registry permission

[itenghm]

Hi all
I am trying to change the permission of the hkey_local_machine the problem is after the computer is restarted all the changes to the permission return to their default values!

any idea?

 

[NoCalAdmin]

you need to log in as the administrator

If you do not know that password go out and get the Linux password changer and reset the admin password

Tom

 

[linney]

Any software such as Microsoft's "SteadyState" installed on the machine?

How To Reset Security Settings Back to the Defaults

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=313222#1

By default Administrators should have full access and other users read-only. There are one or two hyper-secure keys that even Administrators cannot change or access, so what keys in particular are you trying to change?

 

[itenghm]

Hi
Of course I am the administrator and there is no such software
on the computers running Windows XP sp2, I am trying to change the permission on the hkey_local_machine itself, I have even tried to change the permission on "Software" but still have the same problem after rebooting it is all gone!!!

 

[linney]

In experiments I see similar behavior. For example if I set the Permissions on the Hive HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and set the sub keys to inherit them. This is allowed and processed by XP. On reboot all the keys below HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE have the set permissions, including the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE key, but the root of the Hive at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE has reverted to the original permissions and I lost my changes there, just for that key, not the rest.

While I can't lay my hands on anything to confirm this as "By Design", this is what I suspect you are up against. Of course I could be completely wrong in this assumption.

Perhaps, at least, it will make you feel a bit better knowing that I experienced almost the same problem you are describing.

 

[itenghm]

Thanks linney it does make me feel better
I will try to change the permissions on the sub keys maybe it will work

thanks