Disable "Registry Editing Has Been Disabled By Your Administrator" Message

In case of virus attack, if you want to run the Registry editor you may see the message:

Registry Editing Has Been Disabled By Your Administrator

If you can't open Registry editor, removing virus become more difficult as you will not be able to delete the Registry Keys created by the virus. Here are some simple methods which will help you to enable Registry Editing again.

1st Method: Using the Group Policy Editor

* Start >Run type gpedit.msc and click OK.
* Navigate to: User Configuration > Administrative Templates> System
* In the right-hand pane, find Prevent Acess to Registry editing Tools and double click on it
* Choose the option “Disabled” and click Ok.
* Close the Group Policy Window

2nd Method: Using Run Command

1. Start >Run and type the following command exactly and press Enter

REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

I think you have got rid of Freaking Registry Editing Has Been Disabled By Your Administrator message.

2 Responses to "Disable "Registry Editing Has Been Disabled By Your Administrator" Message"

Anonymous responded on April 12, 2009 at 10:20 AM #

Thanks for the important Tip..

Inspiron responded on February 18, 2011 at 1:48 PM #

Hi all..
My computer is definitely infected with something. It's extremely slow and I get pop ups when I go to different sites. I've looked at these forums and tried deleting some files but the popups come back!
Today my pc now clean from virus

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