Created XP Software Restriction Policies by mistake and cannot delete

[Peter Clark]

there doesn't appear to be a right-click on my setup either
- do you have a link to this kb article?

if you have unrestricted set as default - this is no
different no policy at all.

assuming that you still want to delete the policy.

these security settings are stored here - along with other
security settings:
c:\windows\system32\grouppolicy\machine\registry.p ol and
used from here: hklm\software\policies\microsoft\window\safer\

if you have not set any other group policy settings or you
can remember the ones you have set and recreate you could
delete the registry.pol file - if you can use a hex editor
you could open this file and remove the precise entries -
email me if you want details.


>-----Original Message-----
>I was checking out gpedit.msc and right clicked on Create
Software
>Restriction Policies figuring I would get a verification
option of
>some sort but it just went ahead and created the
subcategories. I
>haven't touched any of the defaults and Microsoft
knowledgebase says
>to right click on it and select Delete Software
Restriction Policies
>to remove them. However I do not get that menu option
when I right
>click on it. I have no idea what these defaults will do
or how they
>will affect me (yes I should have read up on it first) but
I'd just
>like to remove them. I am the admin for my system.
>
>I appreciate any help out there!
>
>Dawn
>.
>

[Steve Hiskey [MSFT]]

I cannot find the external KB article on how to delete the policy either.

The default is "Allow All" You can delete the entry as Peter says below,
but the default won't hurt you.

--
Steve [MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

"Peter Clark" > wrote in message
...
> there doesn't appear to be a right-click on my setup either
> - do you have a link to this kb article?
>
> if you have unrestricted set as default - this is no
> different no policy at all.
>
> assuming that you still want to delete the policy.
>
> these security settings are stored here - along with other
> security settings:
> c:\windows\system32\grouppolicy\machine\registry.p ol and
> used from here: hklm\software\policies\microsoft\window\safer\
>
> if you have not set any other group policy settings or you
> can remember the ones you have set and recreate you could
> delete the registry.pol file - if you can use a hex editor
> you could open this file and remove the precise entries -
> email me if you want details.
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I was checking out gpedit.msc and right clicked on Create
> Software
> >Restriction Policies figuring I would get a verification
> option of
> >some sort but it just went ahead and created the
> subcategories. I
> >haven't touched any of the defaults and Microsoft
> knowledgebase says
> >to right click on it and select Delete Software
> Restriction Policies
> >to remove them. However I do not get that menu option
> when I right
> >click on it. I have no idea what these defaults will do
> or how they
> >will affect me (yes I should have read up on it first) but
> I'd just
> >like to remove them. I am the admin for my system.
> >
> >I appreciate any help out there!
> >
> >Dawn
> >.
> >