"K2" <K2@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2FF423D6-A5D5-4E21-9779-25DCF0C43B59@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> The computer I'm fixing has many of the junction points for backwards
> compatibility with XP "damaged" (gone, altered permissions, ...). There's
> no
> chance of using system restore or undelete from recycle bin - it's well
> past
> that.
>
> Is there a way to reset/rebuild/reinstate them all to the Out-Of-The-Box
> state?[/color]


Easiest thing to do is make a new user account.

ss.