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Greetings,
I have played with system policy editor, which was not quite a good idea ;-)
The result:
Several Windows XP Pro Machines have:
1. Administrative Tools Icon not functioning anymore (it opens empty folder or does not open at all)
2. Several Roaming users and even Network administrator with a local profile on those machines have Temporary internet Folder Size 0Mb and no location specified with no chance to change it, unless You do not copy Local Settings, andit disappears again after logout.
Network Administrator has 596mb initial which goes to 0 accidentally...
Maybe, there is a way to delete and restore Default User?
Thanks
David

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by mike jones

I assume these are actually local Group Policies.

If possible, move the c:\winnt\system32\Group Policy folder and then log off and back on, by default, this folder is hidden, this should stop the policy being applied. However if you have stoppedpeople from accessing the folder view options you could be stuck.

This will then allow you to fix what you have done. You should always have a local account which has got deny read access on the group policy folder to allow yourself to recover the system. You need to understand that the Group Policy refreshes itself in the background, effectively pulling down the walls around yourself.

As for the default user, just copy a working default user from another PC which works and replace the faulty one. You will need to create a new user with admin privelages to remove the faulty administrator profile.

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