Local Group Policy

is there a way to edit registry besides using run command? as it is also
removed from my start menu as admin or a user account


"Leander de Graaf" wrote:

> LeRoy Vanek wrote:
> > Ok, I work for local hospitol in ohio. Yesterday i was setting up a PC with
> > XP Pro for patients to use. Well i don't want it joined to our server 2k3
> > domain just a workgroup and some local GPO's. I didnt think when i was going
> > through and setting my GPO settings that i was locking my admin account down
> > as well. But i have i realized it this morning when i remembered i wanted to
> > modify something. Logged in as admin and can't do much. I can not undo the
> > GPO because i set do not open mmc in author mode .
> > I need to figure out how to remove the gpo settings from the admin account
> > or anyway to undo settings so i can administer the PC again.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > LeRoy,
> > CIW,A+,Net+,MCP,MOS
>
> Sounds like a challenging one there, maybe you should try to disable GPO
> functionality in the registry editor:
>
> * Create DWORD DisableGPO if it doesnt exist in location
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System
> * Give your newly created registry key the value 1 (default value is 0
> which means the functionality is enabled)
> * Restart computer
> * Change/remove troublemaking GPO(s) in question
>
> Hopefully this will help.
>
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LeRoy Vanek wrote:
> is there a way to edit registry besides using run command? as it is also
> removed from my start menu as admin or a user account
>
>
> "Leander de Graaf" wrote:
>
>> LeRoy Vanek wrote:
>>> Ok, I work for local hospitol in ohio. Yesterday i was setting up a PC with
>>> XP Pro for patients to use. Well i don't want it joined to our server 2k3
>>> domain just a workgroup and some local GPO's. I didnt think when i was going
>>> through and setting my GPO settings that i was locking my admin account down
>>> as well. But i have i realized it this morning when i remembered i wanted to
>>> modify something. Logged in as admin and can't do much. I can not undo the
>>> GPO because i set do not open mmc in author mode .
>>> I need to figure out how to remove the gpo settings from the admin account
>>> or anyway to undo settings so i can administer the PC again.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> LeRoy,
>>> CIW,A+,Net+,MCP,MOS
>> Sounds like a challenging one there, maybe you should try to disable GPO
>> functionality in the registry editor:
>>
>> * Create DWORD DisableGPO if it doesnt exist in location
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System
>> * Give your newly created registry key the value 1 (default value is 0
>> which means the functionality is enabled)
>> * Restart computer
>> * Change/remove troublemaking GPO(s) in question
>>
>> Hopefully this will help.
>>

Is the command prompt also disabled? If it is you have succeeded in
locking yourself out. There is a way to run commands with a custom made
shell which i got source code on, but you are probably better off
reinstalling the machine as it sounds like you lost any control of it.
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oh ya i took away there command propt also mine went away along a/them....

"Leander de Graaf" wrote:

> LeRoy Vanek wrote:
> > is there a way to edit registry besides using run command? as it is also
> > removed from my start menu as admin or a user account
> >
> >
> > "Leander de Graaf" wrote:
> >
> >> LeRoy Vanek wrote:
> >>> Ok, I work for local hospitol in ohio. Yesterday i was setting up a PC with
> >>> XP Pro for patients to use. Well i don't want it joined to our server 2k3
> >>> domain just a workgroup and some local GPO's. I didnt think when i was going
> >>> through and setting my GPO settings that i was locking my admin account down
> >>> as well. But i have i realized it this morning when i remembered i wanted to
> >>> modify something. Logged in as admin and can't do much. I can not undo the
> >>> GPO because i set do not open mmc in author mode .
> >>> I need to figure out how to remove the gpo settings from the admin account
> >>> or anyway to undo settings so i can administer the PC again.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>>
> >>> LeRoy,
> >>> CIW,A+,Net+,MCP,MOS
> >> Sounds like a challenging one there, maybe you should try to disable GPO
> >> functionality in the registry editor:
> >>
> >> * Create DWORD DisableGPO if it doesnt exist in location
> >> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System
> >> * Give your newly created registry key the value 1 (default value is 0
> >> which means the functionality is enabled)
> >> * Restart computer
> >> * Change/remove troublemaking GPO(s) in question
> >>
> >> Hopefully this will help.
> >>
>
> Is the command prompt also disabled? If it is you have succeeded in
> locking yourself out. There is a way to run commands with a custom made
> shell which i got source code on, but you are probably better off
> reinstalling the machine as it sounds like you lost any control of it.
>
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Take a look at Bart's PE. This creates a bootable disk, that will run
independently of the hard disk. You can also run Command Prompt, Regedit and
other utilities directly from the GUI.

http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/

You may also want to look at Ultimate Boot CD (UBCD)

http://www.ubcd4win.com/

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"LeRoy Vanek" <LeRoyVanek.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3E1426CD-0432-4CA8-B7EB-416456369779@microsoft.com...
> oh ya i took away there command propt also mine went away along
> a/them....
>
> "Leander de Graaf" wrote:
>
>> LeRoy Vanek wrote:
>> > is there a way to edit registry besides using run command? as it is
>> > also
>> > removed from my start menu as admin or a user account
>> >
>> >
>> > "Leander de Graaf" wrote:
>> >
>> >> LeRoy Vanek wrote:
>> >>> Ok, I work for local hospitol in ohio. Yesterday i was setting up a
>> >>> PC with
>> >>> XP Pro for patients to use. Well i don't want it joined to our server
>> >>> 2k3
>> >>> domain just a workgroup and some local GPO's. I didnt think when i
>> >>> was going
>> >>> through and setting my GPO settings that i was locking my admin
>> >>> account down
>> >>> as well. But i have i realized it this morning when i remembered i
>> >>> wanted to
>> >>> modify something. Logged in as admin and can't do much. I can not
>> >>> undo the
>> >>> GPO because i set do not open mmc in author mode .
>> >>> I need to figure out how to remove the gpo settings from the admin
>> >>> account
>> >>> or anyway to undo settings so i can administer the PC again.
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks
>> >>>
>> >>> LeRoy,
>> >>> CIW,A+,Net+,MCP,MOS
>> >> Sounds like a challenging one there, maybe you should try to disable
>> >> GPO
>> >> functionality in the registry editor:
>> >>
>> >> * Create DWORD DisableGPO if it doesnt exist in location
>> >> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System
>> >> * Give your newly created registry key the value 1 (default value is 0
>> >> which means the functionality is enabled)
>> >> * Restart computer
>> >> * Change/remove troublemaking GPO(s) in question
>> >>
>> >> Hopefully this will help.
>> >>
>>
>> Is the command prompt also disabled? If it is you have succeeded in
>> locking yourself out. There is a way to run commands with a custom made
>> shell which i got source code on, but you are probably better off
>> reinstalling the machine as it sounds like you lost any control of it.
>>
 >> Stay informed about: Local Group Policy 

In news:19DCEC01-A1DF-475C-A481-82D3F996FFEA@microsoft.com,
LeRoy Vanek <LeRoyVanek.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Ok, I work for local hospitol in ohio. Yesterday i was
> setting up a PC with
> XP Pro for patients to use. Well i don't want it joined to
> our server 2k3
> domain just a workgroup and some local GPO's. I didnt think
> when i was going
> through and setting my GPO settings that i was locking my
> admin account down
> as well. But i have i realized it this morning when i
> remembered i wanted to
> modify something. Logged in as admin and can't do much. I can
> not undo the
> GPO because i set do not open mmc in author mode .
> I need to figure out how to remove the gpo settings from the
> admin account
> or anyway to undo settings so i can administer the PC again.
>
> Thanks
>
> LeRoy,
> CIW,A+,Net+,MCP,MOS

Once you get this sorted out you might want to consider using
this program from Microsoft instead of the local security
policy.

Windows SteadyState
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/default.mspx

Good luck

Nepatsfan
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