poledit.exe has disappeared

[Norman]

I used poledit several months ago, to not display last
known user profile on logon. Then I started seeing this
ignored: the last user name reappeared on each
subsequentlogon, for both admin and other users. I am up
to date on all critical updates as of 7 Oct 2003

I want to go back to where I wanted. However, poledit.exe
has disappeared from my hard drive.

Can I download another copy of poledit.exe and use it
without further complications? Where do I get it?

 

[Steven Umbach]

Look in the I386 folder on the install cdrom or search your hard drive for it. I
often find multiple copies of files in service pack folders, etc. -- Steve

 

[Norman]

poledit.exe is nowhere to be found on my hard drive or on
my installation CD or on my service pack 2 CD. My other
service packshave been downloaded. I searched the details
of I386 files on my CDs and my hard drive. Nothing.

The only thing close is a poledit.chm in another partition
for booting in Windows 98, which I interpret to be part of
a Help system. poledit.exe does not appear on that
partition either.

poledit may be contained in some compressed .cab file, but
I don't know how to extract it.

 

[Carrie Garth \(MVP\)]

Hi Norman,

You can find poledit and its supporting files on a Microsoft Windows 98 Installation
CDROM in the following directory:

Tools\Reskit\Netadmin\Poledit

For more information see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:

KB318753 - HOW TO: Create a System Policy Setting in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=318753

Alternatively, poledit and its supporting files (including Winnt.adm, Windows.adm,
and Common.adm) are installed when you install the Windows 2000 Administrative Tools
package (adminpak.msi) on a Windows 2000 Professional.

To install the adminpak.msi on a computer running Windows 2000 SP4, use the -x switch
to extract all of the Service Pack Files from w2ksp4.exe (the Network Installation
download that contains the self-extractable package with all of the service pack
files). Then double-click adminpak.msi and respond to the prompts as appropriate.

For information about the extract command-line option for w2ksp4.exe, see:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 Installation and Deployment Guide
SECTION: Command-Line Options Only for W2ksp4.exe
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp4/spdeploy.htm

And more information about administering Group Policy to down-level client computers
using the System Policy Editor tool see:

KB269799 - HOW TO: Secure Windows in a Non-Domain Environment
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=269799

Windows 2000 Group Policy White Paper
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/howitworks/management/grouppolwp.asp

--
Carrie Garth, Microsoft MVP for Windows 2000
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: "Norman" <nbnorth AT wa-net DOT com>
: Wrote in message : Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 10:41 PM
:
: I used poledit several months ago, to not display last
: known user profile on logon. Then I started seeing this
: ignored: the last user name reappeared on each
: subsequentlogon, for both admin and other users. I am up
: to date on all critical updates as of 7 Oct 2003
:
: I want to go back to where I wanted. However, poledit.exe
: has disappeared from my hard drive.
:
: Can I download another copy of poledit.exe and use it
: without further complications? Where do I get it?