Losing Registry Settings

[amerifax]

I am running XP Pro SP2. When I make a change to the Registry and then reboot the computer, I lose the changes I just made. They just disappear. Is it possible that the Registry is reverting to a backup somehow? Is there a setting somewhere for this?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Bob

 

[Smilin]

Originally posted by: amerifax
I am running XP Pro SP2. When I make a change to the Registry and then reboot the computer, I lose the changes I just made. They just disappear. Is it possible that the Registry is reverting to a backup somehow? Is there a setting somewhere for this?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Bob

What key?

Some portions of the registry are created dynamically each reboot.
Some (control sets) are also overwritten.

 

[montag451]

Are you making the changes in an admin account?
If not, then any changes won't be written.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: montag451
Are you making the changes in an admin account?
If not, then any changes won't be written.

This is incorrect, any writes are based on the values security, not on if the user is an admin or not.

 

[Smilin]

Originally posted by: bsobel

Originally posted by: montag451
Are you making the changes in an admin account?
If not, then any changes won't be written.

This is incorrect, any writes are based on the values security, not on if the user is an admin or not.

Yep, there are ACLs on registry entries just like in the file system. If you can write to it, it can be written.