here’s the run down
I’m rebuilding from scratch an XP-Pro system I got for free,
because it had a severe spyware & rootkit infection,
so much so that it couldn’t be cleaned
any attempt would yield a dialog from the spyware / rootkit that it’s settings had been changed and it would reboot to restore the settings
(but DBAN took care of that)
plus it was just XP Homeless anyway
when I configure a system I create a few user accounts with customized settings for different applications
and I lock and strip the system down through group policy etc.
this time I’ve hit a snare though
one particular user account doesn’t get the policies applied (never seen this before)
in
> User Configuration
– > Administrative Templates
– – > Start Menu & Taskbar
there are several settings which I enable or disable based on what it does;
however, when I log into this particular user account to continue the setup
the whole group of the settings in
User Configuration is not applied at all
ie.
all the policy settings for:
– Force classic Start Menu
– Remove My … Icons from the Start Menu
– Turn off Notification area cleanup (aka hide inactive icons)
– Turn off personalized menus
– Turn off User tracking
– Remove Favorites from the Start Menu
etc.
I do the policy settings from
The Default built in Administrator account
log off, reboot etc.
then log in to this particular account and the policies are ignored
HuH ?
any one have ideas as to why
