Restore Default System Security Settings for XP Home

[Mitch]

Hi,
I have XP home. I got a virus that has locked down components of the
computer. I get a access denied when trying to do administrative stuff. Is
there a way to Restore Default System Security Settings for XP Home. I saw
the following command line to do it, but it doesn't work for XP home.
"secedit /configure /cfg %windir%\repair\secsetup.inf /db secsetup.sdb
/verbose"

Any thoughts? Thanks.

Mitch

 

[Malke]

Hi,
I have XP home. I got a virus that has locked down components of the
computer. I get a access denied when trying to do administrative stuff.
Is there a way to Restore Default System Security Settings for XP Home. I
saw the following command line to do it, but it doesn't work for XP home.
"secedit /configure /cfg %windir%\repair\secsetup.inf /db secsetup.sdb
/verbose"

At this point, your best course of action is to back up your data and do a
clean install of Windows. If you want to spend time on this instead, get
guided help at one of the specialty forums listed below.

http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=4075 (FAQ)
http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30
http://www.atribune.org/forums/index.php?showforum=9
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum22.html
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/cleanup
http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=25
http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/Malware_Removal_HiJackThis_Logs_Go_Here-f37.html
http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showforum=7
http://gladiator-antivirus.com/forum/index.php?showforum=170
http://spywarewarrior.com/viewforum.php?f=5
http://forums.techguy.org/54-security/
http://forums.tomcoyote.org/
http://www.thespykiller.co.uk/index.php?board=3.0
http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showforum=7

Malke

 

[Twayne]

At this point, your best course of action is to back up your data and
do a clean install of Windows. If you want to spend time on this
instead, get guided help at one of the specialty forums listed below.

http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=4075 (FAQ)
http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30
http://www.atribune.org/forums/index.php?showforum=9
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum22.html
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/cleanup
http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=25
http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/Malware_Removal_HiJackThis_Logs_Go_Here-f37.html
http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showforum=7
http://gladiator-antivirus.com/forum/index.php?showforum=170
http://spywarewarrior.com/viewforum.php?f=5
http://forums.techguy.org/54-security/
http://forums.tomcoyote.org/
http://www.thespykiller.co.uk/index.php?board=3.0
http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showforum=7

Malke

It might come down to having to do a clean install, but I think I'd try
a Repair Install first, since it's faster and might well take care of
the issues.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/doug92.mspx
As was mentioned, be sure to back up your important data first since
even though this shouldn't damage any data, "stuff" happens. Always
backup before touching the operating system.

Between the two, you get a pretty good full description.

If you do need to do a full install, these are a lot less reading:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
http://www.theeldergeek.com/xp_home_install_-_graphic.htm
http://web.mit.edu/ist/products/winxp/advanced/reinstall-format.html


HTH,

Twayne