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Hi,

I am trying to open regedit from run dialog on Winxp. I tried to lauch it from alternative places such as Task Manager, IE etc. I am running as admin

Forums reveal that's it's a virus. but nothing concrete to get it working

Any help?

Thanks

A: 

This isn't exactly a programming question, so this probably isn't the place for this...but try to boot in Safe Mode without Networking and opening the registry from there.

Cheers,
Eric

Eric
Ok, I was not aware that it's only programming.
It isn't only programming related, just the majority are programming questions. You should tag it with 'not-programming-related' though. (as I have now done)
PintSizedCat
A: 

If it's a virus preventing you starting regedit.exe, try making a copy of regedit.exe with a different filename.

RichieHindle
A: 

Try this : Start->Run->gpedit.msc

Enter "Group Policy/User Configuration/Administrative Templates/System".

Check "prevent the access regedit"

May be this setting is not selected.

SimaWB