Hello all, I have an odd issue with the registry in Windows 8. I've searched around quite a bit, and there's a solution that keeps popping up everywhere, but it doesn't work for me. Basically, I was trying to edit the FriendlyName of my wireless adapter, and so I discovered that there's a registry key for it at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\PCI\VEN_168C&DEV_002E&SUBSYS_E034105B&REV_01\4&378dc90b&0&00E5
So I found it, but alas, I don't have the permission to edit it. So, I looked that up. It should be a simple fix, involving going to Permissions, Advanced, Add, adding a user, hitting ok a few times, and making sure to change the child object permissions. Not that I know everything about what I'm doing, but I have a good idea.
Yet when I follow these directions cited on many forums, I get the message, "Unable to save permission changes on .... Access is denied". This particular edit isn't that big a deal, but I want to be able to enable editing of other things too. Any suggestions on why it won't let me? Your help is greatly appreciated.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\PCI\VEN_168C&DEV_002E&SUBSYS_E034105B&REV_01\4&378dc90b&0&00E5
So I found it, but alas, I don't have the permission to edit it. So, I looked that up. It should be a simple fix, involving going to Permissions, Advanced, Add, adding a user, hitting ok a few times, and making sure to change the child object permissions. Not that I know everything about what I'm doing, but I have a good idea.
Yet when I follow these directions cited on many forums, I get the message, "Unable to save permission changes on .... Access is denied". This particular edit isn't that big a deal, but I want to be able to enable editing of other things too. Any suggestions on why it won't let me? Your help is greatly appreciated.