Hi,
I have a permissions issue in Windows XP pro registry where the Classes key in [HKCU]\Software\Classes has an unknown SID instead of the currently logged in user with permission to the Classes key.
Now the Classes key appears to be user dynamic in other words the permissions change to whatever user is logged in. (I have tested this on a different XP build)
The classes key does not appear to be created from the Default HKU key but every user who logs in gets the Classes key with this unknown SID and no rights to edit the Classes key, which is an issue when a piece of software wishes to right to the key as the logged in user does not have permissions!
How do I restore the Classes to the default security settings and Group / User permissions?
I have deleted the unknown SID and rechecked Inherit from Parent under permissions but all this achieves is it gives the Currently logged in user access to the Classes key, another user logs in and has no access as it has replaced access to that key only for the previous logged in user, I can’t find where the user ID is pulling this Classes key from with the faulty SID and permissions! I have also looked in the NTUSER.DAT for the default profile and it appears to be clean 🙁
Please help!
Barry