System Restore Off by Group Policy in XP Home Installation

[Guest]

A funny thing has happened after my registry got scrambled. I initially lost
my file associations but was able to find a registry tweak that restored
them. Whenever I boot up, though, a blank dialogue box pops up with a few
gibberish characters at the top and an OK button, which after clicking leads
to a normal startup. To eliminate this annoying pop-up, I tried to run
system restore, but I receive a message that it has been turned off by group
policy and I need to contact my domain administrator. This makes no sense
because I have the home edition and am the main and for that matter only user
of this machine. Can anyone help?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

System Restore Group Policy restrictions:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/srpolicy.htm

If all of these problems have occurred suddenly, then there is a high
possibility of Malware presence in the system. It's advisable to do a
thorough cleanup.

Malware Removal and Prevention: Overview - CastleCopsWiki:
http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_Removal_and_Prevention:_Overview

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


A funny thing has happened after my registry got scrambled. I initially
lost
my file associations but was able to find a registry tweak that restored
them. Whenever I boot up, though, a blank dialogue box pops up with a few
gibberish characters at the top and an OK button, which after clicking leads
to a normal startup. To eliminate this annoying pop-up, I tried to run
system restore, but I receive a message that it has been turned off by group
policy and I need to contact my domain administrator. This makes no sense
because I have the home edition and am the main and for that matter only
user
of this machine. Can anyone help?