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 15:55:39 GMT

Steve, I'm happy to report your suggestions worked like a charm. Not
realizing your suggestion was folder sensitive, I ended up deleting the
security logs and using one of the templates that W2K installs automatically
during initial loading of the OS.

I'm now able to edit security policies on the machine

Thanks once again, you were a real help!

"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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