Re/enable regedit in Windows XP

Regdedit is the heart of tweaking you computer. But sometimes when you open it via Start => Run => regedit, we get the very popular and irritating error 'Registry editing has been disabled by your Administrator, even though you edited the registry just yesterday with no problem . There are three solutions to this problem. I would recommend the first way for newbies, and the other two ways for a little advanced users. Note:You just need to perform one method to enable the registry.

The easier way
To enable the regedit, just download this little software from here, by comGenius, that will enable your registry within seconds. You just open the software select "Enable regedit(Registry Editing)" from the drop down menu, press perform and Proceed restart and you are done.

The second way
From Group Policy Editor
Go to Run –> gpedit.msc
In the left hand menu, go to User Config –> Administrative Templated –> System.
Now In the right hand pane, select “Prevent access to registry editing tools”. It will probably be not configured or enabled. If it’s enabled, disable it and if it’s not configured, first enable it, apply settings and then disable it. Most probably the settings have been applied instantly. If not, then run gpupdate in command prompt to apply the group policies.

The third way
Go to Start –> Run, copy and paste the follow in the Run box and press OK.

REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

The effects are usually instant. If not then you should see the results after restarting your computer.


 
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