Re: Error message when I try to open Local security policy

From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox_at_mvps.org)
Date: 06/27/05 

Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 16:07:11 -0400

Hi George,

You need to repair the SECEDIT.SDB file

Open a command prompt and enter:

esentutl /p %windir%\security\database\secedit.sdb 

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"George Pan." <George Pan.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B23D62D1-BFEC-445D-9DD4-5751ED54E4D8@microsoft.com...
> When I try to open Local Security Policy the following error message appears:
> 
>>>Security templates
> The Group Policy security settings that apply to this machine could not be 
> determined.
> The error returned when trying to retrieve these settings from the local 
> security policy database (%windir%\security\database\secedit.sdb) was: The 
> parameter is incorrect.
> All local security settings will be displayed, but no indication will be 
> given as to whether or not a given security setting is defined by Group 
> Policy.
> Any local security setting modified through this User Interface may 
> subsequently be overrriden by domain-level policies.
>>>
> How can I restore the local security policy settings?
> 
> Thank you
> George Pan.
> Ī¤hanks

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