PC Tips Tweaks and Maintenance

I recently helped a client who decided to try out a D-Link DHP50U. He followed the instructions correctly and his PC was clean and had no issues. However, the install failed giving him an “Access is Denied Error”. On Windows, installation of some drivers may result "Access is denied" errors. This is generally due to the driver’s installer improperly updating the registry security settings.

To resolve this, go to Start, then run, enter "REGEDIT.EXE" (without the quotes) and hit ok:

1. Locate HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM on "Local Machine"

2. Right Click to Pulldown "Security" Menu and click on "Permissions…"

3. Click on "Advanced…"

4. Check "Reset permissions on all child objects and enable propagation…"

5. Click on OK

Sometimes you may have to do the same to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\xxx (the driver’s manufacturer’s settings)

Once above process is done, you may now re-install the drivers (via installer or Device Manager).