microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin

jake wrote:
> I may be confusing security policies with descripters but when I set
> policies to default it fixed 90% of my problems.Now the only problems
> I have are a bunch of access denied errors.A fresh install of windows
> is not a option as I have to many important programs ,I do not have
> setup programs for.My computer ran 100% before chkdsk FIXED IT for
> me.

Sorry, but it wouldn't have run at all if it didn't detect errors on your
disk. Not sure what else to tell you.

> Is there anyway to break what chkdsk fixed.Does chkdsk store a
> restore for what it changed and if so WHERE and whats it called.

No, not that I know of. If you do regular backups you can do a restore.
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> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
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>> jake wrote:
>>> ok the other day chkdsk ran and destroyed my security settings.It
>>> said something on the lines of "security settings invalid restoring
>>> settings to default"for every file on my computer.Which left my
>>> computer without a task bar,run extremly slow,no access to user
>>> accounts,ie not working,and a ton more problems.I then tried
>>> restoring numerous times but nothing helped. I then found something
>>> online about manually reset security policies to default (exactly
>>> what chkdsk said it did)and tried it (secedit /configure /cfg
>>> %windir%\repair\secsetup.inf /db secsetup.sdb /verbose)
>>> which fixed most of the problems but not all.I cant access disk
>>> management,cant log in with account that has user rights.And still a
>>> ton more.Im just wondering if anyone here has had the same problem
>>> and how they fixed it.im running windows xp pro locally. I've also
>>> tried to create new admin accounts but they have exactly the same
>>> problems as the existing accounts.
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>> I think you're confusing Windows security policies with your security
>> descriptors - they aren't the same thing. If your hard drive had
>> that many errors on it, you may be best off with a new install of XP
>> (if not also a new hard drive). Chkdsk didn't "destroy" your
>> settings - it ran because there were errors already, and it was
>> trying to fix them.
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>> Regular image/clone backups using Acronis or Ghost or similar are a
>> very good thing on a standalone systems, note - get an external hard
>> drive & run regular backups, and replacing hardware will be very
>> easy. I'm a big fan of Acronis - their Home version is inexpensive.