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by sschulenberg

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I recently had a classmate institute a local security policy on my wife's dell inspiron laptop. Since then she has not been able to load the Yahoo Music Engine or recieve any updates from windows. I tried to reset the security to the default out of box settings, but this only complicated things more. After reinstalling service pack 2, i was able to fix the newly created issues, but the Yahoo Music Engine and the Windows update problems still exist. Can anyone provide a solution to this dilema?

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Steve

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by dedlbug

Has this laptop become part of a domain environment? If so, you can log off and logon locally to the computer. When you log off, You should be presented with a logon box: Username, Password, Domain. In the Username, type the name of the account that logged on previously, before the laptop was member of a Domain. (Administrator usually works) type the password that corresponds to the user. In the Domain box, pull down the menu and select "This Computer" Hopefully this works and you can log in as the LOCAL administrator of the laptop. Install the programs now and log off and back on again with the Domain crediantials.

NOTE: You may be denied the ability to log on locally. OR Your computer may NOT be a member of a domain. Let us know if that is the case or if this helps at all. =]

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