Hello toddblake, Do you have correct setup in explorer ? I mean show hidden folder, uncheck "hide known extensions" or something like this uncheck "hide protected files" or something like this Check all others sysvol to be sure if it's nowhere. I have a W2K3 where i didn't touch the default policy...maybe i can send it to you ? Cheers, Mathieu CHATEAU http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com Saturday, August 19, 2006, 1:18:47 AM, you wrote: tan> Mathieu. tan> also, upon further inspection, I can't even find a registry.pol tan> file in that directory, anywhere underneath the policy guid, that's strange..... tan> So I have no registry.pol file to "move out", tan> anything else I might try? tan> thanks again. tan> Todd tan> ---- Mathieu CHATEAU <> 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/ >> ************************ -- 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/ ************************