visionhelp Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 Mail accounts - the access to them with OE6 (XP Pro SP3) - these days are being deactivated. POSReady 2009 Update promises to install TLS 1.1 and 1.2 to solve this trouble. Problem: The registry-key ´POSReady´ is not possible to set to ´1´. Error message "in use from system or other processes", from *.reg file. Any kind help appreciated. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroSkipper Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 (edited) The corresponding key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\WPA\PosReady seems to already exist. Check this key by using Regedit or any other registry editor! If this registry hack was already performed, the entry should look like as following: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\WPA\PosReady] "Installed"=dword:00000001 If you had applied this hack the first time, this registry key couldn't have been in use at all 'cause it weren't still there. Therefore, I think the hack has already been applied. Simply said: a nonexistent key cannot be in use. Cheers, AstroSkipper Edited June 27, 2022 by AstroSkipper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionhelp Posted June 27, 2022 Author Share Posted June 27, 2022 (edited) OK. Understanding. Thanks. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\WPA\PosReady] "Installed"=dword:00000001 I will remove the key, and then try it at once with this .reg-file. But I am sure, there is a reason, that the setting to ´1´ is denied. And will be continuing. And here it is: (english:) "PosReady can´t be deleted. Error at deleting the key." (Off-topic:) Would like to expand the title with ´& not to delete´.) Edited June 27, 2022 by visionhelp endorsement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroSkipper Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 (edited) A registry key which is already in use can't be deleted in Windows itself. You have to do that from outside. Use, for example, the tool Offline Windows Password & Registry Editor: http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/ I recommed to perform a backup of your system partition, first! Cheers, AstroSkipper Edited June 27, 2022 by AstroSkipper Update of content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionhelp Posted June 27, 2022 Author Share Posted June 27, 2022 (edited) Thanks the effort. This tool is just for: "Forgot your Windows admin password?". Needs a tool do delete the key before Windows running, therefor at (Windows) boot. Or a command for at boot in Auto-start, delete the key. But this also will not help - the reason - the complete denying this key setting to ´1´, I am very convinced. But: perhaps a commend in Auto-Start - for once - to create and/or set ´Installed´ to ´1´. If this could not destroy the entire system-installation. Edited June 27, 2022 by visionhelp betterment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroSkipper Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 (edited) 9 minutes ago, visionhelp said: Thanks the effort. You're welcome! 9 minutes ago, visionhelp said: This tool is just for: "Forgot your Windows admin password?". No, it's an offline registry editor either. 9 minutes ago, visionhelp said: Will try ClearProg to delete the key during (Windows) boot. I don't use this kind of tools. A lot of them are crap. But I think it's not able to do this or to do this successfully. Here is the instruction how to use Offline Windows Password & Registry Editor: Boot Offline Windows Password & Registry Editor. Mount the partition with your windows installation, select the full option, change to the regkey and delete it. Then exit the program and write the changes back to disk. Boot back to Windows and the regkey is gone. Cheers, AstroSkipper Edited June 27, 2022 by AstroSkipper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionhelp Posted June 27, 2022 Author Share Posted June 27, 2022 (edited) "Boot back to Windows" = (/means) Re-boot Windows ? (Ah, no, I think, quite from outside from the windows-system. OUH. Sorry.) Thanks, this instruction description. (OK, an about 2 hours plan, now. But, again, ah: perhaps the key ´Installed´ is there also to set to ´1´, because this is the trouble last end.) ("Image" system: thanks the remind. In mind since months.) (ClearProg is reliable, not SO much doing, but a bit.) Edited June 27, 2022 by visionhelp endorsement, betterment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionhelp Posted June 27, 2022 Author Share Posted June 27, 2022 (edited) On download page this warning: "DANGER WILL ROBINSON! If password is reset on users that have EFS encrypted files, and the system is XP or newer, all encrypted files for that user will be UNREADABLE! and cannot be recovered unless you remember the old password again If you don't know if you have encrypted files or not, you most likely don't have them. (except maybe on corporate systems)". This could be for the Registry also ... HAVING: Corporate. This possibility is wanting to stop me doing this effort from about 2 hours. This now: if I had time weeks: OK. I have to think about, very relaxed, please. By the alternative now this idea: in/for Auto-Start a command to set - at (Windows) boot - ´Installed´ to ´1´, for once only. (After system-image.) Edited June 27, 2022 by visionhelp missed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroSkipper Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 20 minutes ago, visionhelp said: Thanks, this instruction description. You're welcome! 20 minutes ago, visionhelp said: perhaps the key ´Installed´ is there also to set to ´1´, because this is the trouble last end. If the key is deleted completely from outside, you should have no problems to apply the POSReady hack in Windows itself. But you can try, instead of deleting the registry entry, to edit it to your needs, i.e., setting the value to 1. 23 minutes ago, visionhelp said: "Image" system: thanks the remind. In mind since months. If something goes wrong, you'll be glad to have a backup to restore the possibly damaged system partition. You'll never know what will happen when modifying Windows from outside. Cheers, AstroSkipper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionhelp Posted June 27, 2022 Author Share Posted June 27, 2022 (edited) 8 minutes ago, AstroSkipper said: But you can try, instead of deleting the registry entry, to edit it to your needs Yes. 8 minutes ago, AstroSkipper said: glad to have a backup But yes. (My - in about 10 years built all together - XP I WILL NOT do again.) Edited June 27, 2022 by visionhelp endorsement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroSkipper Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 (edited) BTW, I already used Offline Windows Password & Registry Editor to reset my admin password in the past, and it's simply great. 3 hours ago, visionhelp said: DANGER WILL ROBINSON! If password is reset on users that have EFS encrypted files, and the system is XP or newer, all encrypted files for that user will be UNREADABLE! and cannot be recovered unless you remember the old password again If you don't know if you have encrypted files or not, you most likely don't have them. (except maybe on corporate systems)". You don't want to reset your password. Therefore, it doesn't matter. And in the described case above, you have to have EFS encrypted files. 3 hours ago, visionhelp said: This could be for the Registry also The conclusion is unfounded and not comprehensible. And if you have a complete backup of your system partition, you have nothing to lose. Therefore, follow the instructions! Or leave it! PS: The process of deleting or editing the registry key from outside, will last just a few minutes. Creating a fresh image of your system partition, will need the most time. Chhers, AstroSkipper Edited June 27, 2022 by AstroSkipper Update of content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionhelp Posted June 27, 2022 Author Share Posted June 27, 2022 11 minutes ago, AstroSkipper said: 33 minutes ago, visionhelp said: This could be for the Registry also The conclusion is unfounded and not comprehensible For this I did say ´could´. Not MORE did I say. Not MORE I do know, please. 12 minutes ago, AstroSkipper said: have EFS encrypted files "(except maybe on corporate systems)": and "maybe" is also not saying MORE. "follow the instructions! Or leave it": My nerves and time and power are limited, please. I have to decide and plan my works. So, please, (You may) stay kind. Thank You. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionhelp Posted June 27, 2022 Author Share Posted June 27, 2022 (edited) Quote PS: The process of deleting or editing the registry key from outside, will last just a few minutes. Creating a fresh image of your system partition, will need the most time. The software download, install - making workable the running from/on a stick - being carefull each step, each click, and being more at the points, where the work has to be done ...: 2 hours, at least. The image: 10 minutes, after remembering which settings have to be done, which not. So: about 20 minutes. And the reason (the denying to set to ´1´ and/or to delete) still may not be solved this way. (Means: being able then to set to ´1´ still must not do it.) OK ? Edited June 27, 2022 by visionhelp endorsement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroSkipper Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 (edited) 14 minutes ago, visionhelp said: "(except maybe on corporate systems)": and "maybe" is also not saying MORE. BTW, my Windows XP Professional, fully POSReady updated, is a Corporate Edition either. Therefore, nothing to worry about! Cheers, AstroSkipper Edited June 27, 2022 by AstroSkipper correction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionhelp Posted June 27, 2022 Author Share Posted June 27, 2022 (edited) Quote Corporate Edition either. Therefore, nothing to worry about O K E Y: THAT is listening good. Let´s see ! (Off-topic, please:) just Install on usb-stick, (just) to run - runs - without Windows ? Getting access to the stick, to the tool: how, without Windows, please ? Thanks to You. The installaton to the stick does make the stick - the tool - bootable, without any OS (Windows here) ? Edited June 27, 2022 by visionhelp betterment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now