How to recover from locked down XP Home computer

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We've got a Kiosk machine provided to us by a manufacturer. The video card is flaky, so I want to replace it with another card we have on hand, rather than shipping across the country.

The problem is that they have policies in place that locks the system down to a point where only the manufacturers demo works on the computer so I can't install drivers for the newer card.

I know pretty much nothing about windows policies or the policy editor.

Am I fighting a losing battle trying to replace thi scard?

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