jimmuh

Have you communicated with the vendor of the computer? Sounds like something
is fishy with their original system image. Does everything else seem to be
functioning properly?

I really should get off my duff and do some investigating. I have become
complacent since the advent of Vista, relying solely upon active directory
and the policy editor to achieve whatever I want in the way of control of the
systems I support. But it would be useful to know the registry locations
affected by the policies. One can use a registry reference, or do it the fun
way -- using a tool like RegMon (Mark Russinovich, who now works for
Microsoft) to monitor for registry changes when the policy is applied. If I
get a chance to do play with this today I'll get back to you.

In the meantime, have you considered contacting the notebook vendor or
talking with Microsoft about the hotfix?

"montyphyton@gmail.com" wrote:

>
> jimmuh je napisao/la:
> > I don't think the Home versions (even Premium) of Vista have a policy editor.
> >
> > This is an odd problem. Was Vista the original OS on this computer? If not,
> > was it installed as an upgrade?
> >
> > "montyphyton@gmail.com" wrote:
> >
>
> i've checked it on the net and you're right - vista home editions dont
> come with the option for editing group policies. as for my vista, it
> came as the original OS on my laptop. i haven't tampered with it, this
> stuff was happening from day one...
>
>