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Michael
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USA
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Posted - 10/22/2009 :  11:01:04 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I opened gpedit.msc on a XP Pro (new Dell Optiplex 760 SP3) yesterday to lock it down as it is in a public place. When I drill down to the "Administrative Templates" it does not have the normal "Start Menu \ Desktop \ Control Panel" options to edit. It only has "Windows Media Player" and "Windows Updates" ?
Is this something with SP3...?
Thanks,
Michael

cj_berlin
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Posted - 10/23/2009 :  03:06:23 AM  Show Profile  Visit cj_berlin's Homepage  Look at the Skype address for cj_berlin  Reply with Quote
I would say system.adm, interes.adm and conf.adm are missing in the GPO. Try re-adding them.

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Edited by - cj_berlin on 10/23/2009 03:07:23 AM
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cybersteve
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USA
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Posted - 10/24/2009 :  2:16:15 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
May want to consider Windows "SteadyState" as a lockdown tool for public computers. Have used with great success.
Cybersteve

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Michael
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USA
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Posted - 10/27/2009 :  3:19:08 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
CJ- THANK YOU, yes I was shouting! I added/copied from another pc the system.adm and conf.adm to my GP\ADM folder and now all the settings are there. I had done a system restore to the out of box date but it did not help. I was about to FDISK and thought to check this site to see if I had any replies.

CyberSteve, thanks for the tip, from what I can tell the SteadyState is doing the same thing as I do through GPEdit? I also use DeepFreeze on these public pc.
Have A Great Day!
Michael
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