Local Security Policy - SECPOL.MSC

[Guest]

When I run the Local Security Policy editor, I get the following message:-

"The Group Policy security settings that apply to this machine could not be
determined.
The error returned when trying to retreive 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 overriden by domain-level policies."

Please can anyone shed any light on this error message and how it can be
resolved.

 

[Steven L Umbach]

It sounds like you may have a corrupted secedit.sdb file. See the links
below for a couple of ways that may fix it. --- Steve

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/viruses/default.mspx

Run esentutl /g to check the integrity of the security database at
%windir%\Security\Database\Secedit.sdb

http://www.jsifaq.com/SUBH/TIP3500/rh3561.htm

 

[Guest]

Steven,
Thanks very much for the perfect response.... that nailed it, and the
problem was solved by using the repair option in esentutl.

Very much appreciated.