![]() ![]() ![]() Registry permission problems tend to create problems that are reproducible by a specific step every time. There is no easy way to describe this step. In our case we eventually narrowed it to down to a very old version of Crystal Reports that was corrupting the registry permissions, but only became an issue with Windows XP installation discs that were slip-streamed with SP2 and SP3 (see ) It's quite possible that other old applications could cause similar permissions issues. I have seen cases where registry permissions became corrupted by malware. There is always a root cause for those permissions becoming corrupted. I should mention that resetting your permissions is not something you should normally have to do. After having to reset permissions by hand a few times, I found a useful script that resets all the permissions with reasonable settings (as opposed to just giving Full Control to everyone, which is what most search results for "reset registry permissions" show you how to do.) But a few years ago at our office we started to notice EVERY computer was having weird issues (unable to run Adobe Flash, ODBC connections were only accessible by Administrators, certain features in MS Word and Excel wouldn't launch.) Eventually, thanks to the help of ProcMon, we determined it was registry permissions. Many times I chalked it up to "Windows being Windows" then formatted and reinstalled Windows. Over the years I've had a handful of Windows installations that exhibited very weird software problems. ![]() *** I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DAMAGE THAT MIGHT BE CAUSED BY FOLLOWING THESE STEPS OR USING THESE UTILITIES *** It is very easy to botch your Windows installation by accidentally wiping out all the permisisons (I've done it myself a few times.) Ensure you have backups before following any of these steps. WARNING: Take extreme precaution when using the RegEdit and SubInACL. ![]()
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