Re: [Reinstall XP Pro?] 'Require users to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete' Grayed Out

From: moyetrippleteen (moyetrippleteen@email.msn.com)
Date: 10/19/02 

From: "moyetrippleteen" <moyetrippleteen@email.msn.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 19:33:16 -0400

I also am about to reinstall XP Pro.

It was able to file share before NTFS was configured. Now the win98/ME
boxes can't login to the XP. Remote console works ok but the printer and
shared files cannot be accessed.

I would like to reinstall however I only for the update edition of XP. Does
XP have to be removed ... back to the winME edition?

"David Dickerson" <ddickerson@igc.org> wrote in message
news:575401c275fd$329ef890$2ae2c90a@phx.gbl...
> Hello, yet again, everyone.
>
> Because no one has responded to my description of this
> problem, I will assume that few people have read the
> message or that the problem is too perplexing.
>
> I am having enough such "minor" problems that I am
> seriously considering reinstalling XP Pro from scratch. I
> worry about the cumulative affect of such "nuisances."
>
> If you have ANY ideas and feel that I reinstall is too
> drastic, please reply at your earliest convenience. (I
> have a dual-boot sytem with Windows 2000 Professional and
> 2k Pro is rock-solid stable compared to XP Pro, but I
> paid the full retail price for XP Pro -- the only way
> that I could do a clean install -- and I need 2k Pro for
> Oracle 8i and some other programs.)
>
> I offer my deepest thanks, in advance!
>
> In utter desperation --
>
> Cordially,
>
> David
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hello, again, everyone.
> >
> >When I did my system restore, I disabled the option to
> >show Administrative Tools, which I have enabled and I
> >found that I made the change in Local Security Settings.
> >
> >I just changed the policy, "Interactive Logon: Do not
> >require CTRL+ALT+DEL," to "Enabled" -- which DID clear
> >the check box in the "User Accounts" control panel, but
> >it DOES NOT allow me to PLACE a check in that box.
> >
> >I apparently am not seeing something, or I have done
> some
> >damage, and the only way that I can now change this
> >option is via the Local Security Settings administrative
> >tool.
> >
> >What on earth have I done to WinXP Pro?
> >
> >Thank you, AGAIN, very much, in advance, for your help!
> >
> >Cordially,
> >
> >David
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>Hello, everyone.
> >>
> >>I am running Windows XP Professional (as well as
> Windows
> >>2000 Pro on a dual-boot system).
> >>
> >>
> >>PROBLEM:
> >>Under the "Advanced" tab for the "User Accounts"
> control
> >>panel, in the "Secure logon" section at the bottom, the
> >>check box for "Require users to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete"
> >is
> >>disabled (grayed out) and checked -- making this option
> >>inaccessible and impossible for me to change.
> >>
> >>I would, however, like to be able to enable and disable
> >>this option in this convenient manner.
> >>
> >>
> >>BACKGROUND:
> >>Before someone kindly told me to type 'control
> >>userpasswords2' at the command prompt, in order to make
> >>the "Advanced" tab appear (and "Help and Support"
> refers
> >>to this tab as if it appears BY DEFAULT), I had logged
> >on
> >>as Administrator (although my account, the only other
> >>one, has full administrative rights) and I changed a
> >>setting somewhere -- and I cannot recall where -- to
> >>enable the "Enable require users to press
> >>Ctrl+Alt+Delete" option. (I had to "dig," but I was
> >>determined.)
> >>
> >>I DO recall that I right-clicked on this line, in a
> long
> >>list of administrative options, and then clicked a
> radio
> >>button to force the use of 'Ctrl+Alt+Delete' to log on,
> >>but, a day later, I cannot find the system tool that I
> >>used to access this function. (It's true what they say
> >>about being over forty!) ;-)
> >>
> >>I WAS able to find this function yesterday and I
> >reverted
> >>the settings back to the default, which allowed the
> >check
> >>box in the "Secure logon" section of the "User
> Accounts"
> >>control panel to function as normal.
> >>
> >>I have just done a system restore, however, because I
> >>feared registry damage from uninstalling Microsoft
> >>Messenger (with a tool that was written before XP
> >Service
> >>Pack 1), and need to reactivate this check box.
> >>
> >>I feel extremely foolish, particularly because I may
> end
> >>up requiring the use of Ctrl+Alt+Delete, but, right
> now,
> >>I just want to have an easy way to exercise this option.
> >>
> >>
> >>REQUEST:
> >>Would someone please tell me what system tool I need to
> >>access as Administrator in order to correct my error
> and
> >>make "Require users to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete"
> functional
> >>again in the "User Accounts" control panel?
> >>
> >>Thank you very much, in advance, for your time and help
> >>(and I apologize for the verbose message)!
> >>
> >>Cordially,
> >>
> >>David
> >>
> >>P.S. -- Please note that my e-mail address is
> >temporarily
> >>set to bounce all e-mail, a drastic measure to stop the
> >>flood of "spam" to an eleven-year-old e-mail account --
> >>so please direct your response as a reply to this
> >message
> >>in the newsgroup. Thank you!
> >>.
> >>
> >.
> >