Regedit and control panel

This is a very odd issue, but not hard at all to fix. I had a similar issue in Windows XP. Now first of all, as with all of those weird and unusual Windows problems, it leads to the Windows Registry. Now, first a little disclaimer:

Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

Now on with the issue at hand.

First of all, open regedit by one of the following actions:

Windows XP/2003/2000 Users: Open the Start Menu and click on "Run." Then type "regedit" without the quotes in the dialogue and press the Enter key.

Windows Vista and 7 Users: In the search bar at the bottom of the Start Menu, type "regedit." It should appear in the search list above. Right mouse click it and select "Run As Administrator," then, confirm and say "Yes" or "Allow" to the User Account Control dialogues.

The rest from this point is pretty straight forward.

Click the plus sign or drop down arrow next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER, then the plus sign or drop arrow next to Control Panel. Look for the key which will look like a folder marked "Keyboard." There are 2 ways this entry might be causing an issue. If it is there, it is corrupted. The second way might be that the key is non-existant.

If the key is there, go ahead at this point, right mouse click it and click "Delete" and then "Yes." Now, simply recreate the key or folder only by right mouse clicking the Control Panel key and selecting "New" and then "Key" and name the key "Keyboard" without the quotes.

Keep regedit open for a test and do not close it yet. Make sure that you have the Keyboard key entry that you just created highlighted

If the key does not key does not exist, simply create the key or folder only by right mouse clicking the Control Panel key and selecting "New" and then "Key" and name the key "Keyboard" without the quotes.

Keep regedit open for a test and do not close it yet. Make sure that you have the Keyboard key entry that you just created highlighted

Now, go ahead and open Control Panel from the Start Menu.

For those of you in Category View, you want to click on "Printers and Other Hardware" and then double click on "Keyboard." For those of you in Classic View, you want to simply double click on "Keyboard."

Now, go ahead and set your sliders, then click "Apply" and then "Ok." Click back again on regedit and then the F5 key on your keyboard. 2 New string value entries should appear marked "KeyboardDelay" and "KeyboardSpeed" with numbers trailing them. Make sure that these entries are there, then, close regedit.

Go ahead now and look back at the Keyboard control panel applet and remember the settings that you just made. Now, restart or log off of your computer and log back in. Go back to Control Panel from the Start Menu and open the Keyboard applet again and make sure that the settings are where you left them.

This should definately fix the issue at hand and allow the settings to stay where they are. It is yet unknown what exactly may cause this entry to become deleted or corrupted, but, it happens every once in a while on some computers.

You may encounter problems trying to change your display settings if you have a certain policy set to prevent you from doing so. If you try and run the display control panel applet either by right clicking on the desktop and selecting properties or clicking on Display from Control Panel you may receive the following message or something very similar.

Your System Administrator disabled the Display Control Panel

To fix this problem you can perform a simple registry fix.

1. Start the registry editor by clicking on Start, Run and then type in regedit and click Ok.
2. Browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
3. If you have an entry for NoDispCPL, double click it to open it
4. If not you can create it by going to the Edit menu and selecting New and then DWORD value
5. Enter a name of NoDispCPL and press enter
6. Once you have this entry you should double click it and set the value to 0

Hello,

Please try this :
Open the registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class

[to open the registry, vista or 7, navigate to start, then type in regedit, choose from list, right click and say open as administrator. On XP, navigate to start, choose run, type in regedit and hit enter]

Then find the DVD & CD ROM key under above value.
Under the DVD & CD ROM key, find the values UpperFilter & LowerFilter and delete both seperately. Reboot machine and recheck. See below for picture

Hello,my friend regedit is system registry editor.The message you received says that your program was unable to be installed because regedit failed to update (manipulate/edit) the system registry.So find out which program u have installed is not working properly,uninstalled it and the next time you want to install it try right click and run as administrator.

1. go to run - > cmd -> type cd \windows\regedit.exe regedit.com

2. go to run -> type gpedit.msc - > expand User Configuration - > expand Administrative templates -> select system -> on the right side p anel double click prevent access to registery editing tools - > select disabled - > hit apply and ok.

3. Google for hijackthis.exe from trendmicro -> download the application -> execute the hijackthis application -> accept the aggrement ->click on do a system scan and save a log. -> locate option that reads regedit.exe or registry or sounds like referring to registery editing tools -> check mark the option and click on Fix checked.

Try above 3 options one by one if 1st one doesnt resolve your problem.

Best to have a free antivirus like AVG or Antivir to avoid virus issues.

regedit can be done only if u login to the computer as the administrator....
thank you  have a nice day

You need to be on an administrator account to run regedit.

Other than that, it could be that regedit has been disabled either by a Policy or by something nasty (e.g. a virus).

Try this:

http://www.dougknox.com/security/scripts/regtools.vbs

Save the file, then run it.

Restart your computer.

Try running Regedit.

Hi there. With Vista, even though you may have an administrator account, some actions require you to go through an "extra channel", so to speak. This is to add extra security to your system from outside interference.

What you should try:

Click on your Start Menu.
At the bottom, under All Programs, type regedit. Do NOT hit enter.
At the top, it should display the regedit program.
Right-click the regedit program and then select Run as Administrator.
It should now let you edit.

Let me know how it goes

Tim

There really isn't an "administrator" in Win98. Did you try to Run "regedit" from the start button?

Your system might have additional users on it. Check User Names and Passwords on the Control Panel.

You can not. Unless you create a Guest or a non-administrator account, Users from that account wont have access to regedit.
But you can disable it on an Administrator account and others.

Lets say you want to disable regedit on the Administrator's account, login to Administrators account and do as follows:

Start/Run/Regedit
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

Value Name: DisableRegistryTools
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (0 = allow regedit, 1 = disable regedit)


Do the same for Guest/Any other accounts.