If you ever encountered above error, i.e. “Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator” on Windows XP or any other Windows NT Operating system, this may help you!
I have encountered the above error while patching registry. Even regedit command was not working!
Here is a simple solution which worked for me!
- Click “Start >> Run” or press “[window key + R ]” and type or paste following command exactly as given below. An hit ENTER.
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thnx who ever it is its really useful 2 em
ive really faced tooo muc problem wit dat
hai….when it will work ?..i am having the same problem !!
@Krishna
Your welcome dude! Its Devil here 😉
@jayanth
Is START >> RUN is disabled at your place?
Its working dude do let me know if you got any error message or having trouble using this trick! 🙂
Thanks a ton for the script..i was waiting for this since last 2 months…..
@kris shenai
Your welcome kris. Thanks for your visit to Devils Workshop. 🙂
HEY! @Rahul. I followed all the steps and i was able to do it for 5 seconds. I cant even open my antivirus or taskmanager!
what should i do?
Cool Thanks bud! my brains were going out why this is happening, can you explain more on why this happens?
@Zeeshan
It happened long time back to me.
Still as I remember, the reason was some other program which on execution disables registry editing.
I can’t remember the program name but basically the command above in this post adds key to registry.
Key is – DisableRegistryTools with value 0. This sets disabling to false.
Thanx dude,
But is there a similar script to enable task manager also??
@himanshu
Wil check and let you buddy! 🙂
Sorry for late reply as I was out.. 🙁
@himanshu
Solution for your problem is published here. 🙂
I guess you were getting error: “Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator”
Thanks. But some dll is setting the DisableRegistry to true whenever IE is invoked (invoking FireFox is OK, no problem).
Does anybody knows how to remove the dll invoked by IE startup that writes to the registry to disable regedit?
@Cheong
First sorry for late reply as I was offline on a long vacation.
Now you can try following few things…
First don’t use IE. I am really wondering why do you need it when you know about Firefox???
Second create a REG file or a shortcut or a batch file, so that you can run command described above everytime you done with IE.
Finally scan your PC for viruses/malwares as it seems infected.
Rest feel free to reply if you have any further problems… 🙂
Thanks
Its not working buddy.. jst a command prompt is comin n going tats it…. when i type regedit or when i press ctrl+alt+del its restarting….
@Stephen –
I am aware of such behavior.
Its problem caused by virus. You need to scan your hard-disk in most probably slave configuration from another PC. One more thing you can do is, use DOS level antivirus if possible.
If all this sounds geek, just format your system drive and reinstall Windows.
Sorry to say this, but this is the only solution I know… 🙁
i got this problem.
problem is: if i am installing any software , it will displays another installation is running.
these messege is displayed.
error is : error 1500, another installation is in progress. You must complete that installation before contiuning this one.
how can we solve this problem.
plssssssssssssssss help me.
thanking u,
ramesh msc mcse
@Ramesh
Check official solution for your problem. 🙂
thank you very much
dude it doesn’t work 4 me
i tried to enable registry editing tools but after 10-15 seconds, it again says “registry editing has been disabled by administrator”
plz help me
format doesn’t worked and i hv also tried to enable it through gpedit.msc
plz help
@Anuj
Ur system must be infected with virus. I already answered solution in above comments!
Dear Rahul, pls help me out with this idiotic error, registry editing disabled by administrator, i understand its kind of a virus but when I try to run the above thing by copying and pasting it wotn work, I simply get a blackscreen of command prompt for a second and then it vanishes, and I also get task manager disabled. Dude pls help me out.
@Inayat
Just Google for Task Manager solution. It also needs registry edit hack similar to posted above.
But if these tricks don’t work then you must scan your PC with a good antivirus like NOD-32.
hey rahul
my anti-virus is not working nd another anti-virus requires registry editing enabled during installation.
plz help
@Anuj
Well try using another antivirus or in extreme case u may need to reinstall windows
Thanks a lot….Registry editing has been enabled on the fly…
can any one help my registry and task manager is diabled
Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 7:42:15 PM, on 2/25/2009
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)
Boot mode: Normal
Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\S24EvMon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\WLTRYSVC.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\System32\bcmwltry.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe
C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe
C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\EvtEng.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe
C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\RegSrvc.exe
C:\Program Files\CyberLink\Shared files\RichVideo.exe
C:\Program Files\SigmaTel\C-Major Audio\DellXPM_5515v131\WDM\StacSV.exe
C:\Program Files\PowerISO\PWRISOVM.EXE
C:\Program Files\SigmaTel\C-Major Audio\WDM\stsystra.exe
C:\Program Files\Dell\QuickSet\quickset.exe
C:\Program Files\Creative\Mixer\CTSVolFE.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\WLTRAY.exe
C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\bin\ZCfgSvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\ifrmewrk.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\hkcmd.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxpers.exe
C:\Program Files\FlashGet\FlashGet.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\GrooveMonitor.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxsrvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\Acrotray.exe
C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD8\PDVD8Serv.exe
C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jusched.exe
C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD\DVDLauncher.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\WLKeeper.exe
C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\egui.exe
C:\Program Files\Ares\Ares.exe
C:\Program Files\DellAutomatedPCTuneUp\PTAgnt.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
C:\Program Files\Digital Line Detect\DLG.exe
C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\Dot1XCfg.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\ekrn.exe
C:\DOCUME~1\DROPBE~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\winantor.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe
C:\DOCUME~1\DROPBE~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\Rar$EX00.750\HijackThis.exe
R1 – HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local
R3 – URLSearchHook: (no name) – {0579B4B6-0293-4d73-B02D-5EBB0BA0F0A2} – C:\Program Files\AskSBar\SrchAstt\1.bin\A2SRCHAS.DLL
O2 – BHO: Ask Search Assistant BHO – {0579B4B1-0293-4d73-B02D-5EBB0BA0F0A2} – C:\Program Files\AskSBar\SrchAstt\1.bin\A2SRCHAS.DLL
O2 – BHO: AcroIEHelperStub – {18DF081C-E8AD-4283-A596-FA578C2EBDC3} – C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelperShim.dll
O2 – BHO: flashget urlcatch – {2F364306-AA45-47B5-9F9D-39A8B94E7EF7} – C:\Program Files\FlashGet\jccatch.dll
O2 – BHO: Groove GFS Browser Helper – {72853161-30C5-4D22-B7F9-0BBC1D38A37E} – C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office12\GRA8E1~1.DLL
O2 – BHO: Adobe PDF Conversion Toolbar Helper – {AE7CD045-E861-484f-8273-0445EE161910} – C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEFavClient.dll
O2 – BHO: Java(tm) Plug-In 2 SSV Helper – {DBC80044-A445-435b-BC74-9C25C1C588A9} – C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jp2ssv.dll
O2 – BHO: JQSIEStartDetectorImpl – {E7E6F031-17CE-4C07-BC86-EABFE594F69C} – C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\deploy\jqs\ie\jqs_plugin.dll
O2 – BHO: Ask Toolbar BHO – {F0D4B231-DA4B-4daf-81E4-DFEE4931A4AA} – C:\Program Files\AskSBar\bar\1.bin\ASKSBAR.DLL
O2 – BHO: FlashGet GetFlash Class – {F156768E-81EF-470C-9057-481BA8380DBA} – C:\Program Files\FlashGet\getflash.dll
O2 – BHO: SmartSelect – {F4971EE7-DAA0-4053-9964-665D8EE6A077} – C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEFavClient.dll
O3 – Toolbar: Ask Toolbar – {F0D4B239-DA4B-4daf-81E4-DFEE4931A4AA} – C:\Program Files\AskSBar\bar\1.bin\ASKSBAR.DLL
O3 – Toolbar: Adobe PDF – {47833539-D0C5-4125-9FA8-0819E2EAAC93} – C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEFavClient.dll
O4 – HKLM\..\Run: [PWRISOVM.EXE] “C:\Program Files\PowerISO\PWRISOVM.EXE”
O4 – HKLM\..\Run: [SigmatelSysTrayApp] “C:\Program Files\SigmaTel\C-Major Audio\WDM\stsystra.exe”
O4 – HKLM\..\Run: [Dell QuickSet] C:\Program Files\Dell\QuickSet\quickset.exe
O4 – HKLM\..\Run: [CTSVolFE.exe] “C:\Program Files\Creative\Mixer\CTSVolFE.exe” /r
O4 – HKLM\..\Run: [Broadcom Wireless Manager UI] “C:\WINDOWS\system32\WLTRAY.exe”
O4 – HKLM\..\Run: [IntelZeroConfig] “C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\bin\ZCfgSvc.exe”
O4 – HKLM\..\Run: [IntelWireless] “C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\ifrmewrk.exe” /tf Intel PROSet/Wireless
O4 – HKLM\..\Run: [IgfxTray] “C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxtray.exe”
O4 – HKLM\..\Run: [HotKeysCmds] “C:\WINDOWS\system32\hkcmd.exe”
O4 – HKLM\..\Run: [Persistence] “C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxpers.exe”
O4 – HKLM\..\Run: [Flashget] “C:\Program Files\FlashGet\FlashGet.exe” /min
O4 – HKLM\..\Run: [GrooveMonitor] “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\GrooveMonitor.exe”
O4 – HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe Reader Speed Launcher] “C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe”
O4 – HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe Acrobat Speed Launcher] “C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\Acrobat_sl.exe”
O4 – HKLM\..\Run: [Acrobat Assistant 8.0] “C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\Acrotray.exe”
O4 – HKLM\..\Run: [RemoteControl8] “C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD8\PDVD8Serv.exe”
O4 – HKLM\..\Run: [PDVD8LanguageShortcut] “C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD8\Language\Language.exe”
O4 – HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] “C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jusched.exe”
O4 – HKLM\..\Run: [DVDLauncher] “C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD\DVDLauncher.exe”
O4 – HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] “C:\QTTask.exe” -atboottime
O4 – HKLM\..\Run: [STOPzilla] “” /autorun
O4 – HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] “C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe”
O4 – HKLM\..\Run: [egui] “C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\egui.exe” /hide /waitservice
O4 – HKCU\..\Run: [ares] “C:\Program Files\Ares\Ares.exe” -h
O4 – HKCU\..\Run: [DellAutomatedPCTuneUp] “C:\Program Files\DellAutomatedPCTuneUp\PTAgnt.exe” /startup
O4 – HKCU\..\Run: [msnmsgr] “C:\DOCUME~1\DROPBE~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\RarSFX2\Windows Live Messenger.exe” /background
O4 – HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
O4 – Global Startup: Digital Line Detect.lnk = ?
O7 – HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System, DisableRegedit=1
O8 – Extra context menu item: &Download All with FlashGet – C:\Program Files\FlashGet\jc_all.htm
O8 – Extra context menu item: &Download with FlashGet – C:\Program Files\FlashGet\jc_link.htm
O8 – Extra context menu item: Append Link Target to Existing PDF – res://C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIEAppendSelLinks.html
O8 – Extra context menu item: Append to Existing PDF – res://C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIEAppend.html
O8 – Extra context menu item: Convert Link Target to Adobe PDF – res://C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIECaptureSelLinks.html
O8 – Extra context menu item: Convert to Adobe PDF – res://C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEFavClient.dll/AcroIECapture.html
O8 – Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel – res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office12\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 – Extra button: Send to OneNote – {2670000A-7350-4f3c-8081-5663EE0C6C49} – C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office12\ONBttnIE.dll
O9 – Extra ‘Tools’ menuitem: S&end to OneNote – {2670000A-7350-4f3c-8081-5663EE0C6C49} – C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office12\ONBttnIE.dll
O9 – Extra button: Bonjour – {7F9DB11C-E358-4ca6-A83D-ACC663939424} – C:\Program Files\Bonjour\ExplorerPlugin.dll
O9 – Extra button: Research – {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} – C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office12\REFIEBAR.DLL
O9 – Extra button: FlashGet – {D6E814A0-E0C5-11d4-8D29-0050BA6940E3} – C:\Program Files\FlashGet\FlashGet.exe
O9 – Extra ‘Tools’ menuitem: FlashGet – {D6E814A0-E0C5-11d4-8D29-0050BA6940E3} – C:\Program Files\FlashGet\FlashGet.exe
O9 – Extra button: Messenger – {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} – C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O9 – Extra ‘Tools’ menuitem: Windows Messenger – {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} – C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O17 – HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{8E1FD11C-0473-4AC9-970C-7648669F70B4}: NameServer = 85.255.115.156,85.255.112.87
O17 – HKLM\System\CS1\Services\Tcpip\Parameters: NameServer = 85.255.115.156,85.255.112.87
O17 – HKLM\System\CS2\Services\Tcpip\Parameters: NameServer = 85.255.115.156,85.255.112.87
O17 – HKLM\System\CS3\Services\Tcpip\Parameters: NameServer = 85.255.115.156,85.255.112.87
O17 – HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\Parameters: NameServer = 85.255.115.156,85.255.112.87
O18 – Protocol: grooveLocalGWS – {88FED34C-F0CA-4636-A375-3CB6248B04CD} – C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office12\GR99D3~1.DLL
O23 – Service: Apple Mobile Device – Apple Inc. – C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe
O23 – Service: Ares Chatroom server (AresChatServer) – Ares Development Group – C:\Program Files\Ares\chatServer.exe
O23 – Service: Bonjour Service – Apple Inc. – C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe
O23 – Service: DellAMBrokerService – Unknown owner – C:\Program Files\DellAutomatedPCTuneUp\brkrsvc.exe
O23 – Service: Eset HTTP Server (EhttpSrv) – ESET – C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\EHttpSrv.exe
O23 – Service: Eset Service (ekrn) – ESET – C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Smart Security\ekrn.exe
O23 – Service: Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Event Log (EvtEng) – Intel Corporation – C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\EvtEng.exe
O23 – Service: FLEXnet Licensing Service – Macrovision Europe Ltd. – C:\Program Files\Common Files\Macrovision Shared\FLEXnet Publisher\FNPLicensingService.exe
O23 – Service: iPod Service – Apple Inc. – C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
O23 – Service: Pml Driver HPZ12 – HP – C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe
O23 – Service: Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Registry Service (RegSrvc) – Intel Corporation – C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\RegSrvc.exe
O23 – Service: Cyberlink RichVideo Service(CRVS) (RichVideo) – Unknown owner – C:\Program Files\CyberLink\Shared files\RichVideo.exe
O23 – Service: Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Service (S24EventMonitor) – Intel Corporation – C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\S24EvMon.exe
O23 – Service: SigmaTel Audio Service (STacSV) – SigmaTel, Inc. – C:\Program Files\SigmaTel\C-Major Audio\DellXPM_5515v131\WDM\StacSV.exe
O23 – Service: Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless SSO Service (WLANKEEPER) – Intel Corporation – C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\WLKeeper.exe
O23 – Service: Dell Wireless WLAN Tray Service (wltrysvc) – Unknown owner – C:\WINDOWS\System32\WLTRYSVC.EXE
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End of file – 11161 bytes
I think that disabled Taskmanager or registry is because of virus in Folder windows and almost solutions like pgedit.msc or writable key will not be useful and you need to install new windows in your pc after making(Good Scanning).
so is there any way to re enable it without a new install or virus protection
@Lawrence
I dont think it is possible… 🙁
i have problem of “task manager disabled” i have tried to solve it by your way but still i have the same problem, pls give me any sugesstion to solve this problem. reply me pls.
Try it by installing norton antivirus 2009 , update the virus def after that try the above method it will work
hey it didnt work in mine despite the solution u gave!!! 🙁
Hey….thanx a lottt, i have tried several other steps. But this really helped me out. Thanx buddy, once again.
Cheers
hey dude…!
my regedit command is not working even for the solution you gave..
can you plz plz plz help me with some other solution…
please…
@firdose
You system must be infected with virus.
Use a good antivirus to scan it completely or just format your drive and install windows again.
I am still having a problem in enabling it. It didnt work on my pc. is dere any other way to tackle it??????//
Thank u very much……..
the code mentioned worked for my computer, thankyou so much
the above solution does not worked with me… do u have any other solution
really this code will work
REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
thanks for giving such solution