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70-210 studying and I broke my machine

Hogan's Goat

2003-02-23, 12:23 am

I feel so stupid. :#(

I checked out a laptop from work with W2K Pro on it so I could use it to
study for 70-210. As I was poking around in Local Policies I saved what I
had done, then found that I couldn't reverse things. Then I read in the
book where it says that policies are applied to all users, even Admin, so
now there are policies that NOBODY can reverse. Even as local admin, I am
not able to run the Policy snap-in. The machine still runs and all, but I
no longer have complete control of the machine. This is a standalone
laptop that's not on a domain, and I have installed Recovery Console but
can't seem to see what would put it right.

Help!

Gary - US

2003-02-23, 8:23 pm

Well.....uh......MUAHAHAHA

"Hogan's Goat" <yeah@right.com> wrote in message
news:Xns932AE23A66D00yeah.right.com@63.240.76.16...
> I feel so stupid. :#(
>
> I checked out a laptop from work with W2K Pro on it so I could use it to
> study for 70-210. As I was poking around in Local Policies I saved what I
> had done, then found that I couldn't reverse things. Then I read in the
> book where it says that policies are applied to all users, even Admin, so
> now there are policies that NOBODY can reverse. Even as local admin, I am
> not able to run the Policy snap-in. The machine still runs and all, but I
> no longer have complete control of the machine. This is a standalone
> laptop that's not on a domain, and I have installed Recovery Console but
> can't seem to see what would put it right.
>
> Help!

Hogan's Goat

2003-02-23, 10:23 pm

Here's a cheerful little earful from Gary - US:

> Well.....uh......MUAHAHAHA
>
>
> "Hogan's Goat" <yeah@right.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns932AE23A66D00yeah.right.com@63.240.76.16...
>> I feel so stupid. :#(
>>
>> I checked out a laptop from work with W2K Pro on it so I could use it
>> to study for 70-210. As I was poking around in Local Policies I
>> saved what I had done, then found that I couldn't reverse things.
>> Then I read in the book where it says that policies are applied to
>> all users, even Admin, so now there are policies that NOBODY can
>> reverse. Even as local admin, I am not able to run the Policy
>> snap-in. The machine still runs and all, but I no longer have
>> complete control of the machine. This is a standalone laptop that's
>> not on a domain, and I have installed Recovery Console but can't seem
>> to see what would put it right.
>>
>> Help!
>
>
>

Thanks for responding, but you couldn't make me feel like more of an XXX
than I already do.

Anyone who's not just a "paper MCSE" got anything helpful to add?

Hogan out.

--
"Politics is the entertainment branch of industry" - Frank Zappa.

Gary - US

2003-02-23, 10:23 pm

haha....you crack me up. You are going to insult my knowledge when you are
the one that jacked up a work computer? Nice try. And what is your
certification level?

Gary

"Hogan's Goat" <yeah@right.com> wrote in message
news:Xns932BCBD045F2Ayeah.right.com@63.240.76.16...
> Here's a cheerful little earful from Gary - US:
>
> > Well.....uh......MUAHAHAHA
> >
> >
> > "Hogan's Goat" <yeah@right.com> wrote in message
> > news:Xns932AE23A66D00yeah.right.com@63.240.76.16...
> >> I feel so stupid. :#(
> >>
> >> I checked out a laptop from work with W2K Pro on it so I could use it
> >> to study for 70-210. As I was poking around in Local Policies I
> >> saved what I had done, then found that I couldn't reverse things.
> >> Then I read in the book where it says that policies are applied to
> >> all users, even Admin, so now there are policies that NOBODY can
> >> reverse. Even as local admin, I am not able to run the Policy
> >> snap-in. The machine still runs and all, but I no longer have
> >> complete control of the machine. This is a standalone laptop that's
> >> not on a domain, and I have installed Recovery Console but can't seem
> >> to see what would put it right.
> >>
> >> Help!
> >
> >
> >
>
> Thanks for responding, but you couldn't make me feel like more of an XXX
> than I already do.
>
> Anyone who's not just a "paper MCSE" got anything helpful to add?
>
> Hogan out.
>
> --
> "Politics is the entertainment branch of industry" - Frank Zappa.

Hogan's Goat

2003-02-24, 1:23 am

Here's a cheerful little earful from Gary - US:

> haha....you crack me up. You are going to insult my knowledge when
> you are the one that jacked up a work computer? Nice try. And what
> is your certification level?
>
> Gary
>
> "Hogan's Goat" <yeah@right.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns932BCBD045F2Ayeah.right.com@63.240.76.16...
>> Here's a cheerful little earful from Gary - US:
>>
>> > Well.....uh......MUAHAHAHA
>> >
>> >
>> > "Hogan's Goat" <yeah@right.com> wrote in message
>> > news:Xns932AE23A66D00yeah.right.com@63.240.76.16...
>> >> I feel so stupid. :#(
>> >>
>> >> I checked out a laptop from work with W2K Pro on it so I could use
>> >> it to study for 70-210. As I was poking around in Local Policies
>> >> I saved what I had done, then found that I couldn't reverse
>> >> things. Then I read in the book where it says that policies are
>> >> applied to all users, even Admin, so now there are policies that
>> >> NOBODY can reverse. Even as local admin, I am not able to run the
>> >> Policy snap-in. The machine still runs and all, but I no longer
>> >> have complete control of the machine. This is a standalone laptop
>> >> that's not on a domain, and I have installed Recovery Console but
>> >> can't seem to see what would put it right.
>> >>
>> >> Help!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Thanks for responding, but you couldn't make me feel like more of an
>> XXX than I already do.
>>
>> Anyone who's not just a "paper MCSE" got anything helpful to add?

Dude, I'm just asking for help, OK?

Hogan out.

--
"Politics is the entertainment branch of industry" - Frank Zappa.

Peter K

2003-02-24, 3:23 am

I guess it's typical that a guy who would give you a bad time when you
are already in a jam - the type of jam that all of us have found
ourselves in at least once - that he doesn't have sufficient
knowledge to be able offer any helpful advice at all.

I think you would be better off asking in one of the other groups like
microsoft.public.win2000.security. There are a number of MVP and also
MS people over there that may be able to help - at least they would
probably make an honest effort.

Peter

On Sun, 23 Feb 2003 06:14:19 GMT, "Hogan's Goat" <yeah@right.com>
wrote:

>I feel so stupid. :#(
>
>I checked out a laptop from work with W2K Pro on it so I could use it to
>study for 70-210. As I was poking around in Local Policies I saved what I
>had done, then found that I couldn't reverse things. Then I read in the
>book where it says that policies are applied to all users, even Admin, so
>now there are policies that NOBODY can reverse. Even as local admin, I am
>not able to run the Policy snap-in. The machine still runs and all, but I
>no longer have complete control of the machine. This is a standalone
>laptop that's not on a domain, and I have installed Recovery Console but
>can't seem to see what would put it right.
>
>Help!

Hogan's Goat

2003-02-24, 10:23 am

Here's a cheerful little earful from Peter K:

> I guess it's typical that a guy who would give you a bad time when you
> are already in a jam - the type of jam that all of us have found
> ourselves in at least once - that he doesn't have sufficient
> knowledge to be able offer any helpful advice at all.
>
> I think you would be better off asking in one of the other groups like
> microsoft.public.win2000.security. There are a number of MVP and also
> MS people over there that may be able to help - at least they would
> probably make an honest effort.
>
> Peter

Thanks. Now that it's Monday I can just take the laptop in to work and
format it. No worries, and thanks for at least trying.

There's a saying about people like that last guy - "It doesn't take all
kinds to make the world, we just have all kinds!"

Gary - US

2003-02-24, 10:23 am

Piss off Goat.

"Hogan's Goat" <yeah@right.com> wrote in message
news:Xns932C4D63B8739yeah.right.com@204.127.199.17...
> Here's a cheerful little earful from Peter K:
>
> > I guess it's typical that a guy who would give you a bad time when you
> > are already in a jam - the type of jam that all of us have found
> > ourselves in at least once - that he doesn't have sufficient
> > knowledge to be able offer any helpful advice at all.
> >
> > I think you would be better off asking in one of the other groups like
> > microsoft.public.win2000.security. There are a number of MVP and also
> > MS people over there that may be able to help - at least they would
> > probably make an honest effort.
> >
> > Peter
>
> Thanks. Now that it's Monday I can just take the laptop in to work and
> format it. No worries, and thanks for at least trying.
>
> There's a saying about people like that last guy - "It doesn't take all
> kinds to make the world, we just have all kinds!"

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