Microsoft KB Archive/271213

= Event ID 1000 and 1001 Repeat Every 5 Minutes in the Event Log =

Article ID: 271213

Article Last Modified on 3/1/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

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This article was previously published under Q271213



SYMPTOMS
Event ID 1000 and 1001 may be repeatedly be logged in the Application log every five minutes with the following information:

Event Type: Error

Event Source: SceCli

Event Category: None

Event ID: 1001

Date: 4/7/2000

Time: 4:30:46 AM

User: N/A

Computer: MYCOMPUTER

Description: Security policy cannot be propagated. Cannot access the template. Error code = 3. \\mydomain.com\sysvol\mydomain.com\Policies\{31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}\Machine\Microsoft\Windows NT\SecEdit\GptTmpl.inf.

Event Type: Error

Event Source: Userenv

Event Category: None

Event ID: 1000

Date: 4/7/2000

Time: 4:30:46 AM

User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM

Computer: MYCOMPUTER

Description: The Group Policy client-side extension Security was passed flags (17) and returned a failure status code of (3).



CAUSE
This issue can occur if the %SystemRoot%\SYSVOL\Domain\Policies Group Policy directory structure is missing or is incorrect. The Replication service is trying to replicate the directory but cannot locate it.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, the directory must be restored to allow replication between domain controllers. This directory can either be restored from a backup or it can be recreated. For additional information about how to recreate the policy directory, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

253268 Group Policy Error Message Without Appropriate Sysvol Contents

257338 Troubleshooting Missing SYSVOL and NETLOGON Shares

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