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May 8, 2006 at 09:28 AM
rob groh

XP and Restricted Access

by rob groh . Updated 20 years, 1 month ago

I’m not an IT expert (at least, not yet =^}

I’m the graphics guy in my company, and our former IT oerson set restrictions on my PC so tight he really had me boxed in. Now, the IT kid is no longer with us, I’ve been granted Admin rights on my system (after the boss figured out the password), but system permissions still are set with restrictions that prevent me from doing anything really useful. Example: Can’t run command.com, can’t install programs that alter the registry, can’t run INSTALL.EXE, SETUP.EXE, etc.

Can anyone guide me to the correct place to reset the permissions on this particular box? They are in effect even with admin rights.

Thanks, in advance.

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