Re: Access Denied when running MsConfig w/ admin rights

From: CjofVP (Christopherhmail-news_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 03/17/05 

Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 22:49:02 -0800

Thanks again for your help wes, I did manage to find out from a friend those
are special containers and not to F*** with them. He said what these
containers are for are when you're upgrading the Trusted Root Authority
certificate shares and or are adding new use certificates for software
packages, or even when performing MS upgrades. I'll definitely leave them
alone.

"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

> 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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