Microsoft KB Archive/830676

= Group Policy processing fails with Events 1058 and 1030 in Windows Server 2003 =

PSS ID Number: 830676

Article Last Modified on 5/13/2005

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition

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SYMPTOMS
Group Policy processing on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based domain controller may fail, and you may receive an &quot;Access Denied&quot; error message. The application log may contain entries that are similar to the following:

Event Type: Error

Event Source: Userenv

Event Category: None

Event ID: 1058

Date: 11/21/2003

Time: 12:55:33 PM

User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM

Computer: 

Description: Windows cannot access the file gpt.ini for GPO

CN={31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9},CN=Policies,CN=System,DC=lcds,DC=lab

The file must be present at the location \\lcds.lab\Policies\{31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}

(Access is denied) Group Policy processing aborted.

Event Type: Error

Event Source: SceCli

Event Category: None

Event ID: 1030

Date: 11/21/2003

Time: 12:55:33 PM

User: N/A

Computer: 

Description: Windows cannot query for the list of Group Policy objects. A message that describes the reason for this was previously logged by the policy engine.



WORKAROUND
For information about how to work around this problem, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

842804 Group Policy processing does not work and events 1030 and 1058 are logged in the Application log of a domain controller



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

Additional query words: fsmo sysvol gpt.ini

Keywords: kbwinservnetwork kbwinservds kbnofix kbBug KB830676

Technology: kbWinServ2003Data kbWinServ2003DataSearch kbWinServ2003Ent kbWinServ2003EntSearch kbWinServ2003Search kbWinServ2003St

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