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I am troubleshooting an installer problem where it's giving an error writing to a registry key. So when I use the Registry Editor (regedit) to create the same key under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog
I get the following error:
Cannot create key: Error writing to the registry
Looking at the permissions, administrators have full access and I am a member of that group. I can create entries in other areas in the registry.
When I try to take ownership, I see my name already listed. But then I get an error:
Unable to set new owner on Eventlog. Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service.
I tried after a new reboot. I turned off my firewall (Comodo).
Why can't I create a new key when I am an admin and permissions indicate I have full control?
I tried runas as administrator with same problem. It's a stand alone machine not connected to a domain. I tried the process on another machine and it worked. – Tony_Henrich – 2010-01-14T08:27:16.450
Is this dependnet on some local policy or service? – Tony_Henrich – 2010-01-14T08:31:29.967
are you sure that administrator is the builtin administrator? Check in Administrative Tools -> local security settings that "Administrative account status" is 'Enabled'. The name you see in 'Rename Administrator account' is the built in administrator. – Ganesh R. – 2010-01-14T12:28:02.040