Re: Control Panel Locked Out

From: Mark Renoden [MSFT] (markreno_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/29/04


Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 10:59:39 +1000

Hi Casey

This registry path indicates that this is being applied from a policy. You
should run a gpresult /z (WinXP) or gpresult /v (Win2K) to determine from
which policy the setting is being applied and edit it there.

Kind regards

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"Casey" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:468001c4a574$0b968620$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>I have a computer that will not allow access to the
> Control Panel and displays the message "This Operation has
> been cancelled due to...".  Further, the Control Panel is
> even locked when logging onto the computer with the
> administrator account!
>
> Should I edit the registry
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
> \Policies\Explorer and remove the "NoControlPanel" value??
>
> Or is there a way to restore the administrator account on
> that computer?
>
> Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!!! 


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