Problem with registry fix?

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Post the .reg file here, Susan.

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"Susan" <dsnsacree@msn.com> wrote in message
news:e$QOebopFHA.1948@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>I am a volunteer trying to help person on the Dell forums who had a L2Me
>infection. The winlogon defaults in the registry were wiped out. Now I
>have been trying to get victim to download a regfix to replace/merge the
>defaults. However everytime he tries to do the merge, he gets the
>following error.
> Cannot import C:\winlogondefaults.reg: Error accessing the registry.
>
> I know that it is not a problem with the registry fix because it is the
> standard fix from
> http://www.atribune.org/downloads/l2mfix.exe
> http://www.downloads.subratam.org/l2mfix.exe
> and I have also tried it.
>
> I am so puzzled by this because another registry fix worked for victim.
> It seems this error is tied to the 2nd Hkey entry.
> Victim posted the following:
>
> So opened C:\winlogondefaults.reg with notepad & copied the 1st hkey
> entry in C:\winlogondefaults.reg to a blank notepad, saved as "All fIles"
>
> and it also updated successfully. Figure that ???
>
> However, when I tried again with the 2nd Hkey entry in:
> C:\winlogondefaults.reg: did not update, i got the dreaded
>
> "Error accessing the registry"
>
> ======================================
>
> Can anyone offer some suggestions please?
>
> Susan
>
>
>
>

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I'd suspect the user account has insufficient privileges to make changes to
the HKLM branch of the registry via the .exe file.

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"Susan" <dsnsacree@msn.com> wrote in message
news:e$QOebopFHA.1948@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>I am a volunteer trying to help person on the Dell forums who had a L2Me
>infection. The winlogon defaults in the registry were wiped out. Now I
>have been trying to get victim to download a regfix to replace/merge the
>defaults. However everytime he tries to do the merge, he gets the
>following error.
> Cannot import C:\winlogondefaults.reg: Error accessing the registry.
>
> I know that it is not a problem with the registry fix because it is the
> standard fix from
> http://www.atribune.org/downloads/l2mfix.exe
> http://www.downloads.subratam.org/l2mfix.exe
> and I have also tried it.
>
> I am so puzzled by this because another registry fix worked for victim.
> It seems this error is tied to the 2nd Hkey entry.
> Victim posted the following:
>
> So opened C:\winlogondefaults.reg with notepad & copied the 1st hkey
> entry in C:\winlogondefaults.reg to a blank notepad, saved as "All fIles"
>
> and it also updated successfully. Figure that ???
>
> However, when I tried again with the 2nd Hkey entry in:
> C:\winlogondefaults.reg: did not update, i got the dreaded
>
> "Error accessing the registry"
>
> ======================================
>
> Can anyone offer some suggestions please?
>
> Susan
>
>
>
>

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Never mind-- it worked finally!
"Susan" <dsnsacree@msn.com> wrote in message
news:eQ8VgFqpFHA.4056@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> http://forums.us.dell.com/supportf [...] e.id=10604
> This is the above thread and you can see the various logs.
> "Kelly" <kelly@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23loU3mopFHA.1996@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Post the .reg file here, Susan.
>>
>> --
>>
>> All the Best,
>> Kelly (MS-MVP)
>>
>> Troubleshooting Windows XP
>> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
>>
>>
>>
>> "Susan" <dsnsacree@msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:e$QOebopFHA.1948@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>>I am a volunteer trying to help person on the Dell forums who had a L2Me
>>>infection. The winlogon defaults in the registry were wiped out. Now I
>>>have been trying to get victim to download a regfix to replace/merge the
>>>defaults. However everytime he tries to do the merge, he gets the
>>>following error.
>>> Cannot import C:\winlogondefaults.reg: Error accessing the registry.
>>>
>>> I know that it is not a problem with the registry fix because it is the
>>> standard fix from
>>> http://www.atribune.org/downloads/l2mfix.exe
>>> http://www.downloads.subratam.org/l2mfix.exe
>>> and I have also tried it.
>>>
>>> I am so puzzled by this because another registry fix worked for victim.
>>> It seems this error is tied to the 2nd Hkey entry.
>>> Victim posted the following:
>>>
>>> So opened C:\winlogondefaults.reg with notepad & copied the 1st hkey
>>> entry in C:\winlogondefaults.reg to a blank notepad, saved as "All
>>> fIles"
>>>
>>> and it also updated successfully. Figure that ???
>>>
>>> However, when I tried again with the 2nd Hkey entry in:
>>> C:\winlogondefaults.reg: did not update, i got the dreaded
>>>
>>> "Error accessing the registry"
>>>
>>> ======================================
>>>
>>> Can anyone offer some suggestions please?
>>>
>>> Susan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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Great news, Susan thanks for the feedback. How did you solve this?

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"Susan" <dsnsacree@msn.com> wrote in message
news:u1OQu0qpFHA.708@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Never mind-- it worked finally!
> "Susan" <dsnsacree@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:eQ8VgFqpFHA.4056@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> http://forums.us.dell.com/supportf [...] e.id=10604
>> This is the above thread and you can see the various logs.
>> "Kelly" <kelly@mvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:%23loU3mopFHA.1996@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>> Post the .reg file here, Susan.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> All the Best,
>>> Kelly (MS-MVP)
>>>
>>> Troubleshooting Windows XP
>>> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Susan" <dsnsacree@msn.com> wrote in message
>>> news:e$QOebopFHA.1948@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>>>I am a volunteer trying to help person on the Dell forums who had a L2Me
>>>>infection. The winlogon defaults in the registry were wiped out. Now I
>>>>have been trying to get victim to download a regfix to replace/merge the
>>>>defaults. However everytime he tries to do the merge, he gets the
>>>>following error.
>>>> Cannot import C:\winlogondefaults.reg: Error accessing the registry.
>>>>
>>>> I know that it is not a problem with the registry fix because it is the
>>>> standard fix from
>>>> http://www.atribune.org/downloads/l2mfix.exe
>>>> http://www.downloads.subratam.org/l2mfix.exe
>>>> and I have also tried it.
>>>>
>>>> I am so puzzled by this because another registry fix worked for victim.
>>>> It seems this error is tied to the 2nd Hkey entry.
>>>> Victim posted the following:
>>>>
>>>> So opened C:\winlogondefaults.reg with notepad & copied the 1st hkey
>>>> entry in C:\winlogondefaults.reg to a blank notepad, saved as "All
>>>> fIles"
>>>>
>>>> and it also updated successfully. Figure that ???
>>>>
>>>> However, when I tried again with the 2nd Hkey entry in:
>>>> C:\winlogondefaults.reg: did not update, i got the dreaded
>>>>
>>>> "Error accessing the registry"
>>>>
>>>> ======================================
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone offer some suggestions please?
>>>>
>>>> Susan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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