Re: Restore Default System Security Settings for XP Home

Mitch wrote:

Hi,
I have XP home. I got a virus that has locked down components of the
computer. I get a access denied when trying to do administrative stuff.
Is there a way to Restore Default System Security Settings for XP Home. I
saw the following command line to do it, but it doesn't work for XP home.
"secedit /configure /cfg %windir%\repair\secsetup.inf /db secsetup.sdb
/verbose"

At this point, your best course of action is to back up your data and do a
clean install of Windows. If you want to spend time on this instead, get
guided help at one of the specialty forums listed below.

http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=4075 (FAQ)
http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30
http://www.atribune.org/forums/index.php?showforum=9
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum22.html
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/cleanup
http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=25
http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/Malware_Removal_HiJackThis_Logs_Go_Here-f37.html
http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showforum=7
http://gladiator-antivirus.com/forum/index.php?showforum=170
http://spywarewarrior.com/viewforum.php?f=5
http://forums.techguy.org/54-security/
http://forums.tomcoyote.org/
http://www.thespykiller.co.uk/index.php?board=3.0
http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showforum=7

Malke
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