Re: Access Denied when running MsConfig w/ admin rights

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

Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 06:38:03 -0700

Thanks for the info. :-) 

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Hope this helps.  Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:CD020CBD-72D5-4B3B-BBB9-3A606F421E38@microsoft.com,
CjofVP <Christopherhmail-news@yahoo.com> hunted and pecked:
> 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.