IIRC, there's a "boot-time" script option (as opposed to a logon script). the boot-time script should run as SYSTEM, and thus should be exempt from the policy ...
Tweaking Windows almost always involves editing the registry and we usually get warned to do so at our peril. While most take these warnings with the same gravitas as Mum telling us not to eat food ...
With the impeding release of XP SP1, I'm preparing for a full system reinstall. I can't believe I haven't thought of this before until yesterday but since I tweak my registry, I was thinking about ...