qim Posted November 12, 2010 Report Share Posted November 12, 2010 I am having problems accessing some parts of XP Home and fear that I denied access. Foir instance I can open Msconfig, alter the Start items checkboxes, but when I try to save nothing happens. In fact, from that moment onwards I am unable to do anything in MSconfig including exiting, which I only manage through the Task Manager (Ctrl/Alt/Del).I recall Comodo Firewall alerting me with a red alert about changes to the registry in HK??\System\ControlSet00?\Services\etc.. which I denied and asked to remember. I thought I had a virus and decided to be careful. Now I think I permanently denied access to that and possibly other services.Could you tell me how I can reverse (amend the registry) to allow full access to MSconfig?Thank youqim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted November 12, 2010 Report Share Posted November 12, 2010 Could you restore your system to a point before the problem started?You could try an on-line virus scan, for example TRENDMICRO . Alternatively, you could download the Free version of Malwarebytes . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qim Posted November 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2010 Could you restore your system to a point before the problem started?Un fortunately not as I disabled system restore when I thought I had a virus.Anti-virus will not solve the problem because it is no longer virus related. It is a question of sorting out the register. I need to know whivh keys control the access to the buttons in Msconfig after editing.qim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted November 12, 2010 Report Share Posted November 12, 2010 Could you restore your system to a point before the problem started?Unfortunately not as I disabled system restore when I thought I had a virus.Anti-virus will not solve the problem because it is no longer virus related. It is a question of sorting out the register. I need to know whivh keys control the access to the buttons in Msconfig after editing.Well qim, in that case I hope that someone else has some other useful sugestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted November 12, 2010 Report Share Posted November 12, 2010 If you have the Windows installation disk, you could attempt a repair install.When you get going again, ensure you have a full system backup - and keep it up to date. This will drastically reduce problems you may have in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gram Smith Posted November 26, 2010 Report Share Posted November 26, 2010 Check your user permission , You don't have administrator permission ,Changes in msconfig require admin permission.Go to administrator user and then change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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