>>Hi Luiz.
>>
>>> In Windows Vista even if you are login as administrator applications runs
>>>by default with minimun rights, I need to access the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
>>>on the registry, but it keeps redirecting my changes to HKEY_LOCAL_USER
>>>because of the rights issue, I looked at the link bellow:
>>>
>>>http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724878.aspx
>>>
>>>which addresses this issue and I think I follow what they suggested, but obviously I must be doing something wrong, any one have tried to manipulate the registry in Windows Vista, even if is not Fox code, anything will help.
>>
>>You can't write to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. Use HKEY_CURRENT_USER instead for user-specific data. There isn't a writable global Registry location.
>>
>>Doug
>
>I not sure if that is entirely true. Using my Query tool, I can write to the LOCAL MACHINE section of the Registry. If I can't, then why does the data appear there?

Wait. I guess I do have Admin rights on the Vista Home edition.