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Re: Removing profile restrictions has no effect
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Removing profile restrictions has no effect
9:23 AM EDT 6/25/08
I'm trying to remove profile restrictions in order to change which installed printer is the default. When I uninstall "Public Access omputer Profile Restrictions and log in to the all profile, it doesn't seem as if the restrictions have been removed. I still can't access the full start menu. I've just done the same process on 5 other computers, so I'm pretty sure I'm following the right procedure.

What could be going wrong?
Re: Removing profile restrictions has no effect
7:39 PM EDT 6/27/08 as a reply to Owen Leonard.
Sounds like maybe the Policy didn't get removed.

Check and see if the C:\Policy folder is still there. It is normally deleted when you remove profile restrictions.

The easiest fix to try is to replace and then removing profile restrictions again. Again check to see if the Policy folder is now gone.

The next step is to remove first Profile Restrictions, then the Profiles themselves. [Doing this will mean losing any custom settings you've added to the public profile.]

After removing Profiles, make sure both C:\Policy and C:\Profiles folders are gone. If not, delete them manually.

Then run the Configuration tool and replace the Profiles only. This should give you a new, refreshed set of unlocked profiles, minus any changes you have made to them.

Dale
Re: Removing profile restrictions has no effect
4:35 PM EDT 6/28/08 as a reply to Dale Musselman.
Having tried the "easiest fix" already, I tried your suggestion to remove the Profile Restrictions and the Profiles themselves. Following that procedure did the trick. After the profiles were restored, I was able to unlock the all profile as expected.

Thank you!