Re: Reset Windows XP GUI to default settings

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Is laying off the offending user a possibility? LOL!

-Frank

"Steven Bellamy" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Not it unfortunately

Frankster wrote:
Okay, I'm sure you've got this set right, but it's my last possible
guess...

Desktop Properties | Settings | Advanced | DPI settings. The default is
96. Some people muck with this.

-Frank

"Steven Bellamy" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,

Text in Outlook is very big (even though all the settings are set to 8
pt. Tahoma), the minimize, Restore/Maximize and Close Icons are huge,
desktop fonts are very big...

I've gone through the accessibility options and tried to rest
everything, changed the Theme back to default, tried to modify the font
sizes manually...
All to no avail.

Thanks

Frankster wrote:
Well, the only other thing I can think of is that the Default User
settings have changed from how they used to be when other users were
created. When you say "some of the GUI settings", what do you mean?

-Frank

"Steven Bellamy" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Frankster,

We're using Roaming profiles.

Logged on as a different user with admin permissions (after rebooting
PC) and deleted the locally stored user profile and then shut-down the
PC.
Deleted the users roaming profile on the server and booted up the PC
and logged in as the user.
The profile delete was successful as all their settings were gone,
except for some of the GUI settings...

Thanks

Frankster wrote:
Deleting the profile should have done it. How did you delete the
profile?

Assuming local profile here... not roaming...
Right click My Computer choose Properties | Advanced | User Profile
Settings >> highlight her's and Delete.

-Frank

"Steven Bellamy" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,

One of our users has been messing around with the GUI environment
and have changed the Accessibility settings as well as other GUI
settings.
I have deleted her profile, but some of the changes are still being
enforced.
Is there a way to reset the GUI back to default with out
re-installing the PC?

Thanks


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