Inherited my work computer after company went under. Win 7 Pro 64 bit in a Dell 7010. Problems that I now have with it at home:
1. Group Policy is forcing the control alt delete at log in along with a lot of password restrictions I would like to change. Tried changing it with the GP editor but IT manager has the security folders in the group policy locked. I can read but not change the parameters. Tried "reset to defaults" batch file, but it failed as it was unable to "contact to the network". Is there a file where the group policy configuration is saved that I can just delete, or some other way to get rid of it?
2. System used to boot in 30 seconds at work. Taking over 2 minutes now. I believe its looking for the old network server. I know that it was looking for a few of the other drives on that server. I changed their status to "disconnected" in the drive list and shaved 40 seconds off the boot time. But I think it's still looking for the server itself and taking forever before it times out and gives up.
I am using the login that I used at work> If I delete that, will the computer boot as if it had never been started before and offer me the chance to create a new one login? I tried creating a new user ID ( I have admin privileges) while signed on, but it wouldn't allow me to save it, again because I was not connected to the network. I am thinking this might solve both problems, but want to be sure that deleting the current (and only) user ID it won't create a worse situation for some reason. There is no windows 7 pro disc available, although I do have a Win 7 home premium 64 bit disc for my other computer.
1. Group Policy is forcing the control alt delete at log in along with a lot of password restrictions I would like to change. Tried changing it with the GP editor but IT manager has the security folders in the group policy locked. I can read but not change the parameters. Tried "reset to defaults" batch file, but it failed as it was unable to "contact to the network". Is there a file where the group policy configuration is saved that I can just delete, or some other way to get rid of it?
2. System used to boot in 30 seconds at work. Taking over 2 minutes now. I believe its looking for the old network server. I know that it was looking for a few of the other drives on that server. I changed their status to "disconnected" in the drive list and shaved 40 seconds off the boot time. But I think it's still looking for the server itself and taking forever before it times out and gives up.
I am using the login that I used at work> If I delete that, will the computer boot as if it had never been started before and offer me the chance to create a new one login? I tried creating a new user ID ( I have admin privileges) while signed on, but it wouldn't allow me to save it, again because I was not connected to the network. I am thinking this might solve both problems, but want to be sure that deleting the current (and only) user ID it won't create a worse situation for some reason. There is no windows 7 pro disc available, although I do have a Win 7 home premium 64 bit disc for my other computer.
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 pro 64 biti5 34708 GBGigabyte GTX 750 Ti 4gb
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Dell
- OS
- Windows 7 pro 64 bit
- CPU
- i5 3470
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Gigabyte GTX 750 Ti 4gb
- Hard Drives
- Samsung PM830 SSD
