Re: Disabled registry editing

From: andy smart (anonymus_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/04/04 

Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 11:18:06 +0100

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Scarebus wrote:
| Hi,
|
| I set up a small Domain with Win2k Server a couple of years ago and
all has
| been fine until the users tried to install a new document mangement
program
| on a Win XP workstation. The program wants to make alterations to the
| registry for each user, and won't install correctly as I've disabled
| registry editing for ordinary users. I'm not sure where I invoked this
| policy restriction
|
| I checked through the various policies that I thought were relevent but
| can't find where I've made the change - whether it is in the Domain
Policy,
| User Group Policy or elsewhere.
|
| Any idea of where "Disable Registry Editing Tools" resides?
|
| Ta
|
| Gerry
|
|
You could make your users 'power users' on the local workstation. We
have software which needs to alter registry keys and that works around
the problem. You could do this via a gpo by using computer configuration
| windows settings > security settings > restricted groups
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