Local Security Policies

From: Brian C (BrianC_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/24/05 

Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 17:13:02 -0700

I'll try this question on this discussion group. I am having problems with
the Local Security Policy options after an upgrade.

"I was upgrading computers from Windows 2000 Professional to Windows XP.
 I performed the recommended upgrade operation since that was simplest.
There were no problems during the process of upgrading. After the upgrade,
I installed service pack 2 but turned off the firewall. I found that
several options in the Local Security Policy / Security Options were
desensitized and they could not be set. This includes the 'Network Access:
Sharing and security model for local accounts' setting. Subsequently,
there seemed to be a security problem that disallowed applications from
connecting to the computer.

When I instead performed the full installation of Windows XP, the Local
Security Policy settings were not desensitized. What settings in XP could
be causing the security settings to be desensitized? I need to be able to
perform 2000 upgrades."

Second question. If I have another administrative user in XP, is there a
way to force the login page to include the Administrator user? Thanks.

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