microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin

system repair fixed it right up
thanks aton

"Bob Harris" wrote:

> First, realize that CHKDSK is not the real problem, and is in fact usually
> part of the solution to file system corruption. Running CHKDSK weekly or so
> can prevent little file and disk errors from becoming big errors. If CHKDSK
> continually finds serious errors, that could be a sign of a failing disk.
> But, even a good disk can had file system errors, if the PC is shut down
> improperly (e.g., power failure, system lock-up/crash). Further, even
> without a power failure, crash, etc good files sometimes go bad, or files
> get mixed up, at least they seem to on all Microsoft operating systems.
>
> As for fixing XP, there are several options, besides the "clean install":
>
> 1. Run system file checker SFC /SCANNOW, which can replace corrupt/missing
> XP files with clean copies stored in a cache on disk, or from the XP CD.
>
> http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html
>
>
> 2. Run a repair installation of XP. Unlike a clean installation, a repair
> does NOT erase personal programs nor installed programs. But, a limitation
> of the repair is that it can not repair/replace the registry, at least not
> most of it, since if it did that it would be like uninstalling programs. A
> repair is supported by retail XP CDs. It is often not supported by OEM CDs,
> or PCs that came with XP pre-installed. However, you can always buy a
> full-retail version of XP to get the CD. Do not try to use someone else's
> XP CD for the repair, lest you then run into problems of product activation.
> Links about repairing:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315341
>
>
>
> http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm
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>
> http://www.extremetech.com/print_article/0,3998,a=23979,00.asp
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>
> http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/Repair-Windows-XP-t138.html
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>
>
> CAUTION: Before running either SFC, and especially before attempting a
> repair install, save all personal files off of the PC. If you can not
> currently boot into XP far enough to copy to CD, DVD, ZIP, USB drive, etc,
> then try one of the following:
>
>
>
> 1. LINUX "live" CD with NTFS and USB support. "live" means it does NOT
> install on the hard drive, but rather runs directly from the CD (or DVD).
> KNOPPIX is my favorite and it is free.
>
>
>
> 2. Boot with a Windows PE disk, if you can find one, or an image of one
> that can be burned to CD. This is effectively a "live" version of XP, but
> is usually limited in its distribution to PC professionals.
>
>
>
> 3. Make a Bart's bootable CD on another PC running XP. Bart's is similar
> to Windows PE, but more flexible, and almost anyone with XP can make one.
>
>
>
> 4. Temporarily mount the hard drive in a USB 2.0 enclosure and read into
> another PC, then out to CD, DVD, USB, etc.
>
>
> "jake" wrote in message
> news:014C887D-FDDB-4B44-81F2-C320E1C14D5C@microsoft.com...
> > 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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