Unable to execute programs with Domain Admin logged on "locally"

[Guest]

I have a win2k server that I am able to logon to locally but not execute any
programs at all such as Windows Explorer, Internet explorer or even the admin
applets. I am able to connect via workstation and administer the network.
Is there anyway to reset the policies? To be honest I'm not even sure what
exactly it was that I did!! I think that I may have made a group policy
change to domain admins. How can I fix this remotely?

Thank you in advance.

Joe Goins
Network Admin

 

[Dave Patrick]

You didn't tell us what happens when you try but make sure your domain
account is a member of the local administrator's group.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| I have a win2k server that I am able to logon to locally but not execute
any
| programs at all such as Windows Explorer, Internet explorer or even the
admin
| applets. I am able to connect via workstation and administer the network.
| Is there anyway to reset the policies? To be honest I'm not even sure
what
| exactly it was that I did!! I think that I may have made a group policy
| change to domain admins. How can I fix this remotely?
|
| Thank you in advance.
|
| Joe Goins
| Network Admin
|

 

[Guest]

When I double click any icon on the desktop nothing happens. The hour glass
briefly appears. When I go through Start>Programs>accessories>Windows
Explorer I get the message "Unable to execute".

 

[Dave Patrick]

If you've no idea what was done then this may be the best course.

How to Restore the Default NTFS Permissions for Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=266118

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| When I double click any icon on the desktop nothing happens. The hour
glass
| briefly appears. When I go through Start>Programs>accessories>Windows
| Explorer I get the message "Unable to execute".

 

[Guest]

Hey Dave,
Thanks for answering! Unfortunately I can't execute any programs from the
console itself! I get Access Denied when I try to access control.cpl so I'm
not too sure how to implement the cure that you gave me since I can't do
anything at my domain controller.

Joe

 

[Dave Patrick]

If you can't RDP and or don't have a backup account then you'll likely need
to flatten and rebuild.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Hey Dave,
| Thanks for answering! Unfortunately I can't execute any programs from
the
| console itself! I get Access Denied when I try to access control.cpl so
I'm
| not too sure how to implement the cure that you gave me since I can't do
| anything at my domain controller.
|
| Joe