ramasan

after spending a bunch of time googling, and trying to copy/paste lusrmgr.msc from my laptop to the machine in question, i have given up. for sure i would have been back in business with a new install, but i figured i would try to add a bit to the conversation. i could not re-enable the mmc plugin, even after copying lusrmgr.msc to the machine. im sure there is a regedit or security policy setting somewhere, but its not worth it to me to hunt it down and kill it. reinstall here i come. *edit - after creating a new burned disk from a new session, where i only chose to update drivers, i had the same missing local users and groups. i had to do a new install on a new machine, add my intel AHCI drivers and nic, then reinstall xp sp3. at that point, i had my local users and groups snap-in in the MMC. dont know if it was something i did, or something wrong with nlite. im just sayin...

can someone please give more detail to the suggestion? this is the exact problem i am having. i am not sure where i am selecting/not-selecting that feature. so it might be easier for someone else to find this on a google/forum search, specifically: install using nlite 1.4.9.1 (however this seems like its not version specific issue, rather setting issue). upon installation, the "Local Users and Groups" section or tab is gone under Computer Management. maybe this functionality can be restored via registry rather than reinstalled?