error when trying to get a remote security policy... Please help!!!

From: Rob Roberts (RRoberts_at_thisnewsgroup.com)
Date: 03/30/04 

Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 15:21:33 -0500

I have a PC connected to the LAN and I have local admin rights on this PC.
I can connect using admin shares, I can alter the Users and Groups using the
Computer Management tool and perform just about every other administrator
task but when I try to view the Group Policy in effect on the PC I get the
following message:
Title: "Group Policy Error."
Contents: "Failed to open the Group Policy Object on ... You may not have
appropriate rights."
I am trying to access the Group Policy by using the gpedit tool with command
line switches. Does anyone have any ideas as to how I can reset the current
policy remotely? How could the user prevent an admin from accessing the
Group Policy object on that PC? Anything would help PLEASE!!
Cheers,
Jeff Beach.

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