Thanks Darren Since I can't open up the policy to edit it, however I can see the computer part of it if I click on the Settings tab within GPMC, do you think at this point I should run DCGPOFIX /Target:Domain and have it recreate the default domain policy, then add back in the settings? thanks Todd ---- Darren Mar-Elia <darren@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If the file is not there on any DC then I suspect the "corruption" message > is simply telling you that the AD part of the GPO says there should be > registry policy but the SYSVOL part is not finding it. Since that file > stores Admin. Template policy as well as Software Restriction policy and a > couple of others, you will have to recreate those settings on that GPO. > > Darren > > -----Original Message----- > From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of toddblake@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 4:19 PM > To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: Mathieu CHATEAU > Subject: [gptalk] Re: Default Domain Policy corrupt, with 13 > > 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\regis > > tan> try.pol" is not in a valid format. The file might be corrupt. Use > > tan> Group Policy Object Editor to reconfigure 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. 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