Hello toddblake, What i would do: -Log on the PDC. -move out c:\windows\sysvol\policies\{31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}\User\registry.pol -Go to the GPMC on the server. -Make a change to force a new ID for this gpo -Force a sync between DC Cheers, Mathieu CHATEAU http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com Friday, August 18, 2006, 8:55:21 PM, you wrote: tan> Hi everyone. tan> I have a problem with our "Default Domain Policy", specifically tan> the user portion. We are running both W2K and W2K3 DC's in W2K tan> Native mode. Below message appears while trying to edit the GPO on a W2K3 GPMC box. tan> START***************** tan> the file tan> "\\...\policies\{31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}\User\registry.pol" is not tan> in a valid format. The file might be corrupt. Use Group Policy Object Editor to reconfigure tan> the settings in this extension. tan> END******************** tan> Below is from the Application Log, tan> START*********************** tan> EventID 1000 tan> Windows cannot access the registry information at tan> \\...\Policies\{31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}\User\registry.pol with (13). tan> END************************* tan> Is there any way I can recover from this, I don't have a useable tan> system state and this has been happening for months. I've tan> googled and come up with alot of hits but none with the (13) error. tan> Would it be possible for me to rename the registry.pol file and tan> then fire up GPMC and see if it notices there is no registry.pol, tan> would this create a blank one for this GP? tan> Or should I run "DCGPOFIX.EXE /TARGET:DOMAIN" on a W2K3 box and tan> have it recreate the default policy and then add all the modifications back in? tan> At this point I can't edit the gpo, it comes back with an "unspecified erro" tan> Thanks for any suggestions..... tan> Todd tan> *********************** tan> You can unsubscribe from gptalk by sending email to tan> gptalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject tan> field OR by logging into the freelists.org Web interface. tan> Archives for the list are available at tan> //www.freelists.org/archives/gptalk/ tan> ************************ -- Best regards, Mathieu mailto:gollum123@xxxxxxx *********************** You can unsubscribe from gptalk by sending email to gptalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the freelists.org Web interface. Archives for the list are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/gptalk/ ************************