Reset Security Settings Back to Windows Defaults

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Fix it  Reset Windows security settings back to defaults

Fix it Solve Internet Explorer 8 installation problems

Fix it Solve Internet Explorer 7 installation problems

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Technical details about this Microsoft Fix it solution
Name: Microsoft Fix it 50198
Old Name: Reset security settings back to the defaults
Version 2.0.0 - Automates steps to run Secedit.exe and apply the default settings as described in KB article 313222.
Additional Information: Localized in 23 languages

Additional solutions that use this Fix it:

  • March 18, 2009: KB 949220 - Method A to help solve Internet Explorer 8 installation problems.
  • March 19, 2009: KB 917925 - Method A to help solve Internet Explorer 7 installation problems.

1.0.0.0 - runs on all versions except Windows XP Home and Windows Vista Home editions
1.1.0.1 - updated to run on Windows XP Home and Windows Vista Home and not run on Windows 7 beta
1.1.0.2 - updated to address an issue where Limited Users / Standard Users do not show up on Windows XP Welcome Screen or Windows Vista Logon UI
               NOTE: running the secedit command manually will still cause Limited Users / Standard Users to not show up on the Welcome Screen / Logon UI. This is due to secedit reseting the members of the Users group.
1.1.1.0 – localization update
2.0.0.0 - updated to address an issue where the Fix it would fail when attempting to preserve user group membership on localized operating systems