Domain Controller Security Policy

Hello,

Could someone help me with this one:

For some reason or another I am no longer able to open (or see) the
"Security Settings" in Domain Controller Security Policy, the message I
receive when going into Domain Controller Security Policy is; "Windows
cannot open template file".

I'm working with Windows 2000 Server with AD enable, presently there are two
Domain Controllers. I'm unable to open Security Settings in either.

I there a file (some "template file") that I should be looking for to
resolve this issue.

Any help you can give me in this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
William

Yes there is a template file called Gpttmpl.inf file for Domain Security Policy. See
the link below for the path and description of it.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;226243

sysvol path\domain
name\Policies\{31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}\Machine\Microsoft\Windows
NT\SecEdit

First make sure that there are proper permissions to the share [sysvol] and to the
folders and file itself on the two domain controllers and that you can open the file
with notepad. If you can not open the file then maybe it is corrupt and you can use
the instructions in the KB to reset it to default levels or see if you can open the
file on at least one domain controller with notepad and if successful copy it over
the corrupt file. Administrators by default have full control to the share and system
and administrators have full control for ntfs permissions. There is also a tool
called RecreateDefpol.EXE that can be used to recreate default domain and domain
controller policy if all else fails. --- Steve

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
http://support.microsoft.com/default...roduct=win2000 --
about sysvol permissions

"William Tyler" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello,
>
> Could someone help me with this one:
>
> For some reason or another I am no longer able to open (or see) the
> "Security Settings" in Domain Controller Security Policy, the message I
> receive when going into Domain Controller Security Policy is; "Windows
> cannot open template file".
>
> I'm working with Windows 2000 Server with AD enable, presently there are two
> Domain Controllers. I'm unable to open Security Settings in either.
>
> I there a file (some "template file") that I should be looking for to
> resolve this issue.
>
> Any help you can give me in this would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> William
>
>