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More info?)
Yes, this fixed it. Thanks.
"WRH" <no_spam@videotron.ca> wrote in message
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> Perhaps its a question of permissions...
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310426
> has the following...
>
> Assigning Permissions to a Registry Key
> 1. Click the key that you want to assign permissions.
> 2. On the Edit menu, click Permissions.
> 3. Click the group or user name that you want to work with.
> 4. Assign one of the following access levels to the key: . Select the
> Allow check box for Read to give permission to read the key contents, but
> not save any changes.
> . Select the Allow check box for Full Control to give
> permission to open, edit, and take ownership of the key.
>
> 5. To grant special permission in the key, click Advanced, and then
> double-click the user or group that you want to assign special access.
> Under Permissions, select the Allow or the Deny check box for each
> permission you want to allow or deny.
>
>
>
> "Mister Scary" <daniel_newhouse@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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>> "Mister Scary" <daniel_newhouse@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>> news:utCiYK1ZFHA.1408@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>> There is no useful information in that leak.
>>>
>> There is no useful information in that link.
>>
>> I think I see a problem. I try to communicate by implication in order to
>> convey more information in fewer words, and people fail to comprehend it.
>>
>> Instead I will be very specific and go through it step by step. I used
>> regedit to try to edit my registry key. I was manually deleting registry
>> keys after a device driver did not uninstall properly. Windows does not
>> allow me to delete a few of the registry keys I need to delete. I get an
>> error message box. The title of the box is :"Error Deleting Key." The
>> message of the box is "Cannot delete key <insert key name hee>: Error
>> while deleting key."
>>
>> Now everyone should be able to understand the problem.
>>
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