Re: Error: the system administrator has set policies to prevent this

It is probably not a group policy causing the problem. Logon as a domain
user that is in the local administrators or power users group when
installing software. Domain admins are by default. Regular domain users may
or may not be. You may have to add your domain account to either the power
users or administrators group on the local computer. Which group will depend
on the software you are installing. With most software power users will
suffice.

--
Kerry
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

daveboyd wrote:
Error: the system administrator has set policies to prevent this
installation

This is a problem that I had before and the fix was to clear entries
in the XP registry that were apparently not doing anything, but upon
fixing cleared up the error.

I can't find the thread that specified what to do to the registry and
I suspect that my generic domain controller is reseting this policy.

1) How do I clear the settings in XP to allow software to be
installed again (I am the adminstrator) and

2) What default group policy setting is in Win Server 2003 that is
causing this reset and how do I fix it. In looking at the WS 2003
policies it is not clear that anything is doing this that needs
undoing --- it seems to be default behaviour. How do I fix it?

Thanks!


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