'Failed To Save Local Policy Database' Error

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Hi all,

I'm having a little bit of trouble altering the User Rights Assignment in my
Local Security Settings in XP Pro. I'm trying to change the 'Access this
computer from the network' policy security setting on my computer, so that
other computers in my HOME workgroup can read files from its harddrive.
Everytime I try to change the setting, to include the other computer on my
network, I get the above error message, although I can't see any particular
why it saves when I specify the local computer in the setting.

I'm only using Simple File Sharing between my laptop, which is running XP
pro, and the desktop, in the Study, which is running XP Home. I've tracked
the fault down to this particular setting since the laptop can access all the
files on the desktop but not vice-versa. I'm not quite sure how this state of
affairs has come about since the network was working fine both ways up until
a couple of weeks ago. I tried doing a System Restore when I first
encountered the problem, but it was to no avail.

I'm sure all the hardware is functioning correctly, since I can ping all of
the computers. I get the 'System Error 5 has occurred' message if I try to
net view the laptop from the Study computer. After trying all the other
advice proffered for people in similar situations I can only assume that this
policy setting is what is causing the problems. The intriguing thing is that
I haven't changed this setting from when everything was working. I guess
that's Windows for you...

Any suggestions would be readily accepted.

Cheers,

James
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