Some of my windows registries(Vista) are not accessible due to permission violations. How to resolve it?

Question

Some of my windows registry permissions have been changed.It denies access to services like SQL Server. What is the issue here and how can it be resolved? Moreover I am able to login only in safe mode.

Answer 1

You can change permissions using regedit.exe. Try clicking on a registry key and choosing the "Permissions" option. On my computer the permissions are set in the following way:

• the System group and the Administrators group - full control
• the Restricted group - read
• the Everyone group - read (on branches like HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE)