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    Windows 7 Unable to remove any registry key in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE hive

    Good to know, thanks a lot.To be honest I have no idea where to look for solutions anymore, I'd love to just nuke these keys somehow :)I'll let you know if I find a solution.
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    Windows 7 Unable to remove any registry key in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE hive

    Yes, I've used USBDeView and tried to take advantage of it somehow; unfortunately it doesn't do what I require (registry entries remain.) I have done this kind of cleaning many times in Windows XP without any trouble, it's only in Windows 7 that it seems to be an issue (not sure if it's just me...
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    Windows 7 Unable to remove any registry key in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE hive

    Thanks for your time Trouble. Actually, something weird just happened. When I check the Replace all child object permissions with inheritable permissions from this object box and hit OK, I get the following error: Registry Editor could not set security in the key currently selected, or some of...
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    Windows 7 Unable to remove any registry key in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE hive

    Tried RegDelNull, unfortunately didn't help :(
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    Windows 7 Unable to remove any registry key in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE hive

    Hi again, I am trying to delete keys in USBStor and similar - need to remove traces of certain USB devices being connected to my machine in the past. The reason I said it was a widespread problem is because I have no trouble deleting keys from other hives (I do that often,) so I backed up HKLM...
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    Windows 7 Unable to remove any registry key in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE hive

    Hi, thanks for trying to help! Yes, I do get an error, it reads: "Cannot delete [key name]: Error while deleting key. And to answer your other question; I have done everything in both regedt32 and plain old regedit - the results were the same. Any ideas?
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    Windows 7 Unable to remove any registry key in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE hive

    Hi guys, I cannot, for the life of me, delete any key in the HKLM hive. Things I've tried: Logging in as administrator Running an elevated regedit Setting Full Permissions to edit the key Taking ownership of the key Doing all of the above in regedt32 Running in safe mode Malwarebyte's Reg...
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    Windows 7 "Lost" 150GB of free space?!

    Hi guys, I Have a 200 GB hard drive. So far I had two partitions: 50GB System partition 150GB additional partition for various data I decided that I didn't want to keep the additional partition, so I used the Windows 7 installation disc to format and delete this partition. Then I extended the...
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    Windows 7 Win7 Security - deleting all activity traces

    Hi guys, Thanks a lot Davehc :) Although I think that these issues are already handled by CCleaner and Temporary File Cleaner :) Hi Mike, Yes, I've heard that even more than 3 wipes is overkill. However, I run this at night, so I don't mind doing this many wipes - it gives me piece of...
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    Windows 7 Win7 Security - deleting all activity traces

    Hi guys, For personal security reasons (two words: online poker,) I have embarked on a mission to make sure that there is 100% (or close to it..) certainty that no one can check or find out what applications were used and accessed on my computer. What kind of help I need from you guys...
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