Cannot see HKCU or HKLM keys

Posted: 11-18-2003, 08:49 PM

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I'm signed in as network administrator into an XP Pro
machine. I got the Windows XP Registry Guide book by
Jerry Honeycutt. In that book, it states I should be able
to make computer-wide changes in the HKCU key. The
problem is, I can't see that key.

There aren't any known permissions set against the
administrator from viewing this. Does anyone have ANY
idea what would cause this, and how to fix it?

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JButton

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Cannot see HKCU or HKLM keys

Posted: 11-18-2003, 09:02 PM

Maybe means HKEY_CURRENT_USER. Hopefully you can see that.

=)

>-----Original Message-----
>I'm signed in as network administrator into an XP Pro
>machine. I got the Windows XP Registry Guide book by
>Jerry Honeycutt. In that book, it states I should be

able

>to make computer-wide changes in the HKCU key. The
>problem is, I can't see that key.
>
>There aren't any known permissions set against the
>administrator from viewing this. Does anyone have ANY
>idea what would cause this, and how to fix it?
>.
>

Doug Knox MS-MVP

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Re: Cannot see HKCU or HKLM keys

Posted: 11-18-2003, 09:58 PM

And computer wide changes are made in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. CURRENT_USER is
just that, for the CURRENT user.

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> I'm signed in as network administrator into an XP Pro
> machine. I got the Windows XP Registry Guide book by
> Jerry Honeycutt. In that book, it states I should be able
> to make computer-wide changes in the HKCU key. The
> problem is, I can't see that key.
>
> There aren't any known permissions set against the
> administrator from viewing this. Does anyone have ANY
> idea what would cause this, and how to fix it?

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