Unable to add file and printer sharing

I recently purchased a used Thinkpad 560/ w W98SE off eBay, its the PC I'm
typing this on. The prior org (or their corp it ) locked the computer down
such
that I cannot enable file & printer sharing or use Windows Update. I can
connect
to the internet, but can't attach to local printers and share on home
workgroup and Window update say policy doesn't allow updates. I can ping
the workgroup computers, but cannot see them in Network Neighborhood.

Is there a way to remove these constraints? I have a Win98 SE CD, but
would prefer not to have go reinstall the OS to get around this.

Thanks in advance for any information,

Mark

On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:14:02 -0700, surfcity_dad
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I recently purchased a used Thinkpad 560/ w W98SE off eBay, its the PC I'm
>typing this on. The prior org (or their corp it ) locked the computer down
>such
>that I cannot enable file & printer sharing or use Windows Update. I can
>connect
>to the internet, but can't attach to local printers and share on home
>workgroup and Window update say policy doesn't allow updates. I can ping
>the workgroup computers, but cannot see them in Network Neighborhood.
>
>Is there a way to remove these constraints? I have a Win98 SE CD, but
>would prefer not to have go reinstall the OS to get around this.
>
>Thanks in advance for any information,
>

Look for a file on the cd called (iirc) poledit.exe that's the policy
editor where restrictions like this are made.


Jim.

Thanks James, actually could never get it figured out, so I just re-installed
Win 98 SE. Everything is good now, Windows Update works and I'm able to
access workgroup printers and shares.

Mark

"James Egan" wrote:

>
> On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:14:02 -0700, surfcity_dad
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >I recently purchased a used Thinkpad 560/ w W98SE off eBay, its the PC I'm
> >typing this on. The prior org (or their corp it ) locked the computer down
> >such
> >that I cannot enable file & printer sharing or use Windows Update. I can
> >connect
> >to the internet, but can't attach to local printers and share on home
> >workgroup and Window update say policy doesn't allow updates. I can ping
> >the workgroup computers, but cannot see them in Network Neighborhood.
> >
> >Is there a way to remove these constraints? I have a Win98 SE CD, but
> >would prefer not to have go reinstall the OS to get around this.
> >
> >Thanks in advance for any information,
> >
>
> Look for a file on the cd called (iirc) poledit.exe that's the policy
> editor where restrictions like this are made.
>
>
> Jim.
>
>