advocat3

the changes i need to make are listed above in the /code tag
i am on an admin account
i have tried running regedit via run as administrator.

i can't even see what the current reg values are though that's what's funny. and it's not only steam that it's happening on. other entries all over my registry are inaccessible due to permission errors.

another problem i'm having that is probably related to this is that itunes and microsoft office (all the office components) always run their initial install setup every time they run instead of of course only on their first time running, after the install file has been run. i think it's because they can't access the registry to save permanent values to help the program run so the self-installer has to run each time the programs start to get all the needed variables / values in place to run the program properly.

these programs, itunes / steam / microsoft office, are the 3 latest programs i have installed and the only ones broken so i assume that when i install something else that i'm going to get the same error. does this help elaborate on my problem?

i appreciate any help you can give me on this.