Permissions for network & dial-up folder

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Kit

Can someone tell me, please, how to reset the permissions
for the the 'Network and dial-up settings' folder? After
recent crash it is no longer accessible in my user profile
(it's gone from the start menu and won't open from control
panel -- a message appears saying I don't have permission
to open it). I know I need to log on as an administrator
in order to reset the permissions, but what do I do then?

thanks
Kit
 
Hi Kit,

"Remove Network Connections from Start Menu" is one of the policies that
Administrators can set using the Group Policy Editor. If this policy is enabled
Network and Dial-up Connections is removed from Settings on the Start menu; and the
icon still appears in Control Panel and in Windows Explorer, but if users try to
start it, a message appears explaining that a policy prevents the action.

If your computer is a member of a Domain please contact your System Administrator to
discuss this issue. If this is your standalone home computer, do the following to
see if the policy is enabled:

- Click Start, click Run, type the following command and click OK: gpedit.msc
- Navigate to the following node:
User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Start Menu & Taskbar
- If the setting for the policy "Remove Network Connections from Start Menu" shows
Enabled, double-click it and change the policy from Enabled to Not Configured.

Also, if you have never used gpedit.msc, and the computer in question is a
standalone(workgroup) computer, keep in mind that policies set using
Administrative Templates will effect all users of the computer (including
Administrators).

For more information see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base Articles:

KB218601 - Local Group Policy Objects Cannot Be Set on a Per-User Basis
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=218601

KB293655 - How to Apply Local Policies to all Users Except Administrators on Windows
2000 in a Workgroup Setting
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=293655

And if you have any questions specific to Group Policy, you may want to post in the
following newsgroup: microsoft.public.win2000.group_policy

--
Carrie Garth, Microsoft MVP for Windows 2000
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: "Kit" <kitfreeman11 AT yahoo DOT co DOT uk>
: Wrote in message : Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 5:55 PM
: Can someone tell me, please, how to reset the permissions
: for the the 'Network and dial-up settings' folder? After
: recent crash it is no longer accessible in my user profile
: (it's gone from the start menu and won't open from control
: panel -- a message appears saying I don't have permission
: to open it). I know I need to log on as an administrator
: in order to reset the permissions, but what do I do then?
:
: thanks
: Kit
 
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