unable to set registry entry on windows xp clients

[John Bleakley]

For some reason I am unable to set registry entries on windows xp clients.
Software and policy settings take, but my policy to add a reg entry do not.
I know my adm file is good since windows 2000 clients work.

I get an error in the event log that states:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1096
Date: 7/23/2004
Time: 4:55:20 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: L12352542
Description:
Windows cannot access the registry policy file,
\\lab.net\sysvol\lab.net\Policies\{31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}\Machine\registry.pol.
(The parameter is incorrect. ).

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Here is a copy of my adm file I am using

CLASS MACHINE
CATEGORY "SYSTEM"
POLICY "environment variable"
KEYNAME "SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment"
PART "environment variable" TEXT
END PART
PART "environment variable" EDITTEXT
VALUENAME "Mysettings"
END PART
END POLICY
END CATEGORY

Please help!!!

John

 

[John Bleakley]

So I guess no one has encountered this problem???

 

[Darren Mar-Elia]

Sounds like a problem with SYSVOL rather than the ADM. What that error is
saying is that the client can't read the actual settings file from the GPT
portion of the GPO. Is this happening on all clients or just some? For the
client where its happening, open a command shell and type echo %logonserver%
to find out which DC its authenticating with. Then go to that DC under
%windir%\sysvol\sysvol\lab.net\Policies\{31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F
9}\Machine. Then verify that registry.pol exists. Next, check the
permissions on the file (and its parent folder) and verify that they are the
same as the same file and folder on the PDC role holder DC in the domain.
Also, check the size of registry.pol on both DCs. Let us know how that comes
out.