When I run MSCONFIG, I receive a message "Access Denied, must be logged on as Administrator to make changes" when I exit out of it. If I make a change, the change takes effect, so it's not really "denying" me anything. However, I get the message whether I make a change or not. In doing some tedious google'ing/forum reading, it appears that there is a disconnect with Windows XP and Norton Internet Security 2010/2011. This apparently doesn't occur on Windows 7 or Vista, or with NIS 2009. It is not preventing me from doing anything, it's just a major annoyance. Would like to verify if this is the issue I am having. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.2 people need an answerI do too

Hi Amrita, thanks for your response. I tried that, and got the same results. I disabled Anti-virus and firewall, then rebooted in Safe Mode. I still got the error message. I'm not 100% sure that Norton was fully disabled, though. Is there anything else I have to do to disable Norton? Thanks, again!

HI, Try the below given steps given below and check if that helps.a) Openregistry editorb) Go to the below given location HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]c) See if there is something as disablemsconfigd) Delete ite) Restart the computer and check if that helps. Important: This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following link.http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Back-up-the-registry Hope this information is helpful.Amrita MMicrosoft Answers Support EngineerVisit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

HI, Try the below given steps given below and check if that helps.a) Open registry editorb) Go to the below given location HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]c) See if there is something as disablemsconfigd) Delete ite) Restart the computer and check if that helps. Important: This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following link.http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Back-up-the-registry Hope this information is helpful.Amrita MMicrosoft Answers Support EngineerVisit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

Hi, Amrita! Once again, thank you for your assistance. However, when I ran REGEDIT, I did findHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\, but no SYSTEM parameter. Therefore, I found no entry for DISABLEMSCONFIG. Any other ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

HI, Step 1:You may if the issue persists in a new user account. To create a new user account, follow the link given below.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/279783Step 2:If the new user account works fine then the previous account was corrupt, you may follow the link given below to fix the corrupt user profile.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811151 Also check if there are any virus infections on your computer. Follow the link given below.http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/default.htm Hope this information is helpful.Amrita MMicrosoft Answers Support EngineerVisit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think.