microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin

jake wrote:
> I ran the chkdsk manually myself.Lesson learned "Will never do that
> again" thanks for the help

OK. But again, chkdsk is not the problem. You had disk errors. Never do
anything like that without running full backups first - do check out Acronis
or similar.
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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.