Re: unable to run regedit

From: Bill Sanderson (Bill_Sanderson_at_msn.com.plugh.org)
Date: 09/22/03 

Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 17:52:40 -0400

With XP home, I'd recommend restarting in safe mode and logging in as
administrator, with the password set on that account when you installed XP.
If you didn't do the install, the password might be blank.

Logging in as administrator in safe mode is the key to rob and Ragnar's
instructions.

"Dave" <david.randle@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:00fd01c3812b$2ebb27a0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> My PC with Windows XP Home (with up-to-date McAfee) is
> infected with swen (don't ask). I've looked at the fixes
> posted on symantec & mcafee, and I've removed the
> offending executable & associated files from c:\windows
> and terminated the executing process in task manager.
> However, the instructions next want me to execute the
> specified regedit batch file, but when I try I get an
> error message saying "administrator has disabled registry
> editing". In addition, any attempt to execute any
> other .exe (at <path>) yields an error message
> saying "unable to locate <path>".
>
> How can I (a) enable regedit and (b) fix the "unable to
> locate" problem?
>
> TIA

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