Registry change denied?
For a while now, I've been getting windows on the right side of my desktop that look like this:
I remember getting a pop-up window from SS&D once that asked me about this, but I couldn't see what was on the buttons, so I just clicked one and these started showing up. I have no idea what they are. And when I first boot up my computer, I get another window like that except it says registry change allowed, and that I allowed the change of pmant. Can I get this to go away for good?
re: The missing buttons
There is currently a bug in TeaTimer 1.4. Portions of TeaTimer's popup dialog overlay the "Allow change" and "Deny change" buttons. On my system the very top edges of the "Allow change" button (on the left) and "Deny change" button (on the right) are showing and I am still able to select the options. I also can check "Remember this decision" since it is visible. If no portion of the "Allow change" and "Deny change" buttons are showing, you can answer TeaTimer's popup dialog (English language version) by pressing "A" on your keyboard for "Allow change" or "D" for "Deny change". Note: If you close the dialog without answering "Allow change" or "Deny change" the registry change is denied.
If you can't deal with the problem that way until it is fixed, you can:
- Apply one of the workarounds found in the following pinned (Sticky) thread that fixes the pop-up dialog so the buttons are visible:
- Solution to fix the pop-ups in TeaTimer
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=122
There are three (3) fixes published in that thread. They are:
- The ResHacker fix published by ElPiedra here:
- The murdo patch published here:
Also republished by RuggeR29 (which I have never tried) here:
- The patch originally by SyreneD that I published here:
Also republished by SyreneD himself here:
- Disable TeaTimer as follows:
- Go into Spybot > Mode > Advanced Mode > Tools > Resident.
- Uncheck the following:
- Resident "TeaTimer" (Protection of over-all system settings) Active.
Notes about the patches (b. and c. above):
- If you installed Spybot in the default location:
- C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy
The following patch (c.) defaults to that location:
- If you use the following patch (b.) you have to navigate to the correct location (See Note #1) unless you execute the patch from within the "C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy" folder:
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re: TeaTimer automatically allowing or denying registry changes.
The message that you showed indicates that the registry change was denied because it is in your "Black list". Apparently you checked "Remember this decision" while handling the dialog messages issued by TeaTimer. If you checked "Remember this decision" on a change the information concerning that change it is stored in a file. TeaTimer uses that information to automatically "Allow" or "Deny" changes. To edit this information:
- Right click on the TeaTimer system tray icon and select Settings. This will bring up TeaTimer's "White & Black List". There are four (4) Buttons across the top of the "White & Black List":
- Allowed processes
- Blocked processes
- Allowed registry changes
- Blocked registry changes
Note: If you don't see all four buttons, try expanding the window to the right.
You can review all the entries that you have stored by clicking on these buttons. The entries that you should review are in "Allowed registry changes" and "Blocked registry changes". You can delete entries by clicking on the scripted black "X" to the right of the entry that you want to delete and then clicking the "OK" button when you're done. This will in effect make TeaTimer forget what you told it to remember so that during future changes to these items TeaTimer will issue a pop-up dialog rather then just a notification pop-up.
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Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition running on a 2.40GHz IntelŪ PentiumŪ 4 Processor with 512 MB of RAM and a 533 MHz System Bus.
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