Access to the registry tools has been stopped, is there any way to get access?

A. I include this as I had the exact problem on site a couple of daysago and I want Administrators to be aware that this can be done.

If the scheduler service is running on your PC (or if you can start it) youcan submit the registry editor to start via the scheduler and it will then bestarted under the system context. For example

C:> at <1 minute in the future> /interactive regedt32.exe

One minute from submission regedt32.exe will be started giving you fullaccess to the registry. Cool!

You can also re-enable the tools by writing a small .reg file and doubleclick on it which gives full access:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesSystem]
"DisableRegistryTools"=dword:00000000

Save as disableregistrytools.reg,double click from Explorer and you will have full registry access.