Windows 95 to Windows 2000 upgrade

[jpeppers]

After the upgrade process from windows 95; when a user
logs in the machine a dialog box called restrictions
comes up. And the message is "This effort has been
canceled due to the restrictions in effect on this
computer. Please contact your systems adminstrator."
This message comes up when a user firsts logs in. It
doesn't reappear unless the profile is blown away. Our
investigation is proving that it is pulling from the
defult user profile. Something in there is corrupted and
causing the problem. Has any one experienced this
problem before?

[BipolarBill]

No...it's a startup program that's being stopped. You should upgrade the users in question to Power Users and that should solve it. Either that or identify and remove that program from the user's startup (MSCONFIG).

[jpeppers]

It is every user who logs into the 2000 box. You only get the message one time and that is if it is yopur first time logging in after the upgrade. It only comes back if the profile is blown away. I ran the msconfig but didn't find the file. Any other suggestions.

[BipolarBill]

Hmmm...I think that a clean install is called for. You could try repairing first:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/server/help/recovery_erd.htm

To "clean install", just boot from the CD and select Setup instead of repair. Formatting is not necessary and you won't lose your data.

[jpeppers]

The reason for all this is because, we are in the process of a mass upgrade to Windows 2000. We don't want to clean install because we want to retain user settings. I found a way to use msconfig with Windows 2000, by default it is not included. I'm going through a series of checks as far as what is giving me the error. Something is running that is crapping out. This meesages comes up on all machies that have been upgraded to W2k. Any more insight?

[BipolarBill]

I assume that you're using MSCONFIG from XP?

The repair process is still a safe bet.

You know as well as I do that upgrades stink. It's a risky path.

[BipolarBill]

BTW - check your logon scripts. There may be incompatible software links in there. In Win95, nearly every startup app is in the Startup folder. It shouldn't be too hard to find the offender.

[jad1097]

http://www.cryer.co.uk/brian/windows/trbl_nt_tohbcdtrie.htm

This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. ...

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Symptom:
Either immediatly after loging on or when trying to run an application, a message box is displayed containing the message:

This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator.

Cause:
The system administrator has restricted which applications can be run on the workstation. An attempt has been made to run an application which is not on the 'allowed' list.

Possible Remedies:
As a user, consider whether the application is one that you should be able to run. If it is then contact the system administrator and ask for the application to be added to the list of permitted applications.

System Administrator: To add an application to the list of applications that may be run, run the system policy editor and add the application to the list of permitted applications

The System Policy Editor is found at: ‘Start > Programs > Administrative Tools > System Policy Editor’. This must be run at the file server.

Start by loading the existing policy into the editor, this is normally located at ‘C:\WinNT \System32 \Repl \Import \Scripts \NTConfig.pol’.

Policies are defined according to the group that the user is in (or by applying policies to the ‘default-user’). The entry to be edited is under ‘System > Restrictions > Run only windows allowed applications’.

It can be tricky to identify which application is running and causing ‘offense’. If the user is explicitly running an application then the application should be obvious. If however the original message is being displayed shortly after startup then see ‘Unwanted Application runs at Logon’ for guidance on how to identify the application.

[jad1097]

http://www.cryer.co.uk/brian/windows/trbl_nt_uaral.htm


Unwanted Application Runs at Logon

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Symptom:
An unwanted application runs immediatly or shortly after logging in.

Cause:
Windows allows applications to be specified to run immediatly once a user has logged in. These are specified either in the one of the ‘Startup’ folders or in the Registry

Remedy:
To identify where the application (that is running) is specified, check each of the following in turn:

Look in the directory ‘%SYSTEMROOT%\Profiles\<user-name>\Start Menu’. Applications found here are run only for the given user.

Look in the directory ‘%SYSTEMROOT%\Profiles\All Users\Start Menu’. Applications found here are run for all users.

Look in the registry under the key: ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft \Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Run’ each entry relates to a command that is run at start-up

Note:

Be aware that if a file or shortcut to a file is specified then Windows will run the application associated with the type of file.

Before deleting an application (either from one of the ‘Startup’ folders or from the registry) consider first why the application is there and how it got there.