Administrative templates in XP

[compucook]

I am testing different configurations of the administrative templates in Windows XP Pro using the Group POlicy Editor mmc. When I need to start over, instead of putting all the settings back to their defaults manually, I have been using system restore. HOwever, the last two times I did the restore, the administrative template folders appear in the Group POlicy Editor, but nothing appears to be in them. If I try to add a template, I get a message that the template is already there.
Why does this happen, and is there an easier way to set the templates back to the defaults?

 

[peopleperson88]

1) Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then press ENTER.
2) Type secedit /configure /cfg %windir%\repair\secsetup.inf /db secsetup.sdb /verbose, and then press ENTER. You receive a "Task is completed" message, and a warning message that something could not be done. You can safely ignore this message. For more information about this message, view the %windir%\Security\Logs\Scesrv.log file.

For more information

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;313222

 

[compucook]

It is the Administrative templates that I can't see, not the Security settings. At first I can open the folder in the tree view and see other folders and settings within, and make changes. After a system restore i can see the top Administrative Template folder, but it appears that there is nothing inside.
The instructions you mention seem to me to be applying to the security settings.