Microsoft KB Archive/917321

= Errors are logged in the Secedit.log file when you use the Secedit.exe command-line utility to apply a local Group Policy object in Windows 2000 =

Article ID: 917321

Article Last Modified on 10/16/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

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SYMPTOMS
On a computer that is running Microsoft Windows 2000, you use the Secedit.exe command-line utility to apply a local Group Policy object (GPO). You apply this GPO from an .inf file. When you do this, the Secedit.exe command-line utility stops processing registry permissions.

When this problem occurs, errors that resemble the following are logged in the Secedit.log file:

ERROR_MORE_DATA



CAUSE
This problem occurs because the Secedit.exe command-line utility uses the RegQueryInfoKey function to obtain the SubKeyLen variable. The SubKeyLen variable is used to allocate the buffers for the subkey name that is returned by the RegEnumKeyEx function. Instead, the Secedit.exe command-line utility should use the maximum buffer size for a key name to allocate these buffers.



Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

Prerequisites
To apply this hotfix, you must have Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4) installed.

Restart requirement
You must restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information about how hotfix packages are named, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

816915 New file naming schema for Microsoft Windows software update packages

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

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