Re: Grrr...Help Me Fix WindowsXP GUI
From: Nepatsfan (nepatsfan_at_SBXXXVIII.com)
Date: 12/10/04
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Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 00:19:04 -0500
If you can run gpedit.msc you should be able to undo whatever settings he
changed. Once you get the Group policy window open highlight the
Administrative Template branch under User Configuration. Then go to View ->
Filtering. Put a check in the box "Only show configured policy settings".
You're probably going to find that at the very least the following have been
enabled.
Windows Components\Windows Explorer\Remove Windows Explorer default context
menu (No right click)
Windows Components\Desktop\Hide and disable all items on the desktop
Highlight them and hit enter. Then change the setting to Not Configured.
Any items that were enabled should be switched back to not configured.
Follow the same procedure under the Computer Configuration section. Once
you've cleaned this up. Log off and back on. See what is and is not working.
Hopefully, everything's back to normal.
To finish up run gpedit.msc again. Right click on the Administrative
Templates line. Select Add/remove templates. In the box that's displayed you
should see five entries; conf, inetres, system, wmplayer, and wuau. These
are the default adm files that should be present. If any are missing, it
wouldn't hurt to put them back. Do this for both the Computer and User
configurations.
Nepatsfan
"Michael" <michaeln@twentyten.org> wrote in message
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> "Nepatsfan" <nepatsfan@SBXXXVIII.com> wrote in message
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>> First off, it would be helpful to know the following because without this
>> info, I'm doing a lot of guessing:
>> What Operating System is installed on this machine, XP Pro or Server 2K3?
>
> Windows XP Pro
>
>> Are you logged on with an account that's a member of the local
>> administrators group?
>
> Yup.
>
>> Is this machine a domain controller, a member server within a domain, a
>> stand alone server or an XP box that's performing some server function?
>
> It's an XP box that's performing a server function, namely collecting SNMP
> data from our production and test environments.
>
>> Do you have a domain set up?
>
> No.
>
>> Can you get Task Manager started by hitting CTRL+ALT+DEL? From there you
>> might be able to go to File -> New Task and run some useful applications.
>
> Yes I can. This is how I do things like spin up a command prompt or MMC.
>
>> From what you've posted, I'd say he used a group policy to make these
>> changes.
>
> My thoughts as well.
>
>> There's probably a better way to find out exactly what's going on but the
>> first thing that comes to mind is that you should run gpresult.exe on
>> this
>
> [snip]
>
> I'll do all this in a few minutes....
>
>> If he used a group policy to create this problem, it should be a simple
>> matter of applying the appropriate default security template to get
>> things
>> back to normal.
>
> THIS is a brilliant idea. I haven't checked yet, but I think that you
> might
> have the right answer here.
>
> Thank you, PatsFan.
>
> [snip]
>
>
> Michael
>
>
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