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256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry
SYMPTOMS
When you try to change Group Policy settings on a computer that is running Microsoft Small Business Server (SBS) 2000 with Service Pack 1 (SP1), you may receive an error message that is similar to one of the following messages.
Failed to open the Group Policy object. You may not have appropriate rights.
Details:
The system cannot find the path specified.
Failed to open the Group Policy object. You may not have appropriate rights.
Details:
Configuration information could not be read from the domain controller, either
because the machine is unavailable, or access has been denied.
Additionally, the following events may appear in the Application log every five minutes:Type: Error
Event ID: 1000
Source: Userenv
Category: None
Description: Windows cannot access the registry information at
\\
DomainName\sysvol\
DomainName\Policies\{31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9} with (53). "Path not found".Type: Error
Event ID: 1001
Source: SceCli
Category: None
Description: Security policy cannot be propagated. Cannot access the template.
Error code =3.
\\
DomainName\sysvol\
DomainName\Policies\{31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}\Machine\Microsoft\Windows
NT\SecEdit\GptTmpl.inf.Type: Error
Event ID: 1000
Source: Userenv
Category: None
Description: The Group Policy client-side extension Security was passed flags
(17) and returned a failure status code of (3).
RESOLUTION
Warning If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
To resolve this problem, change the
SMBDeviceEnabled registry value to 1. To do this, follow these steps:
- Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
- Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters
- In the right pane, double-click SMBDeviceEnabled.
- Type 1 in the Value data box, click Decimal, and then click OK.
- Close Registry Editor.
- Restart the computer.