no worries...
who set up the policy restrictions on your computer/network?
That policy file only had one key in it. This is what I need...
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies] expand this key...when you expand it do you see 'system'?
Hi
I was at first unable to upgrade my Firewall because its installer failed to uninstall the previous version.
It failed because 1000 keys and sub-keys were frozen solid and inaccesible to the firewall.
They were inaccessible to me.
I used RegEdit and it would not let me have access to these keys,
BUT I was allowed access to its parent key which I deleted - but it stayed there because all its children refused to go away.
The solutions I found may well work.
First of all use ERUNT and create a registry backup. If you don''t have a back-up you will regret it
1. The easy way with Registrar Registry Manager, free download at http://www.resplendence.com/downloads
Select the key with the problem. It will have a red flag to show Windows wants to keep you out.
Delete it, and the manager gets rid of the problem, then your reg file should merge O.K.
2. The difficult way with Windows Regedit :-
Use Regedit and select the frozen key (or its parent) and export for luck (first stage recovery if needed)
Right click for properties => permissions :- Select yourself (first add yourself if not there)
=> advanced :- Lots of Tabs to choose from, but with perseverance you can take ownership of a key, and by doing suitable things to check boxes controlling "Inherit from parent" and "replace entries of child" you can eventually delete the sorry mess and then you should be able to merge the file you started with (I cannot remember the precise sequence - it took me many attempts a year ago as an intellectual exercise, I won but only just ! )
Regards
Alan