Administrator cannnot install some software

From: Chris (cbaye@ae-solutions.com)
Date: 11/14/02 

From: "Chris" <cbaye@ae-solutions.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 07:38:35 -0800

While logged in as "Administrator", a member of the
administrators group I cannot install certain software.

For Autodesk Inventor I get the message (paraphrased)
"Inventor did not register properly becase you don't have
permission to change the registry"

For SmartWeb (a component of SmerTeam) I get the error:
The application could not write to the registry"

Any hints would be helpful.

Win 2000 pro SP3 (had problem in sp 2 as well)

Relevant Pages

  • Re: 0X80070005 Error code
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    (microsoft.public.windowsupdate)
  • Re: Update fails [Error number: 0x800A0046]
    ... that says I don't have privileges to use the wuauserv service. ... the Administrators group and can do anything else I want to on the machine. ... I'm sure there's a registry entry somewhere that disallows access. ... >> So where is the registry setting that prevents me from modifying the ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsupdate)
  • Re: Microsoft Update fails error 0x80070005
    ... Make sure the Administrators group has Full Control permissions to the Auto Update ... Use an account that has administrative credentials to log on to the Windows XP ... Navigate to the following key in the registry: ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsupdate)
  • Re: 0x8ddd0004 error when trying to update windows
    ... 0x80070005 - "access denied" to the registry keys involved in Windows Update ... Make sure the Administrators group has Full Control permissions to the Auto Update ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsupdate)
  • Event Log Write Access error.
    ... If that user is a member of Administrators group, then the web service can write into Event Log. ... If using SIDs in the registry is the only way, how can I get the SID for that particular user to enter into the registry? ...
    (microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet.security)