Group Policy question

[mdb]

I'm working with a group of XP Pro, svc pk 2 laptops that used in a Windows
2k server environment. They are now being used in a simple peer-to-peer
workgroup for a few months, after which they will go back on a different
domain. I'm not sure how relevant that information is. The complaint I get
from the user is that his machine is running very, very slowly. I've done
the usual things in limiting startup group items, defragging, being sure
there is adequate ram. When I look at Event Viewer I see event 1085 "Group
Policy client-side extension Security failed to execute". I've done some
research on MS and other websites but don't have a clear answer. I think
what must have occurred is that in their old office there was a group policy
set on the server. Now that they don't connect to that server (and we don't
have the option of reconnecting to the old domain) the laptops get this
error. How can I go back to a default security policy on the workgroup
clients?

Thanks.

Michael

 

[Steven L Umbach]

The fact that the computers used to be in a domain should to have anything
to do with the computer running slowly but it could cause a very long/slow
startup or logon or network lag if they have an ipsec policy assigned. I
would make sure that the computers are not still members of the domain and
if they are logon as a local administrator and add the computer to a
workgroup to see if that helps which "should" remove any artifacts of domain
Group Policy settings. --- Steve