Preference mode crashes MMC

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Al Blake

We need to use the AD GPO to limit the size of IE temp files on 500+ nodes
on our network.
However there seems to be a bug in the mmc/gpo editor for this function.

If we try to do this on a win2k machine (Sp4 DC for the AD domain) as soon
as we double click on the "Corporate settings" the gpedit application
crashes with
"The instruction at 0x02864fd8 referenced memory at 0x000000. The memory
could not be written"

If we try the same function on a WINdows XP SP1 machine on the same domain
the "Corporate settings" opens correctly and we can make changes - but when
we try to save the changes we get:
"There was an error accessing the group policy object at this time"

So it seems to me that there is a bug in how the DC is interpreting this
policy settings which is causing it to crash.
I have seen one other reprtoed instance of the same problem - but no fix.
Has anyone got any ideas?
Has anyone got this to work? What version of the .adm files are you using?
Do you need to reload them into the mmc to make it work?

Al Blake, Australia
 
Hi All,

If you have installed the hotfix from Q316116, or applied Internet Explorer 6 Service
Pack 1 (SP1), see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:

KB325666 - Access Violation Error Message in Mmc.exe After You Apply Internet
Explorer Privacy Update from Q316116 or After You Apply Internet Explorer 6 SP1
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=325666

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Carrie Garth, Microsoft MVP for Windows 2000
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: "Al Blake" <al AT blakes DOT net>
: Wrote in message : Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 03:27 AM
: We need to use the AD GPO to limit the size of IE temp files on 500+ nodes
: on our network.
: However there seems to be a bug in the mmc/gpo editor for this function.
:
: If we try to do this on a win2k machine (Sp4 DC for the AD domain) as soon
: as we double click on the "Corporate settings" the gpedit application
: crashes with
: "The instruction at 0x02864fd8 referenced memory at 0x000000. The memory
: could not be written"
:
: If we try the same function on a WINdows XP SP1 machine on the same domain
: the "Corporate settings" opens correctly and we can make changes - but when
: we try to save the changes we get:
: "There was an error accessing the group policy object at this time"
:
: So it seems to me that there is a bug in how the DC is interpreting this
: policy settings which is causing it to crash.
: I have seen one other reprtoed instance of the same problem - but no fix.
: Has anyone got any ideas?
: Has anyone got this to work? What version of the .adm files are you using?
: Do you need to reload them into the mmc to make it work?
:
: Al Blake, Australia
:
:
 
Thanks for the tip.
I found the correct dll on a windowsXP machine running IE6SP1 so it seems as
though the problem only affects win2k boxes. I copied the dll across to my
win2k dc (after I had disabled windows file protection) and suddenly the
gpedit mmc was working prefectly. Thanks for pointing me in the right
direction.
 
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