Shoutbox

according to wiki ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_SteadyState ) the program is predominantly an interface to the gpedit snap-in anyway

So why deal with all that stuff yourself and risk screwing something up when a much more understandable version from M$ is ready to download?

I guess if you want that kind of interface it's decent but if it were me I would have rathered doing the policies myself since i don't need all this extra software t just builds up

Jarrod, thanks for your suggestion to use gpedit.msc . I'm not familiar with the options provided by XP's Administrative Tools, that's why instead of probably messing up my PC's settings I chose SteadyState whose interface is a no brainer. Additionally, it's a very light program with no system impact (it adds two entries to the startup and a Windows Service, all of which can be disabled without affecting its functionality).