Re: Group Policy Pains

Howdie Tom!

TMX schrieb:
Hi, I have a workgroup server at work, a group policy has been applied
to this machine which has somehow locked down the administrator
account from doing anything. Cant even show hidden files. I tried
going in as the local admin, but the local policy is also locked down,
pehaps by the group policy overiding it? Can anyone help me this
problem as its casuing havok here. Thanks

Is it a Group Policy that came from the "domain" or a local Group Policy applied via GPEDIT.msc?

As you wrote "workgroup server", I assume you mean the latter one (local Group Policy). Are you able to log on to the machine and delete both the files C:\Windows\system32\GroupPolicy\User\registry.pol and C:\Windows\system32\GroupPolicy\Machine\registry.pol ? (Note that the GroupPolicy folder is hidden, you might not be able to see it right away). After that, try a "gpupdate /force" or reboot of the machine.

cheers,

Florian
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