Having problem accessing group policy under XP.

V

varnk

Awhile ago I had moved my XP hard drive to a new motherboard platform. I
had to do a repair install to get XP to run on the new system. Everything
seems to work fine except group policy editor (gpedit.msc). Whenever I try
to access "Computer Configuration->Windows Settings->Local Policies->User
Rights Assigment", I get the following error dialog.

The Group Polisyc Security that apply to this machine could not be
determined. The error returned when trying to these settings from the local
security policy database (%windir%)\security\database\secedit.sdb) was: The
parameter is incorrect.

Can someone tell me if there is a way to fix this? I really need group
policy to work on this system.
 
C

Carey Frisch [MVP]

Assuming you are running Windows XP Professional
and not Windows XP Home Edition, see the following:

How to Start the Group Policy Editor
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307882/en-us

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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:

| Awhile ago I had moved my XP hard drive to a new motherboard platform. I
| had to do a repair install to get XP to run on the new system. Everything
| seems to work fine except group policy editor (gpedit.msc). Whenever I try
| to access "Computer Configuration->Windows Settings->Local Policies->User
| Rights Assigment", I get the following error dialog.
|
| The Group Polisyc Security that apply to this machine could not be
| determined. The error returned when trying to these settings from the local
| security policy database (%windir%)\security\database\secedit.sdb) was: The
| parameter is incorrect.
|
| Can someone tell me if there is a way to fix this? I really need group
| policy to work on this system.
 
W

WTC

varnk said:
Awhile ago I had moved my XP hard drive to a new motherboard platform. I
had to do a repair install to get XP to run on the new system. Everything
seems to work fine except group policy editor (gpedit.msc). Whenever I
try to access "Computer Configuration->Windows Settings->Local
Policies->User Rights Assigment", I get the following error dialog.

The Group Polisyc Security that apply to this machine could not be
determined. The error returned when trying to these settings from the
local security policy database (%windir%)\security\database\secedit.sdb)
was: The parameter is incorrect.

Can someone tell me if there is a way to fix this? I really need group
policy to work on this system.
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See Doug Knox's solution.
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...edit.sdb+win+xp&rnum=1&hl=en#ed214c20de31bc3b

Shortened URL
http://tinyurl.com/842px
 

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