Re: Security Policy screwed up????What to do???

From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox_at_mvps.org)
Date: 02/17/04 

Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 23:39:20 -0500

I don't have an answer for you, at this point, Bill. I have downloaded the documentation, and I'll set up a Pro install under Virtual PC and see if I can duplicate your findings. It'll be tomorrow before I can get to it though. 

-- 
Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
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"BillMadison@nospam.com" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:11b9901c3f50e$ad503d10$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi Doug,
> 
> Well, I told you I was no newbie,...when I copied the 
> text I made sure that each line had no pagebreaks and 
> used del to make sure that each line of text that needed 
> to be on one line was so.
> I did that in notepad, afterwards I copied and pasted the 
> correct text in the inf file. (no word wrap enabled so I 
> could check)
> So that still leaves me wondering and even so if in the 
> faintest remote possibility that that was the case then 
> why doesnt the old inf file bring back my settings?
> 
> Aaaah, the mysteries of windows I suppose.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Bill
> 
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Bill, 
> >
> >My first impression is that when you did the copy and 
> paste from the PDF into the INF file, you had one or more 
> line breaks, in the wrong place, since when pasting into 
> Notepad, it appears there, exactly as it does in the PDF 
> file.  
> >
> >The instructions say to make sure there are no page 
> breaks, but it doesn't warn about line wraps, and 
> virtually every line in the sections to be copied is 
> wrapped.  So, unless you went through and "un-wrapped" 
> each and every line, this is likely your problem.
> >
> >-- 
> >Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
> >Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
> >http://www.dougknox.com
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> >Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
> >http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
> >--------------------------------
> >Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
> >Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
> > 
> >"BillMadison@nospam.com" 
> <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
> news:118ee01c3f503$f04e0da0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Hi All,
> >> 
> >> I was reading up on the windows security guide for XP 
> >> (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?
> >> FamilyID=2d3e25bc-f434-4cc6-a5a7-
> >> 09a8a229f118&DisplayLang=en ) and came across some 
> >> additional settings for the sceregvl.inf file. (page 
> >> 92/additional registry settings)
> >> 
> >> After I adjusted my inf file and reregistered it I 
> came 
> >> upon a major problem. When I opened the MMC editor and 
> >> went to the security options snap in I didn't see any 
> >> listings anymore. The whole list had just vanished.
> >> Since I know I didn't do anything wrong I would most 
> >> definitely like to know why it didnt work and why it 
> >> doesnt show any settings anymore.
> >> Since I already used this before on my 2000 box and 
> never 
> >> encountered any problems like this I am blaming buggy 
> XP 
> >> for this.
> >> 
> >> Even unregistering the dll and reregistering it with 
> the 
> >> old inf file I backed up doesnt bring back the list 
> and 
> >> still shows up empty. (WHAT THE F... is up with that, 
> the 
> >> logic defies me)
> >> 
> >> GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrr, what the @#%$# is going 
> on 
> >> here. Seems like MS should have stayed with the good 
> old 
> >> 2000 code.
> >> I've been working with windows for over 15 years now 
> and 
> >> consider myself not to be a newbie anymore so I know 
> that 
> >> I did everything by the book.
> >> 
> >> Exporting and importing the registry doesn't work 
> since 
> >> crappy XP keeps nagging about keys in use so I don't 
> >> really know what part of the registry he did in fact 
> re-
> >> import so that also didn't help much.
> >> 
> >> Anyone out there who knows how I can make these 
> settings 
> >> reappear and why this has happened?
> >> 
> >> Sincerely,
> >> Bill
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >.
> >

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