Domain Security Policy

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JohnPHX

Hello,

On my PDC emulator or pretty much any DC in my domain,
when I try to access the Domain Security Policy and click
the Security Settings, I get a message saying "Windows
cannot open template file". Since I cannot open this,
there are policies in there that I cannot change and I
need to remove some right away. Does anyone know what the
problem is and how I can fix it. Any help would be
appreciated. Thanks.

John
 
John,

This error can be caused if the GptTmpl.inf is blank or empty. Check under
winnt\sysvol\domain\policies\31B(guid)\Machine\Microsoft\WindowsNT\Secedit
and right click > open > GptTmpl.inf. If this is blank you can restore from
a backup or copy if from another DC.

Rick Rieser, (e-mail address removed)
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