Access Denied In Msconfig
Seems the MSCONFIG error was thrown into the ring by BIT DEFENDER, this
somehow knocked out the .exe, however a solution presented itself by
downloading another copy of MSCONFIG off the net to the desktop, run it a
coule of times then deleted it, result MSCONFIG instant repair, B/D
tech did not prove helpful in explaining why their product would do
this, but no harm done in the end, one less problem marked off the long
list I have for the dayHere is what I did that finally did the trick. I am listing all steps
that I took. Some may not be necessary but I'm listing them anyway. The
first thing I did was run SpySweeper which is the spyware remover that I
use (I'm sure any good spyware remover will get rid of some of it which
is all we are trying to do on this first step). It removed many of the
malware files but there were still lingering problems like the inablity
to do a system restore and the "access denied" message when attempting
to make changes in MSCONFIG. That indicated to me that there were still
problems in the registry that were not corrected by the spyware remover.
Next step was go to Control Panel >> Add Remove Programs and
UnInstall ZoneAlarm. Then I went to Control Panel >> User Accounts
and added a new administrator account. I set the password and then I
went to Start >> Log Off >> Swith User and logged in with my
new admin account. I then was able to do a system restore from that new
admin account. I selected a restore point from 12/2006 roughly a month
ago (but the year was different). Not sure if the year being different
had something to do with it but I'm stating it as an observation. After
the restore completed it rebooted and VOILA everything was back to
normal. I also noticed that my newly created admin account was gone
(since the settings had been restored to a time before it existed). I
could make changes to MSCONFIG without getting the "access denied
message"
