Net Administrator

I'm tearing my hair out.
I've got two machines running Vista and can't do anything with sidebar on
either.
Any attempt results in "Windows sidebar is managed by your system
administrator".
Turning UAC off makes no difference.
I've used the hack at
http://www.computerworld.com/action/...8&pageNumber=2
to set Net Administrator as active, but I still get the same message.

How do I fix it?

Why do MS sell an O/S that prevents you from using your machine as you wish?

Right click>Run as Administrator.

"Cellu Lloyd" <> wrote in message
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> I'm tearing my hair out.
> I've got two machines running Vista and can't do anything with sidebar on
> either.
> Any attempt results in "Windows sidebar is managed by your system
> administrator".
> Turning UAC off makes no difference.
> I've used the hack at
> http://www.computerworld.com/action/...8&pageNumber=2
> to set Net Administrator as active, but I still get the same message.
>
> How do I fix it?
>
> Why do MS sell an O/S that prevents you from using your machine as you
> wish?

"Bob" <> wrote in message
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> Right click>Run as Administrator.
>
Hi Bob,
Tried that. Same negative response.
Then right click, properties and set permissions to allow all.
Still same negative response.
Rebooted to make sure permissions were still in place.
They were, but still it tells me sidebar is managed by system administrator
(

Add "Take Ownership" to right-click menu in Vista

http://www.petri.co.il/add-take-owne...menu-vista.htm



"Cellu Lloyd" <> wrote in message
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>
> "Bob" <> wrote in message
> news:. ..
>> Right click>Run as Administrator.
>>
> Hi Bob,
> Tried that. Same negative response.
> Then right click, properties and set permissions to allow all.
> Still same negative response.
> Rebooted to make sure permissions were still in place.
> They were, but still it tells me sidebar is managed by system
> administrator (

"Bob" <> wrote in message
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> Add "Take Ownership" to right-click menu in Vista
Hi Bob,
Good info, but still no success.
Followed link and applied reg patch.
Now I can take ownership of all the files within the sidebar folder ...
except sidebar.exe
So it still comes up with "managed by system administrator"

Is a group policy (gpedit.msc) set?

Computer Config/Admin templates/Windows Components/Windows Sidebar

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Cellu Lloyd" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I'm tearing my hair out.
> I've got two machines running Vista and can't do anything with sidebar on
> either.
> Any attempt results in "Windows sidebar is managed by your system
> administrator".
> Turning UAC off makes no difference.
> I've used the hack at
> http://www.computerworld.com/action/...8&pageNumber=2
> to set Net Administrator as active, but I still get the same message.
>
> How do I fix it?
>
> Why do MS sell an O/S that prevents you from using your machine as you
> wish?

"Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Is a group policy (gpedit.msc) set?
>
> Computer Config/Admin templates/Windows Components/Windows Sidebar
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
Hi Rick,
Erm .... I'm not sure where to look - can you give me a hint?
(After years of comfortable cruising with 2000 and XP I'm a bit lost....)
Thanks for your help )

Click the Start Orb, type:
gpedit.msc

Go to:
Computer Config/Admin templates/Windows Components/Windows Sidebar


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"Cellu Lloyd" <> wrote in message
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>
> "Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> Is a group policy (gpedit.msc) set?
>>
>> Computer Config/Admin templates/Windows Components/Windows Sidebar
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> Hi Rick,
> Erm .... I'm not sure where to look - can you give me a hint?
> (After years of comfortable cruising with 2000 and XP I'm a bit lost....)
> Thanks for your help )

"Mark L. Ferguson" <> wrote in
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> Click the Start Orb, type:
> gpedit.msc
>
Oh woe!
Nothing found.
Advanced search including system & hidden files also came up with nowt.
Does this mean nothing is set?
(Or, more likely, I've messed up.....)

Home versions of Vista do not have the group policy editor.


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"Cellu Lloyd" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" <> wrote in
> message news:%...
>> Click the Start Orb, type:
>> gpedit.msc
>>
> Oh woe!
> Nothing found.
> Advanced search including system & hidden files also came up with nowt.
> Does this mean nothing is set?
> (Or, more likely, I've messed up.....)