Guest Jason Derek Posted November 16, 2007 Posted November 16, 2007 Hi, Logged in as Admininstrator & I Ran GPEDIT.MSC and Enabled the options under USER CONFIGURATION / ADMINISTRATIVE TEMPLATES / SYSTEM / (1) Disable Command Prompt = Enabled (2) Disable Registry Editing Tools = Enabled (3) Run only allowed Windows Applications = Enabled Now my PC is locked and cannot do anything. Yes, it was stupid of me but is there a way to get out of it? Thanks in Advance. Regards,
Guest Dave Patrick Posted November 16, 2007 Posted November 16, 2007 Re: I screwed up my PC. Please help ! http://support.microsoft.com/kb/266118 -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "Jason Derek" wrote: > Hi, > > Logged in as Admininstrator & I Ran GPEDIT.MSC and Enabled the options > under USER CONFIGURATION / ADMINISTRATIVE TEMPLATES / SYSTEM / > > (1) Disable Command Prompt = Enabled > (2) Disable Registry Editing Tools = Enabled > (3) Run only allowed Windows Applications = Enabled > > Now my PC is locked and cannot do anything. Yes, it was stupid of me > but is there a way to get out of it? > > Thanks in Advance. > > Regards,
Guest Jason Derek Posted November 16, 2007 Posted November 16, 2007 Re: I screwed up my PC. Please help ! On Nov 16, 7:18 pm, "Dave Patrick" <DSPatr...@nospam.gmail.com> wrote: > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/266118 > > -- > > Regards, > > Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. > Microsoft Certified Professional > Microsoft MVP [Windows]http://www.microsoft.com/protect > > "Jason Derek" wrote: > > Hi, Hi, My Hard-drive is FAT32 Formatted. Also, I cannot execute any file, so when I type in mmc.exe, nothing happens as all the access to programs have gone. :-( Regards, D > > Logged in as Admininstrator & I Ran GPEDIT.MSC and Enabled the options > > under USER CONFIGURATION / ADMINISTRATIVE TEMPLATES / SYSTEM / > > > (1) Disable Command Prompt = Enabled > > (2) Disable Registry Editing Tools = Enabled > > (3) Run only allowed Windows Applications = Enabled > > > Now my PC is locked and cannot do anything. Yes, it was stupid of me > > but is there a way to get out of it? > > > Thanks in Advance. > > > Regards,
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted November 16, 2007 Posted November 16, 2007 Re: I screwed up my PC. Please help ! "Jason Derek" <burzinb@gmail.com> wrote in message news:06382258-8ed0-464d-adde-8c05e3255119@e25g2000prg.googlegroups.com... > Hi, > > Logged in as Admininstrator & I Ran GPEDIT.MSC and Enabled the options > under USER CONFIGURATION / ADMINISTRATIVE TEMPLATES / SYSTEM / > > (1) Disable Command Prompt = Enabled > (2) Disable Registry Editing Tools = Enabled > (3) Run only allowed Windows Applications = Enabled > > Now my PC is locked and cannot do anything. Yes, it was stupid of me > but is there a way to get out of it? > > Thanks in Advance. > > Regards, I think that all of these settings are valid within the scope of the "Current User". The standard corrective action would therefore consist of logging on under your alternative admin account and fix it. If you haven't got one, think for a moment how many sets of keys you have for your car and why it's more than one. This link will probably help you solve the problem. It suggests that the restrictions you applied are kept here: KCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/regentry/93497.mspx?mfr=true You will need to edit the registry either via a networked machine (for which you may not have the required permissions) or by editing it in off-line mode on a different machine. It would be a good idea to take a snapshot of your registry once every so often, using a tool such as regback.exe. Having a recent backup would reduce the risks of your experiments considerably.
Guest Jason Derek Posted November 17, 2007 Posted November 17, 2007 Re: I screwed up my PC. Please help ! I had to reinstall Windows 2000. There was no other option :-(
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted November 17, 2007 Posted November 17, 2007 Re: I screwed up my PC. Please help ! "Jason Derek" <burzinb@gmail.com> wrote in message news:b1b1752d-20db-40c8-bf2a-e147dedeea5e@e23g2000prf.googlegroups.com... >I had to reinstall Windows 2000. There was no other option :-( Bad luck. This would be a good time to think about some robust backup schemes. Remember that these schemes are useless unless you fully test them.
Guest Dave Patrick Posted November 18, 2007 Posted November 18, 2007 Re: I screwed up my PC. Please help ! The file system makes no difference. Logon as another user with admin permissions. Failing that these may help. How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=292175 What an In-Place Windows 2000 Upgrade Changes and What It Does Not Change http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=306952 Be sure to apply these to your repair install before connecting to any network. Internet included. (sasser, msblast) http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx Then Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?amp;displaylang=en&familyid=B54730CF-8850-4531-B52B-BF28B324C662&displaylang=en -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "Jason Derek" wrote: > Hi, > > My Hard-drive is FAT32 Formatted. Also, I cannot execute any file, so > when I type in mmc.exe, nothing happens as all the access to programs > have gone. :-( > > Regards, > D > > >> > Logged in as Admininstrator & I Ran GPEDIT.MSC and Enabled the options >> > under USER CONFIGURATION / ADMINISTRATIVE TEMPLATES / SYSTEM / >> >> > (1) Disable Command Prompt = Enabled >> > (2) Disable Registry Editing Tools = Enabled >> > (3) Run only allowed Windows Applications = Enabled >> >> > Now my PC is locked and cannot do anything. Yes, it was stupid of me >> > but is there a way to get out of it? >> >> > Thanks in Advance. >> >> > Regards, >
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