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Restore default XP Pro user profile

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Name: Bill
Date: June 7, 2003 at 02:14:44 Pacific
OS: XP Pro ver 2002 Service P
CPU/Ram: P4(2.4 GHz)/512 MB DDR
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Hi,
Can someone help me restore the default users’ security profile in a workgroup environment for Windows XP Pro? I tried to get a legacy program (Readers Rabbit’s Math Ages 4-6), which worked fine when logged on as an administrator, to work in my kids profiles (users’ [limited]) and also the guest profile in Windows XP Pro. So I right clicked the C drive, chose properties, and then chose the security tab and made some adjustments to the user profile. These adjustments got the legacy program working. However, now one user can read and write to all other users accounts-including the administrators account. In fact, all users have read/write access to the entire C:\ drive. This is not what I intended, I only want to allow my children to run their programs and have access to their documents. I would have used the restore function, but I had disabled it-I have re-enabled it for future occurrences like these.

The most important thing for me at this point is to reset the default security profiles. However, advice on getting this legacy program working while maintaining control would also be greatly appreciated. I’ve tried the compatibility wizard included with XP Pro, but it did not work. This application might be writing to the temp file so maybe if I gave write permission to the temp file it might work. But which temp file, there are several. Anyway, I’m starting to ramble. If anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated. THANK YOU!



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