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Did you try net user administrator /active:yes in an elevated command prompt? Right click cmd and select run as administrator. Set it to no when you are done. Reboot and select admin mode.

Frostmourne said:

Did you try net user administrator /active:yes in an elevated command prompt? Right click cmd and select run as administrator. Set it to no when you are done. Reboot and select admin mode.

Yes I tried that, and I still am unable to modify the registry DWORD value.

In order to give yourself permission to edit these registry keys, you first need to take ownership of them. Click "Advanced" from within the permissions window, then go to the "Owner" tab. Click on your username, you may also wish to pick the option "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects". Once this is applied, you should now be able to give yourself whatever permission you desire.

dboone said:

In order to give yourself permission to edit these registry keys, you first need to take ownership of them. Click "Advanced" from within the permissions window, then go to the "Owner" tab. Click on your username, you may also wish to pick the option "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects". Once this is applied, you should now be able to give yourself whatever permission you desire.

I'm unable to add myself to the owner tab.

You shouldn't have to add yourself, your account along with the administrator group should already be listed under "Change owner to:". Your account is an administrator account isn't it?

Once you highlight your account and click apply, the "Current owner:" field should change to whatever account you just picked.

Did you try running regedit as an administrator? Right-click on the "Regedit" link (i just started typing it in the run box on the start menu and it automaticly pops it up) and click "Run as administrator".

Dwarf said:

Have you tried running the registry editor in elevated mode?

I was unaware that was possible. How would I do that?

Jonathan King said:

Open up a run dialog, type "regedit" and hit Ctrl+Shift+Enter.

I will give that a shot, thank you.