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Administrator on Vista computer cannot change account policies.

  1. #1


    Microsoftlover Guest

    Administrator on Vista computer cannot change account policies.

    New Vista computer. Log in as Administrator. Check in Control Panel, user
    accounts, manage user accounts, select Administrator and look at properties
    then group membership and ensure Administrator is in fact an Administrator of
    the local computer.

    Then go to Administrative tools (from control panel) and start local
    security policy. Go to Account Policies and cannot change anything in
    password policy or account lockout policy. The selections are greyed out.

    How do I change them?



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  2. #2


    Engel Guest

    RE: Administrator on Vista computer cannot change account policies.

    Just out of interest? So does the same thing happen when you reboot into Safe
    Mode to then do the changes.
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    "Microsoftlover" wrote:

    > New Vista computer. Log in as Administrator. Check in Control Panel, user
    > accounts, manage user accounts, select Administrator and look at properties
    > then group membership and ensure Administrator is in fact an Administrator of
    > the local computer.
    >
    > Then go to Administrative tools (from control panel) and start local
    > security policy. Go to Account Policies and cannot change anything in
    > password policy or account lockout policy. The selections are greyed out.
    >
    > How do I change them?


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  3. #3


    Mr. Arnold Guest

    Re: Administrator on Vista computer cannot change account policies.


    "Microsoftlover" <Microsoftlover@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    news:6292EB45-82B3-4263-A1C9-74475737E7AB@microsoft.com...
    > New Vista computer. Log in as Administrator. Check in Control Panel, user
    > accounts, manage user accounts, select Administrator and look at
    > properties
    > then group membership and ensure Administrator is in fact an Administrator
    > of
    > the local computer.
    >
    > Then go to Administrative tools (from control panel) and start local
    > security policy. Go to Account Policies and cannot change anything in
    > password policy or account lockout policy. The selections are greyed out.
    >
    > How do I change them?


    What version of Vista are you running?


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  4. #4


    Darth Haxor Guest

    RE: Administrator on Vista computer cannot change account policies.

    goto start, goto run, type "mmc.exe", (without quotes), wait for it to open
    up, when it's done, goto file, click add/remove plugins, wait for new window
    to come up, scroll down on left side, choose "Local security policy editor".
    click "add". click "ok". when window closes, click on the plugin, and on the
    right side of the mmc, it will give you instructions, follow the instructions
    for the opening/creating of a database. the main database will be in your
    windows folder C:\windows\system32\security\security.sdb or
    C:\windows\security\security.sdb once you open it, right click the plugin,
    and click "analyze computer", it will bring up a window about a log file,
    just click "ok", once it is done, right click the plugin, click "configure
    computer" and then right click the plugin again and click "save database" it
    will bring up a window, crete a new folder, and save the database as
    security.sdb in that folder. then you should be able to use the security
    policy editor. also, once you do this, you must goto the accounts thingy
    (sorry, i can't remember the exact name) but at the very top, it will say
    "Guest account enabled" and "Administrator account enabled", make sure that
    the one called "Administrator account enabled", has the value set as
    "Enabled". once you do that, you need to right click the plugin, and click
    "Configure Computer", this will cause the changes to be commited.

    Hope that this helps. sorry it is so long.
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    "Microsoftlover" wrote:

    > New Vista computer. Log in as Administrator. Check in Control Panel, user
    > accounts, manage user accounts, select Administrator and look at properties
    > then group membership and ensure Administrator is in fact an Administrator of
    > the local computer.
    >
    > Then go to Administrative tools (from control panel) and start local
    > security policy. Go to Account Policies and cannot change anything in
    > password policy or account lockout policy. The selections are greyed out.
    >
    > How do I change them?


      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  5. #5


    cupboy Guest

    RE: Administrator on Vista computer cannot change account policies

    There's 2 problems with your post.

    1. There is no folder called security in \windows\system32
    2. There is no mmc plugin called "Local security policy editor"

    This is on Windows Vista. Don't know what OS your post refers to.

    "Darth Haxor" wrote:

    > goto start, goto run, type "mmc.exe", (without quotes), wait for it to open
    > up, when it's done, goto file, click add/remove plugins, wait for new window
    > to come up, scroll down on left side, choose "Local security policy editor".
    > click "add". click "ok". when window closes, click on the plugin, and on the
    > right side of the mmc, it will give you instructions, follow the instructions
    > for the opening/creating of a database. the main database will be in your
    > windows folder C:\windows\system32\security\security.sdb or
    > C:\windows\security\security.sdb once you open it, right click the plugin,
    > and click "analyze computer", it will bring up a window about a log file,
    > just click "ok", once it is done, right click the plugin, click "configure
    > computer" and then right click the plugin again and click "save database" it
    > will bring up a window, crete a new folder, and save the database as
    > security.sdb in that folder. then you should be able to use the security
    > policy editor. also, once you do this, you must goto the accounts thingy
    > (sorry, i can't remember the exact name) but at the very top, it will say
    > "Guest account enabled" and "Administrator account enabled", make sure that
    > the one called "Administrator account enabled", has the value set as
    > "Enabled". once you do that, you need to right click the plugin, and click
    > "Configure Computer", this will cause the changes to be commited.
    >
    > Hope that this helps. sorry it is so long.
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    > |)4.-7|-| |-|4x0.-
    >
    >
    > "Microsoftlover" wrote:
    >

    > > New Vista computer. Log in as Administrator. Check in Control Panel, user
    > > accounts, manage user accounts, select Administrator and look at properties
    > > then group membership and ensure Administrator is in fact an Administrator of
    > > the local computer.
    > >
    > > Then go to Administrative tools (from control panel) and start local
    > > security policy. Go to Account Policies and cannot change anything in
    > > password policy or account lockout policy. The selections are greyed out.
    > >
    > > How do I change them?

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  6. #6


    James Matthews Guest

    Re: Administrator on Vista computer cannot change account policies

    Make sure it's enabled!

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    "cupboy" <cupboy@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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    > There's 2 problems with your post.
    >
    > 1. There is no folder called security in \windows\system32
    > 2. There is no mmc plugin called "Local security policy editor"
    >
    > This is on Windows Vista. Don't know what OS your post refers to.
    >
    > "Darth Haxor" wrote:
    >

    >> goto start, goto run, type "mmc.exe", (without quotes), wait for it to
    >> open
    >> up, when it's done, goto file, click add/remove plugins, wait for new
    >> window
    >> to come up, scroll down on left side, choose "Local security policy
    >> editor".
    >> click "add". click "ok". when window closes, click on the plugin, and on
    >> the
    >> right side of the mmc, it will give you instructions, follow the
    >> instructions
    >> for the opening/creating of a database. the main database will be in your
    >> windows folder C:\windows\system32\security\security.sdb or
    >> C:\windows\security\security.sdb once you open it, right click the
    >> plugin,
    >> and click "analyze computer", it will bring up a window about a log file,
    >> just click "ok", once it is done, right click the plugin, click
    >> "configure
    >> computer" and then right click the plugin again and click "save database"
    >> it
    >> will bring up a window, crete a new folder, and save the database as
    >> security.sdb in that folder. then you should be able to use the security
    >> policy editor. also, once you do this, you must goto the accounts thingy
    >> (sorry, i can't remember the exact name) but at the very top, it will say
    >> "Guest account enabled" and "Administrator account enabled", make sure
    >> that
    >> the one called "Administrator account enabled", has the value set as
    >> "Enabled". once you do that, you need to right click the plugin, and
    >> click
    >> "Configure Computer", this will cause the changes to be commited.
    >>
    >> Hope that this helps. sorry it is so long.
    >> --
    >> |)4.-7|-| |-|4x0.-
    >>
    >>
    >> "Microsoftlover" wrote:
    >>

    >> > New Vista computer. Log in as Administrator. Check in Control Panel,
    >> > user
    >> > accounts, manage user accounts, select Administrator and look at
    >> > properties
    >> > then group membership and ensure Administrator is in fact an
    >> > Administrator of
    >> > the local computer.
    >> >
    >> > Then go to Administrative tools (from control panel) and start local
    >> > security policy. Go to Account Policies and cannot change anything in
    >> > password policy or account lockout policy. The selections are greyed
    >> > out.
    >> >
    >> > How do I change them?

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