how to change permissions

Okay, I have read article ID: 909444 concerning the need to correct the
default permission settings in the registration folder. How do you do that?
I have looked in that folder and right click and left click, looked in
properties but can not fiquire out how to make sure the permissions are set
correctly. Can anyone help?

You have windows 2000 and I have windows XP. Your windir is
c:\winnt I guess - mine is c:\windows. I can't see how right clicking
properties gets me a security tab either, just like you. Try cacls.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;909444
has the instructions for resetting. Here is their instruction:

echo y| cacls %windir%\registration /G everyone:R system:F administrators:F
echo y| cacls %windir%\registration\*.clb /G everyone:R system:F
administrators:F

If, before you do this, you want to see what you've got set, open up
a dos box, cd to winnt (in your case I guess) and cacls registration
It should return who's got what rights on the registration folder,
exactly if you can follow the oi's and aces. Best bet I think would
be to put their two lines in a .bat file, run it, then check.

"Steve Hambrick" <> wrote in message
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> Okay, I have read article ID: 909444 concerning the need to correct the
> default permission settings in the registration folder. How do you do
> that? I have looked in that folder and right click and left click, looked
> in properties but can not fiquire out how to make sure the permissions are
> set correctly. Can anyone help?
>

Sorry, I should have stated that I have Windows XP Pro. It seems that
Microsoft should not assume that everyone is computer smart. Telling you
what to do rather than telling you how to do it is two different things.
"Michael Jennings" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> You have windows 2000 and I have windows XP. Your windir is
> c:\winnt I guess - mine is c:\windows. I can't see how right clicking
> properties gets me a security tab either, just like you. Try cacls.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;909444
> has the instructions for resetting. Here is their instruction:
>
> echo y| cacls %windir%\registration /G everyone:R system:F
> administrators:F
> echo y| cacls %windir%\registration\*.clb /G everyone:R system:F
> administrators:F
>
> If, before you do this, you want to see what you've got set, open up
> a dos box, cd to winnt (in your case I guess) and cacls registration
> It should return who's got what rights on the registration folder,
> exactly if you can follow the oi's and aces. Best bet I think would
> be to put their two lines in a .bat file, run it, then check.
>
> "Steve Hambrick" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> Okay, I have read article ID: 909444 concerning the need to correct the
>> default permission settings in the registration folder. How do you do
>> that? I have looked in that folder and right click and left click, looked
>> in properties but can not fiquire out how to make sure the permissions
>> are set correctly. Can anyone help?
>>
>
>

"Before Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-051, explicit permissions to the
COM+ catalog were not required."

start > run > type in " cmd " > issue these commands:
cd \windows
cacls registration
you should then see this:
C:\WINDOWS\Registration
EveryoneOI)(CI)R
NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEMOI)(CI)F
BUILTIN\AdministratorsOI)(CI)F

If everyone has full control, that works too. What if not?
Then look here for my how-to-do the .bat file explanation:
news:uo0$L%...

Although W2K really got it, this applies to XP and 2003 as well.
Yes, of course, they should have provided for this. Will, eventually.

"Steve Hambrick" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Sorry, I should have stated that I have Windows XP Pro. It seems that
> Microsoft should not assume that everyone is computer smart. Telling you
> what to do rather than telling you how to do it is two different things.
>
> "Michael Jennings" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> You have windows 2000 and I have windows XP. Your windir is
>> c:\winnt I guess - mine is c:\windows. I can't see how right clicking
>> properties gets me a security tab either, just like you. Try cacls.
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;909444
>> has the instructions for resetting. Here is their instruction:
>>
>> echo y| cacls %windir%\registration /G everyone:R system:F
>> administrators:F
>> echo y| cacls %windir%\registration\*.clb /G everyone:R system:F
>> administrators:F
>>
>> If, before you do this, you want to see what you've got set, open up
>> a dos box, cd to winnt (in your case I guess) and cacls registration
>> It should return who's got what rights on the registration folder,
>> exactly if you can follow the oi's and aces. Best bet I think would
>> be to put their two lines in a .bat file, run it, then check.
>>
>> "Steve Hambrick" <> wrote in message
>> news:%...
>>> Okay, I have read article ID: 909444 concerning the need to correct the
>>> default permission settings in the registration folder. How do you do
>>> that? I have looked in that folder and right click and left click,
>>> looked in properties but can not fiquire out how to make sure the
>>> permissions are set correctly. Can anyone help?