Registry is unalterable, says see Admin, I AM ADMIN

From: DOH2003 (ZFOZLJAYGFED_at_spammotel.com)
Date: 06/11/03

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    Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 21:03:08 -0700

    I've tried to due some pretty standard things with WinXP
    Home and been given a message saying, more or
    less, "Changing the registry has been disabled by your
    system administrator". I am the system administrator (at
    least I thought so).

    I only have one login, and the guest login is off. I
    frequently get a message like this one

    "This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in
    effect on this computer. Please contact your system
    administrator"

    I also get messages saying "Registry Editing Has Been
    Disabled On This Computer. Contact Your System
    Administrator" when I try to run Regedit.

    I cannot run regedit (and anything I do that tries to
    alter the registry) will not happen. I created a "test"
    account for my system and none of these issues were
    present there. I also ran Norton anti-virus and found no
    viruses. Ditto for Spyware, or other hostile programs.

    I can log on as administrator with another account and I
    can open regedit there.

    By the way - and I don't know if this means anything -
    when I hit ctrl-alt-del and check the Users tab the user
    name listed is "Owner". This is not the case when I login
    under the test account.

    I logged on under my "test" account and just poked around
    with the first HKEY entry.

    There are four entries under permissions for
    HKey_Classes_Root

    Administrators (DEVILBOX\Administrators)
    CREATOR OWNER
    SYSTEM
    Users (DEVILBOX\Users)

    Everything is set to Allow for Full Control and Read except
    CREATOR OWNER which will not let me switch from Special
    Permissions. If I attempt to assign it Allow and Full
    Control it just switches the settings back after a couple
    of seconds. Under Advanced Options the Apply to column
    shows CREATOR OWNER as Subkeys Only. It will not switch
    either. Both these settings switch themselves back after a
    couple of seconds.

    I have looked far and wide for help on this to no avail.
    Any assistance in this matter would be greatly appreciated.

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