Cannot create value in registry

[mikemillinator]

 Hi ther... I'm having firewire problems and have since discovered an xp sp2 patch that will fix this.. I downloaded the patch, but have to create a value to set the speed for the driver... It shows you how on the windows site, so that's not a problem.. It won't let me create a Dword value.. That's all I have to do now, and it won't let me.. VERY FRUSTRATING!! I've tried disabling my virus protection, which is getting me nowhere.. Any suggestions? Thanks.

[dairyman]

What do you mean by "cannot create value" ??

Do you mean you receive an error such as "Access Denied" or do you create the key but it doesn't appear on screen ??

Normally you need to reboot after you change the registry.

[mikemillinator]

the box says "Error creating value" at the top and then says in the box.. "Cannot create value. Error writing to the registry."

[dairyman]

Are you the administrator? If you are, then try this:

Right click on the key where you want to create the DWORD value.
Click on Permissions...

The permissions should be:

SYSTEM > Full Control
Administrators > Full Control
Users > Read

Click Apply then click on Advanced --> Owner tab, click on Administrators, place a "tick" next to Replace owner on subcontainers and objects and click OK.

Does it work now?