Re: Access Denied when running MsConfig w/ admin rights

From: Wesley Vogel (123WVogel955_at_comcast.net)
Date: 03/17/05 

Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 20:28:12 -0700

I am not 100% sure and I can't find where I read this, but the

folder
folder
k folder

are called containers, as are all the Folders. These are empty containers
for using to customize Certificates or any other snap-in. I don't know much
more about this. ;-( 

-- 
Hope this helps.  Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:447BF8DB-D822-47BC-A051-1750FB0E6D40@microsoft.com,
CjofVP <Christopherhmail-news@yahoo.com> hunted and pecked:
> Thanks Wes for your reply,
>
> First let me say Ignorance is no excuse, because I'm no stranger to
> the work of Mr BV. A friend of mine insisted I install his
> !SafeproAllStart.reg  when I first deployed Windows XP w/SP-1 on my
> machine. I thought I'd share what I discovered with everyone. After
> some further research, (Ad/Scumare, viral scans,hijackthis) I did
> find the source to the problem I was having within the MMC snap-in.
> Although I saw certificates for myself and the administrator account
> in "personal certificates" on closer inspection I discovered they
> somehow became invalidated in the "trusted Persons" store, and their
> private keys were erased. Although I kept these public/private keys
> for both accounts on a floppy disk, restoring these to the proper
> store(s) did not clear up my "Access denied" issue I was having with
> Msconfig. It was so bad I couldn't even boot windows in "safe mode"
>
> Because I couldn't afford to *** around with this anymore - I
> inserted a Slipstreamed SP-2 CD I made a couple of months ago, and
> used the Dynamic Upgrade feature under Install Windows XP to repair
> the damage. Safe mode works normally again for both admin and my
> accounts, and I didn't lose any of my settings.  (Pshawwww!)
>
> One thing I did notice in the Certificates Snap in though, before
> repairing XP - were the appearance of Boxes below the entry for
> "Certificate Enrollment Requests"  the first two entries have a [+]
> and a box, and the last has [+] and four boxes and the letter k at
> the end.  What are these? I know if you click on the [+] they open to
> a empty item.  Reason being post repair, they're still present in
> certificates and are still empty.  Is there a way to find out if they
> are linked to any processes before removing them?
>
> "Wesley Vogel" wrote:
>
>> Use Services.msc, not msconfig.
>>
>> [[The reason is because with msconfig and Hardware Profiles, you can
>> disable services that may be vital to boot your system. With the
>> management console (services.msc) you cannot. Also, msconfig, while
>> unchecking the box, is disabling the service.
>>
>> The "Disable All" button also scares me. It should not even be there
>> as no reason exists to justify disabling "everything."]]
>> Why can't I use msconfig to change my services?
>> http://www.blackviper.com/AskBV/XP25.htm
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps.  Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:70460A70-95A7-45BB-B751-9AEFB1BBD087@microsoft.com,
>> CjofVP <Christopherhmail-news@yahoo.com> hunted and pecked:
>>> I'm trying to run PC in diagnostic mode on Standalone PC with
>>> XPPro-sp2, and I am getting "An Access denied error occurred while
>>> attempting to change a service. You may need to log on to an
>>> Administrator account to make the specified changes."  Now, I've
>>> made no changes recently to any programs or hardware, and I have
>>> administrative permissions so I don't understand what is going on.
>>> Safe Mode (all three safe options) fail, or hang at (Agp440.sys
>>> line).  Theres no evidence of a viral agents at work or scumware.  I
>>> had a similar "legit" problem with msconfig due to a boot volume
>>> info folder virus about a month ago, and I wound up having to
>>> reinstall XP SP2 from scratch. Is there a way to verify, or fix
>>> this problem short of having to attempt an "In place repair" ??
>>>
>>> My thinking is that settings in the registry have somehow become
>>> corrupted.
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