Locked out of tablet

[CecilXavier]

Greetings Tech's
I have a tablet that has come from a vender. It is running windows 7 home premium on it. I am currently locked out of this tablet for almost everything. I am trying to access functions such as the wireless card, connecting the tablet to my domain, and change group policys. I have activated the built in administrator account, but under said account I can still not access control panel. The error comes up with, action has been canceled .... I can boot into safemode with command prompt and get to the registry, but everytime I change the setting for NoControlPanel it reverts back after I exit and reboot into normal mode. Gpedit.msc is not recognized as a command. Any ideas or help would be great.

 

[BadBigBen]

windows 7 home premium can not be joined to a DOMAIN nor does it have group policies!

you need to have at least Windows7 Professional for joining a DOMAIN or for GROUP POLICY to be used...

see:

Compare Windows

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/compare

Windows 7 Local Security Policy

http://social.technet.microsoft.com.../thread/14fc5037-3386-4973-b5d8-2167272ff5ad/

Ben
"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."
How to ask a question, when posting them to a professional forum.
Only ask questions with yes/no answers if you want "yes" or "no"

 

[linney]

Perhaps checking for Malware would be a good step to take.

I see lots of recommendations here for programs like -

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware

http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free

SuperAntispyware

http://superantispyware.com/

Resetting Security back to defaults might help.

Use the Vista instructions in this to reset to default the security settings.

How do I restore security settings to the default settings?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313222/#appliesto

See what this ancient article says about restrictions applied in the Registry.

HOW TO: Restrict Users from Running Specific Windows Programs in Windows 2000

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323525

Here is a more recent one to look at.

Using Image File Execution options as an Attack Vector on Windows

http://silverstr.ufies.org/blog/archives/000809.html

See if System Restore will get you back to a restore point before your problem with Explorer, OR try the System File Checker.

How to repair the operating system and how to restore the operating system configuration to an earlier point in time in Windows Vista (or 7)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936212/#appliesto

Try running ChkDsk to check your drive for errors. Right-click your Drive icon/ Properties/ Tools/ Error Checking. Try it first by not checking either box (Read-only mode) to see if it flags any hard drive or file problems. If it does, start by ticking both boxes, in any further rerun.

The hard drive manufacturer will have free diagnostic software that is bootable, or that may even run from within Windows, that will thoroughly check the condition of your hard drive.


How to Use the Memory Diagnostics Tool in Vista

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/65361-memory-diagnostics-tool.html

 

[CecilXavier]

The only reason I don't think this is mailware is because it came from the vender like this. I'm pretty sure they changed something to lock everything out. When I am in safe mode I can edit the registry to get my control panel, start button, programs, drives and such. When I reboot in to normal mode the registry is reverted back to locking everything out. I'm trying to change this first I guess. Also, in safe mode I can not access networking on this machine. It just stalls and does nothing when I try to get to the networking portion.

 

[CecilXavier]

Figured it out. It was a program the vender put on the box to lock out and change the registry on every boot. Crafty little prog too. Thanks for your help.

 

[stduc]

Glad you sorted it - I don't suppose you can name the vendor? Why would they do that anyway?

 

[gbaughma]

Don't suppose you'd like to share which software was locking down all those things? Sounds handy for some computer users I know....



Just my 2¢

"What the captain doesn't realize is that we've secretly replaced his Dilithium Crystals with new Folger's Crystals."

--Greg

http://parallel.tzo.com

 

[CecilXavier]

It was actually called battery something. I don't have the tablet in front of me anymore. It was on a pc2go tablet. Very insteresting peice of software. Sorry I don't have the exact name.