One day I will sit down and check it out. Next time I load the OS I will leave HP off and see if I still get it. I can live with it too. Bruce
CYPHERUS said:Got a problem with MSCONFIG, Keeps thowing up the following message:
An Access Denied eror was returned while attemtping to change a service, You may need to log on using an administrator account to make specific changes.
Odd as there is only one account on this computer.
Seems the MSCONFIG error was thrown into the ring by BIT DEFENDER, this somehow knocked out the .exe, however a solution presented itself by downloading another copy of MSCONFIG off the net to the desktop, run it a coule of times then deleted it, result MSCONFIG instant repair, B/D tech did not prove helpful in explaining why their product would do this, but no harm done in the end, one less problem marked off the long list I have for the day.
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Thanks for letting us know. I have MCafee and do still have that problem. I will get hold of McAfee. Thanks Bruce
Two morals here are
- never install any HP printer monitoring software, it has been a load of rubbish for years. Just install the driver and nothing else.
- do not use any form of 'registry booster' software, ever. Far too many are malware themselves or downright extortion attemps, or are honest attemps which cannot keep up with the pace of change imposed by MS constant updates aka foul-ups.
This annoying message. My problem started the first time I tried to change my startup configuration in msconfig after I had upgraded to the McAfee firewall version. Still can't get rid of the message, and I get the message at restart too. However, the changes I made in msconfig-startup worked. I have no HP printers attached.
This is the most logical explanation I have found during my three day search. It comes for McAfee people posting in forums:
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I will keep on looking for a solution and checking back to this forum, but I am not going to drive myself nuts over it.
Don't know if you are still having this problem, but the answer is in disabling the PML Driver HPZ12 service. This is what worked for me...NO SYSTEM RESTORE, NO UNINSTALL...etc, etc. Here goes:
1. Go to regedit via start..run...regedit
2. Export registry to make a backup (in case something goes wrong!!)
3. navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services/Pml Driver HPZ12/Start
4. Right Click and select modify
5. Change value to 4 for disabled (or 3 for manual...I did 4)
6.Restart computer
PROBLEM SOLVED!!!