Re: XP Accessibility feature saving profile
From: MarkJ (MarkJ_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/12/05
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Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:03:01 -0800
They have placed some restrictions, however I can open control panel display
settings change what I need there, according to users in Control panel I am
listed as Administrator, however cannot run regedit, or the like, but as I
said If i can make the change for my session I should be able to backup to
the network storage they provide or my thumbdrive and restore it for my
current session, meaning only clicking a few places, instead of about a dozen
or more as I have to now to select each option in Accessibility wizard, it
gives an option to save for the current user, and I understand it won't keep
but wherever it saves to should be someplace I can backup and restore/re-run
quickly as necessary. I have WRITTEN permission + if they refused to provide
me this I could sue, because I have a documented disability, and by federal
law they must provide the assistance PERIOD. They just make it more
difficult, and I am trying to find a way to speed up/simplify restoring the
settings. I understand what they are protecting, but to say it as if you cant
change anything then you would not have temp files or anything else created,
but you do, The system does do what I NEED, I just am looking for a faster
way to restore it back to this way larger fonts/ color scheme etc without
jumping through hoops.
seems to me this restoration should be as easy as 2000 pro was, even those
went back to the default on reboot just as these do now. And I had to re-run
the file every time, but that was much faster than clicking through all those
steps in access wizard not to mention it's slow sometimes takes several
minutes for it to load... thats another issue.
Mark
"Michael Solomon (MS-MVP)" wrote:
> You may well have special permission but have they made the security > adjustments on the system? Are you an admin on the system. If not, the > changes require an administrator to either place you in a group on the
> system where you can make such changes or make the changes using the Group > Profile Editor assuming this is an XP Pro system since there is no GPE for
> XP Home Edition.
>
> The changes you wish to make, regardless of them giving you oral permission
> and you only said they gave you special permission for font size, require
> permissions on the setup or that you have an Administrator user account. It
> can't be done in the other manner you suggested because System File
> Protection will kick in and each time you reboot, system files would be
> restored. It probably can be done in the registry, assuming you know what
> to change but if you don't know what you are doing you would likely destroy
> the setup. However, you can only access the registry if you are an
> Administrator.
>
> These things were changed in XP in order to protect setups in networked or
> multi-user environments to protect setups from exactly the kind of tampering
> you propose. It was meant as a help to Sys-Admins and ITs who were
> constantly having to fix setups users kept adjusting on their own and
> prevent exactly that type of intervention.
>
> --
> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
> Windows Shell/User
> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
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>
> "MarkJ" <MarkJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6E652FB4-1414-4BDA-930C-A4E73AFD82D4@microsoft.com...
> > As I explained I have special permission to use it, I can load it, I'm
> > just
> > sick of clicking a dozem or more things to setup, when back in 2000 i
> > could
> > just double click a file and it re-loaded it. So there is no reason I
> > can't
> > do this unless M$ makes it now impossible to copy the file back or run it
> > like 2Kpro used to do...
> >
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP)" wrote:
> >
> >> First, if they have them locked down it's for a reason, they probably
> >> don't
> >> want you to make such changes. Second, even if you knew the location,
> >> you
> >> wouldn't be able to make any change since any changes most likely require
> >> administrator permission.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
> >> Windows Shell/User
> >> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
> >> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
> >>
> >> "MarkJ" <MarkJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1F5B7B4A-FF5C-4C0D-817D-839717334529@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hi, does anyone know where Windows XP stores the Accessibility wizard
> >> > data
> >> > for each user, i.e. what file name / location... I am trying to keep
> >> > these
> >> > between crashes at school, but every time I reboot or login the next
> >> > day/class all my settings are lost. They have these computers so locked
> >> > down
> >> > I had to get special permission just to change the font size on the
> >> > screen.
> >> > Also the resolution settings + Theme, I think I found the theme file,
> >> > but
> >> > thats it so far....
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Mark
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
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