Hi, I want to change the Permissions on a Registry Key which has owner as TrustedInstaller. In regedit I can manualy change the owner to Administrators then the script which was used to change the Permissions works. how can I script changing the owner from trusted installer to administrator Need to fix an customer issue,Help on this is highly appreciated. thanks, Vincent.

Is the following Microsoft article helpful? The script will have to be run as an admin. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/245031Rob Williams

thanks a Lot Rob for your Quick Reply. The issue is I want to change the Permissions on a Registry Key which has owner as TrustedInstaller on windows 2008 R2 . In regedit I can manualy change the owner to Administrators then the script which was used to change the Permissions works.- I am running the script as administrator How can I script changing the owner from trusted installer to administrator on the Registry Key in windows 2008 R2 thanks, Vincent.

My apologies, I see now that allows you to change permissions but not ownership. You were able to do so with SubInACL (see link) but to the best of my knowledge that will not work with Server 2008/Win7. You might have to resort to PowerShell, but I am not familiar with the commands. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=e8ba3e56-d8fe-4a91-93cf-ed6985e3927b&displaylang=en To add: Stumbled across the following PowerShell script if it is of any help. I am not a "PowerShell guy" but it appears to be for running on a local machine. Using PowerShell 2.0 and adding the appropriate remote commands, you should be able to run on remote systems. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/winserverpowershell/thread/e718a560-2908-4b91-ad42-d392e7f8f1ad Rob Williams

My apologies, I see now that allows you to change permissions but not ownership. You were able to do so with SubInACL (see link) but to the best of my knowledge that will not work with Server 2008/Win7. You might have to resort to PowerShell, but I am not familiar with the commands. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=e8ba3e56-d8fe-4a91-93cf-ed6985e3927b&displaylang=en Rob Williams

thanks a Lot Bob For your valualbe Input. I will try with Powershell scripts. thanks and regards, Vincent.