Author Topic: Permissions to Merge Legacy Services to the Vista registry (Read 15837 times)

MikeB · « **on:** February 15, 2012, 11:44:26 am »

Hi Shane,

I have a question about registry permissions.

I need to merge a legacy service, legacy_mpssvc.reg, into a registry where it is missing completely.

How do I reset that permission in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root
so that it will allow the merge?

Thanks,

Mike

Shane · « **Reply #1 on:** February 15, 2012, 11:51:42 am »

Couple of ways you can do it

1. regini.exe
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/237607

You can set the permissions with this.

2. psexec.exe
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553

Or with this you can open a cmd window under the system account and import the reg file that way as well

Shane

MikeB · « **Reply #2 on:** February 15, 2012, 11:53:32 am »

Thanks I will check it out.

Mike

MikeB · « **Reply #3 on:** February 15, 2012, 12:05:39 pm »

So if I want to merge the registry file legacy_mpssvc.reg what would that look like as a command set for the tool you prefer?

Shane · « **Reply #4 on:** February 15, 2012, 12:18:40 pm »

Here is how to do both.

1. Make a txt file and put this in (Lets say the file name is reg_per.txt)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root [1 5 7 11 17]

Then just run

regini.exe reg_per.txt

In the text file you add each reg key you want to change permissions on.

2. Make a bat file say reg.bat

In the bat file put

regedit /s legacy_mpssvc.reg

now run the bat file with psexec.exe

psexec.exe -i -d -s cmd.exe /c reg.bat

And that will run cmd.exe as the system account at which point cmd.exe runs the bat file we made

Shane

MikeB · « **Reply #5 on:** February 15, 2012, 12:52:11 pm »

Thanks I just ran it and it worked perfectly.

Shane · « **Reply #6 on:** February 15, 2012, 12:53:35 pm »

Glad I could help

Shane