Re: Unable to edit Security Policies on Win2K Machine

From: Jim Strenk (jimstrenk_at_mindspring.com)
Date: 05/29/03


Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 15:39:07 GMT


Thanks Steve for the quick reply. I shall give your suggestions a try right
away.

"Steven L Umbach" <sumbach@ameritech.net> wrote in message
news:qqdBa.25984$%_3.10553338@newssrv26.news.prodigy.com...
> You could try to repair your secedit.sdb file - there are acouple
of
> ways. --- Steve
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B329887
>
>
> Or try this from MS website. *************************************
>
> The security database is corrupted.
>
> Cause: A hardware problem if the computer is improperly shut down or a
> software error.
>
> Run esentutl /g to check the integrity of the security database at
> %windir%\Security\Database\Secedit.sdb.
>
> If the database is corrupt:
>
> 1.. Attempt to recover it by running esentutl /r on the
%windir%\Security
> folder. If this fails, attempt to repair it by running with esentutl /p on
> %windir%\Security\Database\Secedit.sdb.
> 2.. After that, delete the log files in %windir%\Security.



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