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
