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Tweakui took over my computer, need help!

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This is a repost, as it didn't get much interest in the windows 2000 section, so i'll post it here hopeing someone will know...

Alright, I'm running windows 2000 with all updates, service packs, etc. Everythings just peachy so I start messing around with wintweakui to change some settings to better suit myself, ie; faster menus, lots of different paranoia things etc...Well everythings working great.

I'm not the only one who uses this computer (its in my home though) So for sake of ease I'm usually logged in as administrator.

Problem: There is an option in tweekui to "hide" or maybe "remove" (can't remember) control pannel from the start menu (or so i thought), after i clicked it...BY BY CONTROL PANNEL. not just from start menu, from everywhere. Using a shortcut i created from another login i was able to view the control pannel, but all options are "locked" clicking on say add/remove hardware gets this message..."this operation has been canceled due to restrictions in effect on this computer, please contact sys admin"...well hey that's me and i'm logged in...not helping!!!

I tried to fix the problem by undoing it under a different login, no help. Tried to reg edit, but didn't really know what to look for (to get beck the control pannel). uninstalled tweakui, didn't help (its gone, but the problem ain't). tried to reinstall program, but get the restrictions error. rebooted to last known good configuration...didn't help.

Please don't tell me i'm sol :(. God i don't want to reinstall windows and 100gigs of files again...I currently have full access to anything on the computer, i just can't access the control pannel, i'm sure its just a few simple registry edits, anyone know?

Thanks for reading, and thanks in advanced for any help!

Dinkster9


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