Re: XP SP2 Hosed Active Directory

From: Mark Renoden [MSFT] (markreno_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/10/04 

Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 09:06:13 +1100

Hi

You can also update the .adm files on the 2000 servers with the later ones
...

    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=92759D4B-7112-4B6C-AD4A-BBF3802A5C9B&displaylang=en

Beware of

    842933 "The following entry in the [strings] section is too long and has
been
    http://support.microsoft.com/?id=842933

Kind regards 

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"ptwilliams" <ptw2001@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:OlJfjI2xEHA.908@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> You edited a GPO with XP, thus the new XP SP2 .adm templates have been
> uploaded to the DCs.
>
> Solution: Only edit GPOs with a Windows XP SP2 machine running the Win2003
> admin tools or the Group Policy Tool.
>
> -- 
>
> Paul Williams
>
> http://www.msresource.net
> http://forums.msresource.net
>
>
> "Patrickm" <pmatthews@paysbig.com> wrote in message
> news:ODND%236zxEHA.2788@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> My PC is running Win XP Pro, I have installed all the domain admin tools 
> on
> it. My domain is is a Win 2k AD domain. I recently installed XP service 
> pack
> 2 on my workstation, NOW when I go to any domain controller in the domain
> and try to view, modify, or edit any domain policy I get hundreds of
> "Adminstrative Template" errors and cannot open any of my group policies.
> Many of these errors that pop up are refencing Windows XP SP2, these are
> errors that are popping up on the domian controller running Win 2k. I can
> however open ADU&C on my XP workstation and open the group policies but 
> many
> of the sub categories do not appear. Please help,
>
>
>

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