Reset tattoo settings etc

[Guest UselessUser]

Hi,

 

We have some XP machines which have been tattooed and we are looking at

sorting this..

 

We have discovered the secedit tool, but this only resets local policies,

not registry tweaks... I have also discovered the ntuser.dat file in the

default user folder seems to be modified. I have consequently deleted this

and now all new logins get a default ntuser.dat (Where is this generated and

is this a problem not having one in the default user folder?)..

 

Is there any other registry location where tweaks can be manually set such

as HKEY Local Machine, and if so how can I reset this, or view the tweaks

made easily?

 

Any help would be appreciated..

[Guest R. McCarty]

Re: Reset tattoo settings etc

 

Tattooed ? - Not sure what that term means. It's also not clear to me

what you're trying to do ( Sorting This ). Are you trying to make these

machines compliant with company standards or just clean them up ?

 

"UselessUser" <UselessUser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Hi,

>

> We have some XP machines which have been tattooed and we are looking at

> sorting this..

>

> We have discovered the secedit tool, but this only resets local policies,

> not registry tweaks... I have also discovered the ntuser.dat file in the

> default user folder seems to be modified. I have consequently deleted this

> and now all new logins get a default ntuser.dat (Where is this generated

> and

> is this a problem not having one in the default user folder?)..

>

> Is there any other registry location where tweaks can be manually set such

> as HKEY Local Machine, and if so how can I reset this, or view the tweaks

> made easily?

>

> Any help would be appreciated..

[Guest Shenan Stanley]

Re: Reset tattoo settings etc

 

UselessUser wrote:

> We have some XP machines which have been tattooed and we are

> looking at sorting this..

>

> We have discovered the secedit tool, but this only resets local

> policies, not registry tweaks... I have also discovered the

> ntuser.dat file in the default user folder seems to be modified. I

> have consequently deleted this and now all new logins get a default

> ntuser.dat (Where is this generated and is this a problem not

> having one in the default user folder?)..

> Is there any other registry location where tweaks can be manually

> set such as HKEY Local Machine, and if so how can I reset this, or

> view the tweaks made easily?

 

R. McCarty wrote:

> Tattooed ? - Not sure what that term means. It's also not clear to

> me what you're trying to do ( Sorting This ). Are you trying to

> make these machines compliant with company standards or just clean

> them up ?

 

R McCarty,

 

Understanding Policy "Tattooing"

http://www.gpoguy.com/FAQs/tattoo.htm

 

( Might assist the OP too - who knows. ;-) )

 

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[Guest R. McCarty]

Re: Reset tattoo settings etc

 

Thanks for the URL

 

"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> UselessUser wrote:

>> We have some XP machines which have been tattooed and we are

>> looking at sorting this..

>>

>> We have discovered the secedit tool, but this only resets local

>> policies, not registry tweaks... I have also discovered the

>> ntuser.dat file in the default user folder seems to be modified. I

>> have consequently deleted this and now all new logins get a default

>> ntuser.dat (Where is this generated and is this a problem not

>> having one in the default user folder?)..

>> Is there any other registry location where tweaks can be manually

>> set such as HKEY Local Machine, and if so how can I reset this, or

>> view the tweaks made easily?

>

> R. McCarty wrote:

>> Tattooed ? - Not sure what that term means. It's also not clear to

>> me what you're trying to do ( Sorting This ). Are you trying to

>> make these machines compliant with company standards or just clean

>> them up ?

>

> R McCarty,

>

> Understanding Policy "Tattooing"

> http://www.gpoguy.com/FAQs/tattoo.htm

>

> ( Might assist the OP too - who knows. ;-) )

>

> --

> Shenan Stanley

> MS-MVP

> --

> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

>