Unable to change settings in network

[TiggerDaKat]

Here's a strange one I've been dealing with for over 2 weeks....
We have a lab that has 20 machines, all Windows 2000 Pro running on a Windows 2000 server LAN with Active Directory.
These machines are setup to use a roaming profile, and the majority of the users have "User" level access on their workstations.
Here's the problem:

1) When in internet explorer security settings, we go to the security settings and try to slide the security level bar from medium to low. After applying the changes and pressing ok, the ettings will revert back to the original settings. We are not using group policies. I also disabled them.

2) Anytime we try to search for files, we get a error in explorer.exe and the search box closes.

3) The roaming profiles are still stored in the c:\documents and settings\"username" folder even though we are using roaming profiles.

4) When we logoff, we get errors synchronizing or saving the roaming profiles.

5) We are unable to access some web pages which require plugins unless we are logged in as an administrator or equivalent.

It sure sounds like a DNS problem, however I am not getting any errors in the event log.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Eric

 

[Niksen]

it sounds to me like a security problem on the server.

mvh Nicolai

 

[kosekjm]

Hey there,

I can't help you with the other questions, but I have seen the IE settings reset themselves on many a machine. I'm beginning to believe this is an IE oddity and not the OS. I have seen this on 2K with SP 1 through 3 machines and on XP machines with and without SP 1 or 1A. This is with IE 6 and it's various incantations.

kosekjm

 

[TiggerDaKat]

I found the problem.
There wasn't full control access in the Hkey_current_user registry hive.
In order to fix this globally for all workstations, I added a GPO for an OU with all the computers in it so that they have administrative control to this hive.
Worked like a charm.

Eric