--- moodle-1.7/admin/index.php  2006-10-26 14:55:30.000000000 +0100
+++ moodle-1.7-modified/admin/index.php     2006-12-04 17:10:14.000000000 +0000
@@ -375,8 +375,17 @@
         require_once($CFG->libdir.'/blocklib.php');
         page_map_class(PAGE_ADMIN, 'page_admin');
         $page = page_create_object(PAGE_ADMIN, 0); // there must be some id number
+
+       // NASTY HACK to fix MDL-7771 - we always want the admin_tree block on admin pages
+       $tmp_override  = $CFG->defaultblocks_override;
+       $CFG->defaultblocks_override = NULL;
+
         blocks_repopulate_page($page);
 
+       // restore default blocks state..
+       $CFG->defaultblocks_override = $tmp_override;
+       // END NASTY HACK FOR MDL-7771
+
         //add admin_tree block to site if not already present
         if ($admintree = get_record('block', 'name', 'admin_tree')) {
             $page = page_create_object(PAGE_COURSE_VIEW, SITEID);