Well, I checked my laptop because I had tried (and removed) Aluria Spyware
Eliminator from it as well and I found a logged error message saying that
Windows is attempting to start an Aluria service each time I boot up. I
searched for (and deleted) every registry key containing the word "Aluria".
But Windows won't let me remove the one that is causing the error. It's
LEGACY_ALURIAFILTER.

Even if I boot to safe mode, it displays a dialog stating that this key
cannot be removed -- even though the file it references is long gone and
Windows is unable to start it as a service. I tried a couple of registry
cleaners, HiJackThis, etc. and none of them see this key.

I was also getting the User Profile error, so I loade User Profile Hive
Cleanup Service and now those no longer appear (though it seems Windows is
taking considerably longer to load). It didn't help with removing the aluria
registry key, though.

Try this...
Reset the registry permissions
As soon as you have found the registry subkey that has the incorrect
permissions, update the permissions for that subkey.

To update the permissions of the registry subkey, follow these steps:
a. Click Start, click Run, type regedit and then click OK to start
Registry Editor.
b. Locate and right-click the registry subkey:
and then click Permissions.
c. Under Group or user names, click Administrators.
d. Under Permissions for Administrators, make sure that the Allow check box
for the following entries is selected:
• Full Control
• Read
e. Click Apply and then click OK.
f. On the File menu, click Exit to quit Registry Editor.

Open the Registry Editor again and see if you can delete the key now.

If not, try this...
Start | Run | Type: regedit | OK |
Navigate to >>>
the said key
Right click the key in the left hand pane | Permissions... | Advanced
button | Owner tab | click the new owner and then click OK.

[[You can take ownership of a registry key if you are logged on as an
administrator or if you have been specifically assigned the permission to
take ownership of the registry key by the current owner. ]]

To assign permissions to a registry key
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...ermit_key.mspx

To assign special access to a registry key
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...n_specacc.mspx

To grant Full Control of a registry key
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...yield_own.mspx

To add users or groups to the audit list
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...y_adduser.mspx

To add users or groups to the Permissions list
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...y_adduser.mspx

To remove a user or group from the Permissions list
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...ey_remove.mspx

To take ownership of a registry key
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d..._take_own.mspx

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:EFBC04FC-F2D1-4BB9-8652-67A0F7206B55@microsoft.com,
allegro <allegro@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> Well, I checked my laptop because I had tried (and removed) Aluria Spyware
> Eliminator from it as well and I found a logged error message saying that
> Windows is attempting to start an Aluria service each time I boot up. I
> searched for (and deleted) every registry key containing the word
> "Aluria". But Windows won't let me remove the one that is causing the
> error. It's LEGACY_ALURIAFILTER.
>
> Even if I boot to safe mode, it displays a dialog stating that this key
> cannot be removed -- even though the file it references is long gone and
> Windows is unable to start it as a service. I tried a couple of registry
> cleaners, HiJackThis, etc. and none of them see this key.
>
> I was also getting the User Profile error, so I loade User Profile Hive
> Cleanup Service and now those no longer appear (though it seems Windows is
> taking considerably longer to load). It didn't help with removing the
> aluria registry key, though.