Many times when working on a computer that has been infected with a virus, trojan, or piece of spyware I find myself with my most important command, Regedit, the Windows Registry Editor being disabled. Virus creators like to disable the Registry Editor so it makes solving the problem and removing the issue difficult.

Enabling the Registry with VBScript:
Doug Knox, a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional, has created a VBScript that enables or disables the Registry Editor based on the following location in the registry. Of course, since the registry editor is disabled, you can’t change it manually, so Doug wrote a Visual Basic Script to accomplish the task.
HKey_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\
Visit Doug’s page and download Registry Tools VBScript to your desktop, double-click on it to run it, then reboot your computer and try to open the Registry Editor. If this fix didn’t solve your problem, try other method given below.
Windows XP Professional and Group Policy Editor
If you have Windows XP Professional and access to an administrative user account, you could change the registry editor options in the Group Policy Editor.
1. Click Start, Run
2. Type GPEDIT.MSC and Press Enter
3. Go to the following location * User Configuration * Administrative Templates * System
4. In the Settings Window, find the option for “Prevent Access to Registry Editing Tools” and double-click on it to change.
5. Select Disabled or Not Configured and choose OK
6. Close the Group Policy Editor and restart your computer
7. Try opening REGEDIT again
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