Hi Darren, I do not have a backup.. that is the problem (-: The corrupt file is on the main DC (I added a replica recently, but that was after the corruption occurred.) So there is no good GPO available. Do I have to rebuild the GPO? I have not tried deleting it yet, and assume I can't since I am not able to edit it. If that is the case what are my options? there are many settings in this GPO which I need to keep. ________________________________ From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Darren Mar-Elia Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 2:16 PM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] Re: corrupt admin template in Default Domain Controller Ok. If that's the case, then that means the file truly is corrupted, which means you will probably have to restore that GPO from backup. Hopefully you have a recent GPMC backup of the GPO? Also, you might also try changing the DC that GP Editor is focused on to another within your environment, just in case the corruption is only on the PDC DC. From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Piet Slaghekke Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 10:38 AM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] Re: corrupt admin template in Default Domain Controller Hi Darren, There is a registry.pol file in the sysvol at the given location. ________________________________ From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Darren Mar-Elia Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 6:59 PM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] Re: corrupt admin template in Default Domain Controller Piet- My guess is that if you look in SYSVOL for that file, it will not be there. Can you confirm that? Darren From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Piet Slaghekke Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 2:12 PM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] corrupt admin template in Default Domain Controller Hello, I get the the following errors with my Default Domain Policy: 1. In the GPMC settings: An error has occurred while collecting data for Administrative Templates. The following errors were encountered: The file "\\xxxx.xxxx.swiftriver.com\sysvol\xxxx.swiftriver.com\Policies\{31B2F34 0-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}\Machine\registry.pol" is not in a valid format. The file might be corrupt. Use Group Policy Object Editor to reconfigure the settings in this extension. 2. When I try to edit the default domain policy I get an error saying I do not have the appropriate rights and "unspecified error" I have been able to edit with the same account in the past and have full rights to the policy. My goal is to be able to edit this policy and fix it. Thanks, Piet