No Local Security Policy

From: Neal (neal.johnson_at_gpnw.ca)
Date: 11/05/03 

Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 12:03:51 -0800

Interesting question. I am using FAT32. This all came
about when I networked my desktop (W2k Prof, FAT32) with
my new laptop (W2k Prof, NTFS).

Is it a big deal converting to NTFS?

Thanks!

Neal.

>-----Original Message-----
>What file system? NTFS? FAT32?
>If you have FAT32, you may need to convert it to NTFS.
>Dan
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I notice that I have no securiy policies set! When I run
>>Local Security Settings and select User Rights
>Assignment,
>>it says "Windows cannot open the local policy database.
>>The database you are attempting to open does not exist.".
>>
>>If I try to import a securiy policy from a template I
>>get "The system cannot find the file specified.
>>C:\WINNT\SECURITY\templates\<whatever template I have
>>chosed>."
>>
>>I tried creating a new security database using the mmc
>>utility, but when I try to import a security policy I
get
>>the same message: cannot find the file. I even tried
>>copying the security template to a local directory but
>>niether the Local Security Settings utility or the mmc
>>utility can see the file.
>>
>>what could be wrong? Do I need to just upgrade Windows?
I
>>am using Windows 2000 Professional v5.0 (build 2195 SP
2).
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Desperate!
>>.
>>
>.
>

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