Note: I needed to remove the attached screen prints due to newsgroup
posting restrictions.
I am building a new SBS2K machine. I've finished the build and was
attempting to establish user security policies. When attempting to run the
Domain Security Policy program I got the error shown in pic1.jpg "Failed to
open the Group Policy Object". When I closed the pop-up I saw pic2.jpg.
Viewing the application event log, I see Event ID 1000 events as shown in
pic3.jpg and pic4.jpg. The Event 1000 items are for Source Userenv and
state "Windows cannot access the registry information at
\\domain\sysvol\...\Machine\registry.pol.
I am able to execute the Local Security Policy program, but those settings
are not effective.
Knowledgebase article KB294257 is not seem to apply, as step 3's note states
that the restricted policy would be displayed with the notepad icon, yet I
see it displayed with the folder icon. As indicated in step 7, I have
verified that administrators have full rights, and even added the Domain
Admins group with full rights, even though the user ID I am using
domain\administrator is already a member of both the Administrator and
Domain Admin groups.
I am stumped I need some help with this one. Please CC me at
MFaklis@ACM.org if you reply.
Thank you.
-Michael Faklis