Net Administrator

[Cellu Lloyd]

I'm tearing my hair out.
I've got two machines running Vista and can't do anything with sidebar on
either.
Any attempt results in "Windows sidebar is managed by your system
administrator".
Turning UAC off makes no difference.
I've used the hack at
http://www.computerworld.com/action...ewArticleBasic&articleId=9015738&pageNumber=2
to set Net Administrator as active, but I still get the same message.

How do I fix it?

Why do MS sell an O/S that prevents you from using your machine as you wish?

 

[Bob]

Right click>Run as Administrator.

 

[Cellu Lloyd]

Right click>Run as Administrator.

Hi Bob,
Tried that. Same negative response.
Then right click, properties and set permissions to allow all.
Still same negative response.
Rebooted to make sure permissions were still in place.
They were, but still it tells me sidebar is managed by system administrator
(

 

[Bob]

Add "Take Ownership" to right-click menu in Vista

http://www.petri.co.il/add-take-ownership-context-menu-vista.htm

 

[Cellu Lloyd]

Add "Take Ownership" to right-click menu in Vista

Hi Bob,
Good info, but still no success.
Followed link and applied reg patch.
Now I can take ownership of all the files within the sidebar folder ...
except sidebar.exe
So it still comes up with "managed by system administrator"

 

[Rick Rogers]

Is a group policy (gpedit.msc) set?

Computer Config/Admin templates/Windows Components/Windows Sidebar

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[Cellu Lloyd]

Is a group policy (gpedit.msc) set?

Computer Config/Admin templates/Windows Components/Windows Sidebar

Hi Rick,
Erm .... I'm not sure where to look - can you give me a hint?
(After years of comfortable cruising with 2000 and XP I'm a bit lost....)
Thanks for your help )

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Click the Start Orb, type:
gpedit.msc

Go to:
Computer Config/Admin templates/Windows Components/Windows Sidebar


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[Cellu Lloyd]

Click the Start Orb, type:
gpedit.msc

Oh woe!
Nothing found.
Advanced search including system & hidden files also came up with nowt.
Does this mean nothing is set?
(Or, more likely, I've messed up.....)

 

[Dave]

Home versions of Vista do not have the group policy editor.

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

You have Home Edition, and gpedit is not included.

You may have luck with booting to Safe Mode to try the sidebar. (F8 on
restart 'black screen' after BIOS screen.)

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[Cellu Lloyd]

Doh!
Thanks for the info )

 

[Cellu Lloyd]

You have Home Edition, and gpedit is not included.

You may have luck with booting to Safe Mode to try the sidebar. (F8 on
restart 'black screen' after BIOS screen.)

Tried safe Mode - sadly still the same result.
Many thanks for the input.

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

If nothing else worked, I would elevate the users to admin, make the
setting, and demote the user account again.

I think you might also have some luck by creating a new "Default Profile"
and when creating new accounts after that, they would inherit the setting.
Copy your admin profile to default user folders.
811151 - How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811151
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