Access denied editing text files to root C drive

NoelDP said:

Sorry - real life got in the way!

Add the Value and data in yourself :)
in Regedit, navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
and right-click on the System entry - select New> DWORD Value
entry the Name, then double-click on the name to open it up and change the data point to 1

Made the registry entry and tried it out, did not work Even restarted the pc and tried it out again still didnt work.

logicearth said:

Are you falling into the trap of not watching "Applies to" in the permissions? See below for the default permissions placed on the system drive.

Here is what I got set.

C:\Windows\system32>REG QUERY HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr
entVersion\Policies\System

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin REG_DWORD 0x0
ConsentPromptBehaviorUser REG_DWORD 0x3
EnableInstallerDetection REG_DWORD 0x1
EnableLUA REG_DWORD 0x0
EnableSecureUIAPaths REG_DWORD 0x1
EnableUIADesktopToggle REG_DWORD 0x0
EnableVirtualization REG_DWORD 0x1
PromptOnSecureDesktop REG_DWORD 0x0
ValidateAdminCodeSignatures REG_DWORD 0x0
dontdisplaylastusername REG_DWORD 0x0
legalnoticecaption REG_SZ
legalnoticetext REG_SZ
scforceoption REG_DWORD 0x0
shutdownwithoutlogon REG_DWORD 0x1
undockwithoutlogon REG_DWORD 0x1
FilterAdministratorToken REG_DWORD 0x0
LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy REG_DWORD 0x1

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\UIP
I

I moved the UAC slider bar all the way up and restarted my pc. This is the new results.

C:\Users\Me>REG QUERY HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi
on\Policies\System

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin REG_DWORD 0x2
ConsentPromptBehaviorUser REG_DWORD 0x3
EnableInstallerDetection REG_DWORD 0x1
EnableLUA REG_DWORD 0x1
EnableSecureUIAPaths REG_DWORD 0x1
EnableUIADesktopToggle REG_DWORD 0x0
EnableVirtualization REG_DWORD 0x1
PromptOnSecureDesktop REG_DWORD 0x1
ValidateAdminCodeSignatures REG_DWORD 0x0
dontdisplaylastusername REG_DWORD 0x0
legalnoticecaption REG_SZ
legalnoticetext REG_SZ
scforceoption REG_DWORD 0x0
shutdownwithoutlogon REG_DWORD 0x1
undockwithoutlogon REG_DWORD 0x1
FilterAdministratorToken REG_DWORD 0x0
LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy REG_DWORD 0x1

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\UIP
I

Ok, just tested it with UAC turned to second from the top. Unfortunately i still have the problem Should I switch it back to off again?