Win 98 Access denied in Control Panel

[Deak]

Hi I have come across a situation which when on my Windows 98 Box I am getting a msg "access to specified devices, path or file is denied" no matter what I am trying to do in the Control Panel. I get the same msg trying to access printers from My computer as well. I have run scandisk which was clean & I have also run SFC which did not show any problems. Any thoughts on this would be appreciated! Thanks in advance for your thoughts or suggestions

 

[smitee]

deak

If on a network admin. may have imposed policies, if not then try..
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Go to Start-Settings-Folder Options-File Types,
Scroll down the list of the Registered file types,
...
Folder
...
select the "Folder" file types, click the [Edit] button,
Actions,
explore
open
Now you can see the "explore" is in bold face but the "open" is in normal.
Select the "open" and click the [Set Default] button.
The "open" is changed to be in bold face.
Close, Close.
See if it is back to normal and let's know the result.
...
courtesy

http://www.wintrouble.net/discus/messages/2227/3189.html?1010767127

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or

Check the registry key:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

If there is a DWord there with the name:-

NoControlPanel

It should have a value of 0 to allow control panel to be shown in
start menu and a value of 1 to restrict the control panel.
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smitee

 

[Deak]

Well I Did the "Folder" File type change & set default & I am still getting the same results. (explore had been the bolded 1 when I first went in) I then went into the registry to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER..... & I did not see any DWord in this area So I guess this is not the problem! Thanks for the Thoughts any more would be appreciated. Thanks smitee for giving it a shot

 

[spacekowboy]

reinstall win98 over itself

this may fix it, if not, and the above didnt work, u may have to do a fresh install.

:-Q x->

 

[reghakr]

Deak,

Can you access Control Panel by using any otf the following commands from the Run box?

rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL appwiz.cpl,,1
rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl,,1

These two Microsoft Knowledge Base articles give many more examples:

Q164787 - INFO The Windows 95 Rundll and Rundll32 Interface

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q164787

Q166168 - HOWTO Use RUNDLL32 to Debug Control Panel Applets

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q166168

reghakr

 

[Kento]

run a virus scan:

http://housecall.antivirus.com/

 

[grygst76]

Control Panel Restrictions

There are many general restrictions you can make to the Control Panel

Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_Current_User / Software / Microsoft / Windows / CurrentVersion / Policies
Create a new keys under Policies called System
You can then add DWORD values set to 1 in the appropriate keys
To re-enable them, either delete the key or set the value to 0
NoDispCPL - Disable Display Control Panel
NoDispBackgroundPage - Hide Background Page
NoDispScrSavPage - Hide Screen Saver Page
NoDispAppearancePage - Hide Appearance Page
NoDispSettingsPage - Hide Settings Page
NoSecCPL - Disable Password Control Panel
NoPwdPage - Hide Password Change Page
NoAdminPage - Hide Remote Administration Page
NoProfilePage - Hide User Profiles Page
NoDevMgrPage - Hide Device Manager Page
NoConfigPage - Hide Hardware Profiles Page
NoFileSysPage - Hide File System Button
NoVirtMemPage - Hide Virtual Memory Button

check that out...

 

[ANFPS26]

Kento,
Does Housecall cause cinflicts with McAfee? I have McAfee Online Virus Scan. Looks like the two would clash if both were installed. "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing....."

 

[prescot9]

You may have a damaged *.cpl file. These files are sometimes created by WinModem driver installs, Sound Cards, and things like that - try this:
Search your hard disk for *.cpl files.
From the search results window, move the *.cpl files onto your desktop ONE AT A TIME!!
After each move, try the Control Panel again, and if it's still inaccessible, put the cpl files back into the folder they came from one at a time. Sooner or later, you will figure out which cpl file is damaged, if that's the problem.

Look carefully for the date of each cpl file - move the NEWEST ONES FIRST!

Let us know!