i cant log into an account so i need to access its registry

i know there is a way but i forgot to bookmark the site and now i cant find it

anyone know???

 

As far as I know, there's only one registry per machine.

If you need a document, shortcut or Favorite that's in another user's profile, find the folder Documents and Settings, usually on drive C:. The user profiles are all in there. If the user's profile is not set as private, you should be able to see everything in it. The only way to see all user profiles, even the ones set as private, is to log in as Administrator. (In Windows XP Home Edition, that means you have to start in Safe Mode.)

 

there's only one registy for windows


maybe you are thinking of the HKEY_USERS in the root of the registry

 

so youre telling me HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Run is the same for every user?! :eh:

 

Yup, HKLM is for everything on that maching, including all users.

If you have admin or power user rights, you can change the password on that particular account you are trying to access, then log in.

Is this at home or at work?

 

i just formatted the pc

im trying to edit startup items for an account i can't log into because too much shit comes up and i can't load taskman or msconfig. passwords are not the problem.

 

Click Start, then Run

Type "regedit" and hit enter

Click File, then Connect Network Registry

If you enter the computer name and click OK you should be able to open the registry remotely.


This procedure takes advantage of the fact that remote registry editing is turned on by default in Windows. If you run Windows 2000 Pro or Windows XP and want to disable this feature, which could result in somebody seriously exploiting your machine, you can do so in the following manner:

Open Control Panel

Go to Administrative Tools

Go to Services

Scroll down to Remote Registry, righ-click on it and click on Properties

Change startup type to "disabled" and click "STOP" to stop the service from running. No reboot necessary.

 

i knew about that. thats not what i was looking for. thanks though.

 

Try this application, it's called Starter.
http://www.geocities.com/codestufflion/StarterSetup.zip download link
http://codestuff.netfirms.com/download.shtml more info link

Might help out.

 

will that program allow me to edit startup entries for different users?

meaning i can log into user A but not B so i log in as A and edit user B's startup.