Missing policy elements

[Eddie]

I cannot edit certain parts of group policy from my Windows XP Pro machine.
I am currently on SP2 but it was a problem in SP1 too.

The most glaringly obvious is User Config\Windows Settings. All I can see
there is Remote Installation Services.

If I terminal service to a server then I can see all of the policy choices
so I know the policies are intact.

Looking at an RSOP shows that policy is being set on my machine fully too,
so it is just editing that causes problems. This happens using the original
GPO tool as well as using GPMC.

Any ideas please?

Thanks
Eddie

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[Darren Mar-Elia]

This is typically caused by missing MMC registrations for those parts of the
editor. I have this documented on my site. If you go to
www.gpoguy.com/faqs.htm and search on the question: "When I open a GPO, some
of the normal policy areas are missing" you should find the reference to it.

Specifically for what you're seeing, I would try re-registering these DLLs
as follows (perform these commands from the %windir%\system32 folder):

regsvr32 certmgr.dll
regsvr32 gptext.dll
regsvr32 fde.dll
regsvr32 ieaksie.dll

 

[Eddie]

Thanks very much, worked fine.
Eddie

This is typically caused by missing MMC registrations for those parts of
the editor. I have this documented on my site. If you go to
www.gpoguy.com/faqs.htm and search on the question: "When I open a GPO,
some of the normal policy areas are missing" you should find the reference
to it.

Specifically for what you're seeing, I would try re-registering these DLLs
as follows (perform these commands from the %windir%\system32 folder):

regsvr32 certmgr.dll
regsvr32 gptext.dll
regsvr32 fde.dll
regsvr32 ieaksie.dll