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



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