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Access denied to msconfig

by Merfyn Sep 14, 2005 4:45AM PDT

To update the firmware on my DVD drive I needed to close all my startup programs and used msconfig to do so. Hoever when I used the disable button it failed to do work and subsequently I get a Access Denied error whenever I try to run mscofig. I am the sole user and the administrator for the machine. I have tried creating another different administrator account but this hasn`t solved the problem. Any ideas on how I can get msconfig working again please ?

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Why not simply boot up in safe mode?
by Ray Harinec Sep 14, 2005 5:28AM PDT

Only offering a solution to update the firmware, not to solve your msconfig issue.

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Access Denied to msconfig
by Merfyn Sep 14, 2005 8:47PM PDT

Thanks for your thoughts.I did manage to update the firmware ok using Mike Lin`s startup program to close down my startups but still need to re-establish msconfig for the future.

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Access Denied to msconfig
by Merfyn Sep 14, 2005 8:50PM PDT

Thank you for pointing out possible leads - I will follow them up and hope for the best!

Regards
Merfyn

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Google search
by eddie11013 Sep 14, 2005 7:07AM PDT
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msconfig
by Stan Chambers Sep 15, 2005 3:14AM PDT

It is possible that the .exe file has been damaged or corrupted. The file is located here: C:\Windows\PCHEALTH\HELPCTR\Binaries
Locate the file, then attempt to open it. to see what the results are. If no differences, do search for other copies of the file on your computer.
It should be located in the i386 folder.
You can copy and paste a new copy from i386 to the Binaries folder. No guarantees, but sometimes this will solve the problem.

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