Are you getting error “Registry Editing has been disabled by your administrator” even when you are the administrator of the machine.

Registry Editing has been disabled by your administrator

Using the Group Policy Editor (Windows XP Professional only)

  • Click Start, Run and type gpedit.msc and press ENTER
  • Go to the following location:

User Configuration | Administrative Templates | System

  • Double-click Disable registry editing tools and set it to Not Configured
  • Exit the Group Policy Editor

Note: If the setting already reads Not Configured, set it to Enabled, and click Apply. Then revert it back to Not Configured. This ensures that the DisableRegistryTools registry value is removed successfully.