RE: [ActiveDir] Application Log Event Errors

[Edwin]

Thank for the reply.   I am only getting the error on the DC.  I have two DC’s with the FSMO roles divided.  The DC that I am getting the errors on is the one configured to be the RID Master and PDC Emulator.   The DC’s are both Win2K3.  All workstations in the building are Win2K Pro with the exception of on WinXP Pro machine that I am testing for potential upgrades to the existing Win2K Pro machines.   I thought that it was because of the test WinXP Machine with reference to KB #810907, but I powered it down, cleared the event logs and waited.  The error returned again.  So I feel that it should be safe to rule this out.   But the article does reference MS Office.  I asked a separate question in a different thread about *.pst files and roaming profiles.  Could the use of *.pst files and the error below be related?   I did read an article (I cant remember which one) on the dfsutil /purgemapcache but I was confused by it because I did not see the switch as an available option when running dfsutil /?.    I tried to run it anyways and received an error:   Unrecognized option "purgemapcache" System error 87 has occurred. The parameter is incorrect.   Edwin.       From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darren Mar-Elia Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 2:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Application Log Event Errors   Edwin- Where exactly are those errors appearing? On the DC or the clients that are processing GPO? Also, what version of DC are you running and what version of client?   The dfsutil /purgemupcache will work on Server 2003 DCs only.   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edwin Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 9:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] Application Log Event Errors I am getting numerous errors in the Application Event logs that are provided below.   Windows cannot query for the list of Group Policy objects. Check the event log for possible messages previously logged by the policy engine that describes the reason for this. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.   Windows cannot access the file gpt.ini for GPO cn={4A2B990D-CE94-4AF6-BB85-5521AAEEE954},cn=policies,cn=system,DC=mydomain,DC=com. The file must be present at the location <\\mydomain.com\SysVol\mydomain.com\Policies\{4A2B990D-CE94-4AF6-BB85-5521AAEEE954}\gpt.ini>. (Access is denied. ). Group Policy processing aborted.   According to the error the system cannot find the gpt.ini file in the path \\mydomain.com\SysVol\mydomain.com\Policies\{4A2B990D-CE94-4AF6-BB85-5521AAEEE954 because permission is denied.   NTFS permissions on the directory have not been modified.  The permissions defined on the directory mentioned above are:   Authenticated Users:                 Read & Execute                 List Folder Contents                 Read   Creator Owner                 Special Permissions   Domain Admins                 Full Control   Enterprise Admins                 Full Control   Enterprise Domain Controllers                 Read & Execute                 List Folder Contents                 Read   System                 Full Control   Primary DC                 Read & Execute                 List Folder Contents                 Read   Secondary DC                 Read & Execute                 List Folder Contents                 Read   I have read KB Ariticle #810907 but I would rather not install a Hotfix if not absolutely necessary.  Has anyone else experienced this?  If so, were you able to remedy the error without the Hotfix?  If so, how.   Thank you.