Re: Group Policy Issues
From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou_at_n0-spam-for-me-comcast.net)
Date: 10/29/05
- Previous message: Mike Fields: "Re: Hijacked XP"
- Next in thread: vh1967: "Re: Group Policy Issues"
- Reply: vh1967: "Re: Group Policy Issues"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] [ attachment ]
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 20:32:04 -0500
"vh1967" <vh1967@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:740404CD-5FB7-468F-AE9E-917FF8479053@microsoft.com...
> Hi... Hope someone can help me. I have a laptop - Dell 5100 Inspiron.
> Bought it 1 1/2 years ago. Running Windows XP Prof. - sp1a.
>
> I have had issues with it from day one. I am the only one that uses this
> computer and it usually sits at my desk hooked up to all etc's. (printer,
> camera, etc).
>
> This Domain and Workgroup and Net and Network and local and group, etc etc
> etc. i way beyond me - for sure not user friendly. The more I think I
> know
> the less I actually do.
>
> Anyway to get to my issue:
>
> 1) I go into services and have tried to change a couple of services to
> automatically start up. I shut down and the next day - It's not the way I
> saved it. Same with other settings like taskbar personalized settings.
I would not mess with service settings unless you have a specific reason and
from knowledgeable
documentation with specific recommendations such as the Windows XP Security
Guide from Microsoft
or the publisher of an application. Settings not being saved could be
related to secedit.sdb corruption.
>
> 2) I go into Group Policy and it gives me this:
>
> "The Group Policy security settings that apply to this machine could not
> be
> determined.
> The error returned when trying to retrieve these settings from the local
> security policy database (%windir%\security\database\secedit.sdb) was: The
> parameter is incorrect.
>
> All local security settings will be displayed, but no indication will be
> given as to whether or not a given security setting is defined by Group
> Policy.
> Any local security setting modified through this User Interface may
> subsequently be overridden by domain-level policies."
It sounds like your secedit.sdb may be corrupt. See the link below on how to
use esentutl.exe to check
for and hopefully repair.
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/sag_scetroubletn.mspx
>
>
>
> 3) I also have a couple of (stupid) questions for ya:
> Is my operating system windows xp pro or is windows nt? In computer
Windows NT4.0/Windows 2000/2003/XP Pro are all versions of NT. Open System
Properties and look in the
general page to find out your operating system.
> information is reads nt??????
>
> In task manager: if I am the only user - should all these processes be
> running? mine, system, local service, network service. And are processes
> like Mcafee running double? mine and system?
Those other processes are system processes which means that they are spawned
by the operating system
most likely at startup before a user logs on or when a service configured to
start up manually is started.
You can have multiple threads running of a process. You will see more than a
few for svchost.exe. You should regualry
scan for malware and spyware in case there any "bad" processes/applications
running. Msconfig or programs such as
Autoruns from SysInternals will show you start up programs. Services.msc
will show services. --- Steve
>
>
> I have my account (and I am set up for administrator rights) and a guest
> account. I added a user for me with admin rights.
>
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am new to newsgroups and only
> think I know enough to tweak my computer myself.
>
- Previous message: Mike Fields: "Re: Hijacked XP"
- Next in thread: vh1967: "Re: Group Policy Issues"
- Reply: vh1967: "Re: Group Policy Issues"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] [ attachment ]
Relevant Pages
|
|
