Question : Registry permissions problem on Windows 2000 Server/MSSQL 7

G'day,

I'm getting a permissions error when I try to start the SQL server agent as administrator (or a different administrator account).  However, when I try to change the password for the account that runs the server agent, I get the error "Error 22002: RegCreateKeyEx() returned error 5, 'Access Denied'".

My theory is a registry permissions problem, but I have failed to find a way to rectify the problem.  The trouble is that its a production server and I don't particularly want to play around in the registry.  So I'm trying to find someone who knows this error, and knows exactly the way to fix it (or give some good suggestions).

Any help is much appreciated :)

Answer : Registry permissions problem on Windows 2000 Server/MSSQL 7

Ensure that the login used has permissions over the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\MSSQLServer branch of the registry.  Not having permissions in this branch is the most common reason for this error.