Mathieu. also, upon further inspection, I can't even find a registry.pol file in that directory, anywhere underneath the policy guid, that's strange..... So I have no registry.pol file to "move out", anything else I might try? thanks again. Todd ---- Mathieu CHATEAU <gollum123@xxxxxxx> wrote: > 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/ > ************************ *********************** 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/ ************************