

Hope that helps.

[bartonc]

bartonc,
many many thanks to you. my problem is solved by what you suggest. thank you again .bye tack care.

monirul.

You are welcome. That reminds me: I should probably copy that one to the Windows Tips and Tricks Article.

I'm so glad that you found my post helpful.

[gothicwanabe]

Hey bartonc

Ive started to do what you have suggested and i am a bit of a novice computer wise but when i run that mmc console and go to "add/remove snap in" and then go to "add" the group policy option doesn't show up am i doing it right?

[bartonc]

No, sir. Add/Remove is not what you want. You must use GPEdit. Please, see How To Use the Group Policy Editor to Manage Local Computer Policy in Windows XP.

The strange thing, here, is: The article says; "Applies to Window XP Professional", but I've used this on a Media Center system and figured that it would work on Home Edition system as well. Well, I've just tried that and it doesn't work on XP Home Edition.

[bartonc]

The strange thing, here, is: The article says; "Applies to Window XP Professional", but I've used this on a Media Center system and figured that it would work on Home Edition system as well. Well, I've just tried that and it doesn't work on XP Home Edition.

I just had limited success getting gpedit to work on Home Edition:

• Copy gpedit.dll and gpedit.mmc from XP Pro to the system32 folder

• regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\gpedit.dll

  in a cmd window

Allows access to Internet Explorer policies on XP Home Edition.

[gothicwanabe]

The strange thing, here, is: The article says; "Applies to Window XP Professional", but I've used this on a Media Center system and figured that it would work on Home Edition system as well. Well, I've just tried that and it doesn't work on XP Home Edition.

yeah i got home edition

[netrapal]

If it's XP Pro, you'll want to check your group policy settings.
To run the Group Policy Editor, see How To Use the Group Policy Editor to Manage Local Computer Policy in Windows XP.
In that editor, go to Local Computer Policy->User Configuration->Administrative Templates->System. In there, check the item called "Prevent access to registry editing tools" and make sure that it is not enabled.

Hope that helps.

Ya its working well now,thank u so much
regards netrapal

[bartonc]

Ya its working well now,thank u so much
regards netrapal

I'm so glad that you have found the help you were looking for here on TSDN!

Thanks for joining.

[Katm]

I am having the same problem with XP home edition ("registry editing has been disbled by your administrator"). I am not an IT person and do not know much about computer codes. Could somebody explain simply step by step what I need to do to fix this?

Thanks!

[bartonc]

I am having the same problem with XP home edition ("registry editing has been disbled by your administrator"). I am not an IT person and do not know much about computer codes. Could somebody explain simply step by step what I need to do to fix this?

Thanks!

USE AT YOUR OWN RISK and please tell us your results:

I'd try this one first:
1. Click Start, Run and type this command exactly as given below: (better - Copy and paste)

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

I can't vouch for either of them but I hope the info helps those who get caught by this problem.

That is for Windows XP Home, Windows XP professional has a tool to change this setting, or so I read.

As a last resort:

A small download from here claims to fix the problem once it is run once...
http://www.dougknox.com/security/scr...c/regtools.htm

[vinodkumpv]

[quote=Katm]I am having the same problem with XPprofessional("registry editing has been disbled by your administrator").

[bartonc]

The solution has been posted in this thread. It is in reply #3, above.

The solution has been posted in this thread. It is in reply #3, above.

[Tsitsi]

Someone please help. I tied using the Group Policy recovery( disable - prevent access to registry editing tools) it just won't work. Please help, i think its a worm preventing me from editing my registry. There's a popup message that reads "registry editing has been disabled by your administrator.

[Killer42]

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you..._administrator

[bartonc]

Someone please help. I tied using the Group Policy recovery( disable - prevent access to registry editing tools) it just won't work. Please help, i think its a worm preventing me from editing my registry. There's a popup message that reads "registry editing has been disabled by your administrator.

I have merged two threads containing the same question.

Now, the solution has been posted in this thread. It is in reply #3, above.

[netrapal]

my gpedit.msc command is not working can u tell how to enable it
thanks

[bartonc]

my gpedit.msc command is not working can u tell how to enable it
thanks

It does not work on XP Home Edition. Do you have XP Pro or Media Center Edition?

[netrapal]

It does not work on XP Home Edition. Do you have XP Pro or Media Center Edition?

Ok its home Edition so this is the reason... any way can u tell me how to enable task manager.
Regards
Netrapal

[bartonc]

Ok its home Edition so this is the reason... any way can u tell me how to enable task manager.
Regards
Netrapal

A search of this forum turned a solution to that problem here.

[bartonc]

Ok its home Edition so this is the reason... any way can u tell me how to enable task manager.
Regards
Netrapal

I found this recently, but have not tested it. Use at your own risk:

Enabling Task Manager from Registry Editor
1. Go to “Start” -> “Run” -> Write “regedit” and press on “Enter” button.
Warning: Modifying your registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system.
Always backup your files before doing this registry hack.

2. Navigate to the following registry keys and verity that following settings set to default:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\System]
“DisableTaskMgr”=dword:00000000
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Group Policy Objects\LocalUser\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\System]
“DisableTaskMgr”=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\policies\system\]
“DisableTaskMgr”=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
“DisableCAD”=dword:00000000
3. Reboot the computer.

[nelabotlasreekanth]

hi all,
i am sreekanth. i have copied some data from one hardisk to another hard and after that my taskmanager ,regedit,cmd etc all are been disabled . when ever i enable them and when i again log into my system after some time the same problem is coming again.. please help me

[ayssa]

i have the same problem as the user post a comment here....i do lots of commands like what u said and i did also the download the regtools.vbs and the unhookexec......and this: REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f...................but still when i restart the computer it always prompt the same problem.....please give me the possible solution that can do enabled the registry editing in my computer even i shut it down and restart it again....

[ayssa]

i also did reformat my pc and still it have the same problem...then i try to wipe my hard disk out and install again the pc in the second time around but still i have the same problem.....please have mercy to have solution in this mesh.......thanks in advance

[balajicm]

Try this command prompt

reg delete HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\System

Then restart your system

Regards,
Balaji C.M

Hello friends,
I am new user to this community.

My problem is when I try to open registry editor by start> run > regedit, it displays this message.
"Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator"

I logon with administrator administrator account, then why it gives this message.

Thank you for reading my post.

[yerepramo]

Is your OS XP Pro, or some other (Home) version?

I have the same problem,
first my task manager is disabled
i get an error message "Task Manager is disabled by your administrator"
so i search for it in Windows Help, said i should run regedit
but when i did, i get the same error message
"Registry Editing is disabled by your Administrator"
i am using WINDOWS XP HOME.

[Chrisjc]

Iv kind of scanned through this thread and got the jist of everything… I think I might have solution in my head however it is at a medium level of knowledge for a PC user, however I will make a step by step sheet to explain how it can be done just by printing this out.

Now Iv read a few times that this issue can not be reformatted however I believe we can by pass this and format the “HD” (Hard Drive). NOTE: any thing on your “HD” will be lost so only follow through with this concept if your okay with that.

You will need the following.

1. Time! Could take anywhere from 2 to 5 hours.
2. Your computer
3. The HD that is infected
4. Another HD at least 5 gigs
5. Your Operating system CD’ that came with your PC. (Unless a custom PC you will need the OS CD of your choice/have.)

Step 1. Print this guild out.

Step 2. Power down you PC and open up your computer case.

Step 3. Un-plug your Operating System hard drive. (Assuming your computer only has one that will be the one you unplug. If you have more then one it is normally the hard drive on top or has the longer part of the IDE from the mother board to the HD plugged in first, with the short end going to the 2nd hard drive.) If you have SATA your computer brand will have HD1 plugged into SATA port 1 “See motherboard for which port”

Step 4. Hook up the other Hard drive and leave your OLD Hard drive un-plugged NOTE: you don’t have to remove the HD from its rack just un-plug it. Place the other HD in a rack and plug it in.

Step 5. If the Hard you just plugged in has an Operating System on it already that’s good. If not you will need to format this Hard Drive with your CD’s. (XP Home, XP Pro, XP Media Center Which ever is fine for this)

Step 6. Assuming you had no issues with your install of the OS on the 2nd Hard drive you placed in you should now be looking at windows screen (desktop) If you are power down the PC.

Step 7. Re-plug in your old Hard drive with the corrupted OS and power on your system the computer will boot, enter the BIO’s at this time by pressing the (Delete key) or on some brand computers is (F2 key) Once inside your BIO’s locate your Boot Sequence and select the Good OS in some cases the boot sequence would look like this: Note: some computers have boot hard drives sequence or just Boot sequence in either case you just need to be able to put the good Hard drive as first booted and if possible disable the 2nd HD from booting.

160gig HDD
40gig HDD

Now assuming the corrupted OS is lets say the 160gig you will place that as 2nd in the list or 3rd wherever you want just not the first bootable device. Or just disable it if you can.
And assuming lets say the 40gig is the new OS you installed you will make that the 1st bootable device.

Once you have switched the boot sequence save and exit your BIO’s.

If for whatever reason your BIO’s will not allow you to change the boot sequence or HDD sequence go ahead and allow the PC to boot up it should stop at a black screen and ask you to select a OS. Now there could be a lot of reasons why the 1st one could be the good OS or the 2nd one so I am just going to tell you to pick one… And see which OS it loads up. If you get the bad OS just hold down your power button for 7secs and the computer will turn off, power back on your computer and select the OS you didn’t pick the first time.

Step 8. Now assuming you have both hard drives plugged in and work and you are now looking at the desktop screen lets fix that corrupted HD! Let’s click
(Start > “Right click My Computer” > Mange) You should now have a window opened named (Computer Management) Inside this window to the left we have some options find the option “Disk Management” Click on that.

It will now display in the same window all the CD/ROMs / Hard drives connected to the computer. Once again let’s say the corrupted OS was the 160 gig look for that HD in the list and “Right Click it” There will be an option in there that says FORMAT Change the Label to “whatever you wish” and be sure you have “NTFS” selected, unit size leave at “default” and DO NOT click on quick format!

Click on “ok” and let it go Now for reasons to much to explain I want you to repeat the same step. This is to make sure we are getting rid of that corrupted OS.

Step 9. Now assuming everything went just fine you old Harddrive should have a FRESH format on it with the file system of NTFS. If this is the case power down your PC remove the Hard drive you put in close up your case and Power back on with the windows CD or whatever OS you wish to put on there in the CD/ROM and let it start the set-up.

Step 10. Once at the screen where you select the Hard drive to install the OS too delete the NTFS format we made on the old hard drive and create a new one! The setup will ask you to format the HD DO NOT SELECT QUICK NTFS! Select NTFS! This may take some time depending on your computer and how large the HD is but this will be sure for the 3rd time to clean everything off and starting new. After that is finished complete the install and that’s it!

I hope this will help solve this issue as I am not 100% sure it will help but doing everything I explained here is an advanced way to clear off a HARDDRIVE and I have used this method before to remove corrupted OS’s from a HD that just wouldn’t get rid of the issue even have just a normal install and format…

I am not 100% sure why it works this way but bill gates seem to have made the “Disk Manager” in windows a godly form of deleting data on a HD.

The End.

By Chris.

[lotus18]

I have the same problem,
first my task manager is disabled
i get an error message "Task Manager is disabled by your administrator"
so i search for it in Windows Help, said i should run regedit
but when i did, i get the same error message
"Registry Editing is disabled by your Administrator"
i am using WINDOWS XP HOME.

Your OS might infected by a computer virus. Some sort of computer viruses nowadays, do not allow the user to run the regedit.

[egefl1]

I have XP pro. my editor vertion is 5.1
and I have the same issue of administrative rights have been disabled
i ran Webroot spysweeper and it said I had
1- PWS-banker.gen.bb
2- Trojan-dropper.gen
3- Trojan-dropper.gen.x


any suggestions?

[chiravila]

Hello friends,
I am new user to this community.

My problem is when I try to open registry editor by start> run > regedit, it displays this message.
"Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator"

I logon with administrator administrator account, then why it gives this message.

Thank you for reading my post.

Hi,

Have you solved the above said problem?
Please reply.

[e-mail]

[arlonadkinson]

THANKS TO DOUG KNOX!!!!!! This gives back access to REGEDIT!
http://www.dougknox.com/security/scripts_desc/regtools.htm
regtools.vbs - Disable/Enable Registry Editing tools in Windows
© Doug Knox - rev 01/10/2000 This code may be freely distributed/modified.
Usage: Download regtools.vbs Save the file to the folder of your choice. Double click the VBS file. The VB Script file will check for the appropriate value and if not found will create it. If the value was found, it will be toggled to its opposite state and you will be informed that you need to log off/back on or restart your computer. One note. This change is made in HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\System. Disabling the tools takes effect immediately. Enabling requires a restart. This script can be viewed in Notepad or any text editor, as to the specific Registry key and value that are updated. Your antivirus software may report this script as potentially malicious, or a possible virus. This is because the script writes to the System Registry.

Then go to regedit and edit the following
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
SOFTWARE
MICROSOFT
WINDOWS
CURRENT VERSION
POLICIES
EXPLORER

ONCE YOU GET HERE START AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST AND DELETE THE ENTRIES----YOU CAN DELETE THEM ALL BUT I LEFT THE TOP ONE WHICH IN MY CASE WAS “ AB DEFAULT”

Then, check the registry to see if "NoDispCpl" had been added.
"Deny Access to the Display Settings"
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/167/

User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies
\System]
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows
\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
Value Name: NoDispCPL
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)
In regedit use the edit option to FIND any of the following entries in the registry
DisableRegistryTools delete any entries found
DisableTaskMgr delete any entries found
NoDispCpl delete any entries found
Virus Alert!
Also if the worm put VIRUS ALERT! By the time go control panel---regional and
Language----click customize---------and delete VIRUS ALERT!