Re: Lost security tools

From: Roger Abell (mvpNOSpam_at_asu.edu)
Date: 07/23/05 

Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 23:45:29 -0700

That is interesting Wayne, as when I spent much time over in the
windowsxp.security_admin newsgroup I recall many people with
Home edition trying to tweak an illicit import of the Local Security
Policy bits into working in Home, without success. Of course, that
was all pre-SP2.
You should also over in the newsgroup I just mentioned.

You probably should start by logging in as Administrator in a
safe mode boot and doing a thorough scan of the system for
malwares - as some of them have a penchant to crippling access
to admin/mgmt tools. 

-- 
Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows  Security)
"Wayland" <Wayland@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6662664A-2508-49C8-80A7-78E008342FA4@microsoft.com...
>   When I ran "lusrmgr.msc" it seems to support your theory, but I have
> another machine with a later version of the home edition and it has the
> "Local Security Policy".
> -- 
> Thanks: Wayland
>
>
> "Roger Abell" wrote:
>
> > While I have only limited experience with Home edition, back when
> > XP was released briefly, I thought that local security policy was NOT
> > available nor installable in Home.
> > For the full users and groups management interface, try start\run of
> > lusrmgr.msc or compmgmt.msc
> >
> > -- 
> > Roger Abell
> > Microsoft MVP (Windows  Security)
> >
> > "Wayland" <Wayland@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:E4F7994A-1AE6-4D03-AA0B-6233E14F243A@microsoft.com...
> > > I am running xp Home Edition and when I tried to login as
administrator I
> > go
> > > the message "Unable to log you on because of an account restriction).
I
> > went
> > > to "Administrative Tools" and my "Local Security Policy" was gone.
Then I
> > > went to "Computer Management"  and under "System Tools" my "Local
Users
> > and
> > > Groups" are gone. How do I get them back so I can log in as
administrator?
> > > -- 
> > > Thanks: Wayland
> >
> >
> >

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