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Can you take control of a key in the registry?
  1. #1


    Bettie Claxton Guest

    Can you take control of a key in the registry?

    I'm running Vista Enterprise SP1 and am up to date with the updates. I have
    office 2007 installed as well.

    I installed the Community Clips for Office to generate some help videos. I
    can't record becuase I do not have access to a particlular CLSID. I've tried
    under 3 logons:
    1. my logon id and I am a domain administrator and an administrator on the PC,
    2. superuser, the account I added during Vista setup and the account I did
    the install of CC for O and ran it for the first time, and
    3. the built-in administrator, which I had never used before

    Under all of the I get an error accessing a CLSID of 80040150, which is lack
    of permission. I cannot access the sercurity permission of this under any of
    the 3 logon ids. IF this was a folder on a network drive, I would just take
    ownership and move on. IS there some way to do that with a key in the
    registry?



    IF not, is there something else I could do?
    --
    Bettie

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  2. #2


    Malke Guest

    Re: Can you take control of a key in the registry?

    Bettie Claxton wrote:

    > I am aware of the results of messing around with the registry. I always
    > keep a recent copy on hand, just in case....
    >
    > I was talking about setting the security of the CLSID at the folder level
    > as
    > you call it. For other CLSIDs, one or more if the 3 logon ids have
    > permissions for them. I'm just looking for a way to get access to this
    > one. And maybe some idea of why this would happen.
    Sure. Start regedit with Administrator privileges by doing Start>Search
    box>type: regedit. When regedit appears in the Results above, right-click
    on it and choose "Run as Administrator".

    Navigate to the key you want and right-click on it to change permissions.
    You might want to simply add "Everyone" to the groups and give full
    permissions to the key. Start at the top key and you'll see where you can
    have everything below it inherit the parent permissions of that key.

    Malke
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  3. #3


    Milo Guest

    Re: Can you take control of a key in the registry?

    Im not sure if this can still work for you but you can give it a try or look
    for an equivalent to such

    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en


    "Bettie Claxton" <BettieClaxton@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:C7E22F9E-9835-4D2D-8465-589CB5E31D14@xxxxxx

    > I am aware of the results of messing around with the registry. I always
    > keep
    > a recent copy on hand, just in case....
    >
    > I was talking about setting the security of the CLSID at the folder level
    > as
    > you call it. For other CLSIDs, one or more if the 3 logon ids have
    > permissions for them. I'm just looking for a way to get access to this
    > one.
    > And maybe some idea of why this would happen.
    > --
    > Bettie
    >
    >
    > "Michael Walraven" wrote:
    >

    >> Not sure if this answers your question, you cannot set permissions on
    >> individual data items (right pane values).
    >> You can set permissions on the 'folders' in the left pane.
    >>
    >> Right click on the folder, select 'Permissions' note that you may to go
    >> up
    >> the hierarchy if the protection is inherited.
    >>
    >> The normal comments about mucking around in the registry go double when
    >> you
    >> are modifying permissions!
    >>
    >> Michael
    >>
    >>
    >> "Bettie Claxton" <BettieClaxton@xxxxxx> wrote in
    >> message
    >> news:048B2AD4-D8C0-479F-86EB-B1A120C85755@xxxxxx

    >> > I'm running Vista Enterprise SP1 and am up to date with the updates. I
    >> > have
    >> > office 2007 installed as well.
    >> >
    >> > I installed the Community Clips for Office to generate some help
    >> > videos. I
    >> > can't record becuase I do not have access to a particlular CLSID. I've
    >> > tried
    >> > under 3 logons:
    >> > 1. my logon id and I am a domain administrator and an administrator on
    >> > the
    >> > PC,
    >> > 2. superuser, the account I added during Vista setup and the account I
    >> > did
    >> > the install of CC for O and ran it for the first time, and
    >> > 3. the built-in administrator, which I had never used before
    >> >
    >> > Under all of the I get an error accessing a CLSID of 80040150, which is
    >> > lack
    >> > of permission. I cannot access the sercurity permission of this under
    >> > any
    >> > of
    >> > the 3 logon ids. IF this was a folder on a network drive, I would just
    >> > take
    >> > ownership and move on. IS there some way to do that with a key in the
    >> > registry?
    >> >
    >> > IF not, is there something else I could do?
    >> > --
    >> > Bettie
    >>

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  4. #4


    Bettie Claxton Guest

    Re: Can you take control of a key in the registry?

    I'm aware of subinacl but it says it is for Windows 2000 and XP with no
    mention of Vista. Does such a tool exist for Vista?
    --
    Bettie


    "Milo" wrote:

    > Im not sure if this can still work for you but you can give it a try or look
    > for an equivalent to such
    >
    > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
    >
    >
    > "Bettie Claxton" <BettieClaxton@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    > news:C7E22F9E-9835-4D2D-8465-589CB5E31D14@xxxxxx

    > > I am aware of the results of messing around with the registry. I always
    > > keep
    > > a recent copy on hand, just in case....
    > >
    > > I was talking about setting the security of the CLSID at the folder level
    > > as
    > > you call it. For other CLSIDs, one or more if the 3 logon ids have
    > > permissions for them. I'm just looking for a way to get access to this
    > > one.
    > > And maybe some idea of why this would happen.
    > > --
    > > Bettie
    > >
    > >
    > > "Michael Walraven" wrote:
    > >

    > >> Not sure if this answers your question, you cannot set permissions on
    > >> individual data items (right pane values).
    > >> You can set permissions on the 'folders' in the left pane.
    > >>
    > >> Right click on the folder, select 'Permissions' note that you may to go
    > >> up
    > >> the hierarchy if the protection is inherited.
    > >>
    > >> The normal comments about mucking around in the registry go double when
    > >> you
    > >> are modifying permissions!
    > >>
    > >> Michael
    > >>
    > >>
    > >> "Bettie Claxton" <BettieClaxton@xxxxxx> wrote in
    > >> message
    > >> news:048B2AD4-D8C0-479F-86EB-B1A120C85755@xxxxxx
    > >> > I'm running Vista Enterprise SP1 and am up to date with the updates. I
    > >> > have
    > >> > office 2007 installed as well.
    > >> >
    > >> > I installed the Community Clips for Office to generate some help
    > >> > videos. I
    > >> > can't record becuase I do not have access to a particlular CLSID. I've
    > >> > tried
    > >> > under 3 logons:
    > >> > 1. my logon id and I am a domain administrator and an administrator on
    > >> > the
    > >> > PC,
    > >> > 2. superuser, the account I added during Vista setup and the account I
    > >> > did
    > >> > the install of CC for O and ran it for the first time, and
    > >> > 3. the built-in administrator, which I had never used before
    > >> >
    > >> > Under all of the I get an error accessing a CLSID of 80040150, which is
    > >> > lack
    > >> > of permission. I cannot access the sercurity permission of this under
    > >> > any
    > >> > of
    > >> > the 3 logon ids. IF this was a folder on a network drive, I would just
    > >> > take
    > >> > ownership and move on. IS there some way to do that with a key in the
    > >> > registry?
    > >> >
    > >> > IF not, is there something else I could do?
    > >> > --
    > >> > Bettie
    > >>

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  5. #5


    MowGreen [MVP] Guest

    Re: Can you take control of a key in the registry?

    It appears that you haven't seen Malke's reply to your post:

    > Sure. Start regedit with Administrator privileges by doing Start>Search
    > box>type: regedit. When regedit appears in the Results above, right-click
    > on it and choose "Run as Administrator".
    >
    > Navigate to the key you want and right-click on it to change permissions.
    > You might want to simply add "Everyone" to the groups and give full
    > permissions to the key. Start at the top key and you'll see where you can
    > have everything below it inherit the parent permissions of that key.
    >
    > Malke
    > -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

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    ================
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    ================



    Bettie Claxton wrote:

    > I'm aware of subinacl but it says it is for Windows 2000 and XP with no
    > mention of Vista. Does such a tool exist for Vista?

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  6. #6


    SG Guest

    Re: Can you take control of a key in the registry?

    "Bettie Claxton" <BettieClaxton@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:048B2AD4-D8C0-479F-86EB-B1A120C85755@xxxxxx

    > I'm running Vista Enterprise SP1 and am up to date with the updates. I
    > have
    > office 2007 installed as well.
    >
    > I installed the Community Clips for Office to generate some help videos. I
    > can't record becuase I do not have access to a particlular CLSID. I've
    > tried
    > under 3 logons:
    > 1. my logon id and I am a domain administrator and an administrator on the
    > PC,
    > 2. superuser, the account I added during Vista setup and the account I did
    > the install of CC for O and ran it for the first time, and
    > 3. the built-in administrator, which I had never used before
    >
    > Under all of the I get an error accessing a CLSID of 80040150, which is
    > lack
    > of permission. I cannot access the sercurity permission of this under any
    > of
    > the 3 logon ids. IF this was a folder on a network drive, I would just
    > take
    > ownership and move on. IS there some way to do that with a key in the
    > registry?
    >
    > IF not, is there something else I could do?
    > --
    > Bettie


    Bettie,

    Read over this page and you should be able to solve your problem after you
    run the SubInACL tool.
    http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archi...04/739820.aspx

    --
    All the best,
    SG

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    https://winqual.microsoft.com/hcl/
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  7. #7


    Bettie Claxton Guest

    Re: Can you take control of a key in the registry?

    Sorry it took so long to get back to you. There is a bug in the newsgroup
    and Microsoft had to get me a workaround so I could reply.

    I ran subacls but it could not update the permission of several keys
    including the one I knew about. I'm at a loss to understand how security got
    set like this. Since manually setting permissions has not worked and subacls
    did not work, any other suggestions?
    --
    Bettie


    "SG" wrote:

    > "Bettie Claxton" <BettieClaxton@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    > news:048B2AD4-D8C0-479F-86EB-B1A120C85755@xxxxxx

    > > I'm running Vista Enterprise SP1 and am up to date with the updates. I
    > > have
    > > office 2007 installed as well.
    > >
    > > I installed the Community Clips for Office to generate some help videos. I
    > > can't record becuase I do not have access to a particlular CLSID. I've
    > > tried
    > > under 3 logons:
    > > 1. my logon id and I am a domain administrator and an administrator on the
    > > PC,
    > > 2. superuser, the account I added during Vista setup and the account I did
    > > the install of CC for O and ran it for the first time, and
    > > 3. the built-in administrator, which I had never used before
    > >
    > > Under all of the I get an error accessing a CLSID of 80040150, which is
    > > lack
    > > of permission. I cannot access the sercurity permission of this under any
    > > of
    > > the 3 logon ids. IF this was a folder on a network drive, I would just
    > > take
    > > ownership and move on. IS there some way to do that with a key in the
    > > registry?
    > >
    > > IF not, is there something else I could do?
    > > --
    > > Bettie
    >
    >
    >
    > Bettie,
    >
    > Read over this page and you should be able to solve your problem after you
    > run the SubInACL tool.
    > http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archi...04/739820.aspx
    >
    > --
    > All the best,
    > SG
    >
    > Is your computer system ready for Vista?
    > https://winqual.microsoft.com/hcl/
    > Want to keep up with the latest news from MS?
    > http://news.google.com/nwshp?tab=wn&ned=us&topic=t
    > Just type in Microsoft
    >
    >

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