Aaron Margosis' "Non-Admin" WebLog

Aaron,  love your site and info.  you talk about the things desktop admins should know from day one and most don't know at all.

i have a question and was wondering if you could point me in the right direction.

in our environment (1400 locked down workstations, with gpo policies and a security template applied) we are having an issue with the xp sp2 upgrade.

everything is fine until the user logs in after the upgrade.

rundll32 runs calling an inf for mediaplayer customization.  it wants to write a key to hkcu\software\classes.

i get the advanced inf install error.

is there something simple i can do to fix this.

i have been trying logon scripts running subinacle to set elevated rights but it just isnt working.

why is mediaplayer wanting to write to this key?  you would think they would know about lua bugs more then anyone.

the key it tries to create is:

Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences: AcceptedPrivacyStatement=1

thats my story and i am sticking to it.

looks like this is running and causing my issues as a locked down user:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{6BF52A52-394A-11d3-B153-00C04F79FAA6}\StubPath

with a value of:

rundll32.exe advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection C:\WINDOWS\INF\wmp.inf,PerUserStub

thinking about just moving or deleting this key/value.

bh

Ok, I'll admit it. I've been living dangerously for the last several years.

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Hi Aaron,

I recently downloaded Explorer 7.0 and an having problems, I am using a dial-up connection, Windows Xp Sp-2 348mz & 384 ram, the problem is that after downloading Exp.7.0 my system acts sluggish. Takes forever to connect to a website, and just locks up sometimes, must use Esc. to regain control, the computer is protected McAfee security center against viris's and such.

Is there any way that I could return to Exp.6.0, as I feel this rig is not up to date enought to use 7.0.

Thanks,

Frank

This site and the one I found that led me here,  http://homepage.mac.com/corrp/windows/LUA/setup.html, is something I've been looking for for several years, i.e. post Win XP inception.

I have attempted to modify permissions because of the problem with a lot of my applications, that are pre Win XP, running under a limited user. My success has been limited.

I am concerned that I may have compromised my limited user account. I have located several sites that supposedly return permissions to the original settings. I hope that this site will help me in that endeavor.

Thanks in advance,

Jerry Clasby

I have no idea how I came across you, but you sound very intelligent, so maybe you can help me.

We have a D-link Extreme N router in the den with the main computer. I installed the d-link DWA-552 Desktop Adapter into my computer. The problem sometimes it works a little sometimes it doesn't work at all. And, this is weird-It seems like when its trying not to work that my mouse hangs up and won't hardly work.

Do you have any idea what I could be doing wrong. It is Windows XP with service pack 2. thank you factnurse@hotmail.com