Re: 'Failed To Save Local Policy Database' Error

On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 07:54:06 -0700, James Hoskisson
<JamesHoskisson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>"Chuck" wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 17:29:01 -0700, James Hoskisson
>> <JamesHoskisson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
><Snip>
>>
>> James,
>>
>> What specific value are you trying to add to this setting? On my computer, you
>> add users and groups. How are you including another computer in that setting?
>
>I think you've hit the nail on the head there! I'll explain exactly what's
>happening...
>
>After loading up the Local Security Policy manager I'm selecting 'User
>Rights Assignment' and then right clicking on 'Access this computer from the
>network' and opening the properties panel.
>
>Clicking on 'Add User or Group' brings up the 'Select Users or Groups'
>panel. The default location is listed as 'James' which is my laptop, so I'm
>clicking on the 'Locations...' button to select the LAN Network called
>'Home'. This causes the 'Select this object type:' box to display
>'Computers', which is the only option available if I open the 'Object
>Types...' panel. Everything seems to be working fine up to this point.
>
>I'm then typing 'Study' (the name of the other computer on the LAN) into
>the 'Enter the object names to select (examples):' box and clicking on 'Check
>Names'. This causes the 'Study' entry to be amended to 'HOME/STUDY', which
>seems to be correct. When I click on 'OK' , 'STUDY' appears in the 'Access
>this computer from the network' box in the 'Access this computer from the
>network Properties' panel.
>
>If I click on 'Apply' I get the 'Failed To Save Local Policy Database'
>error in a panel entitled 'Security Templates'. The thing I can't understand
>is that if I do everything exactly the same, but substitute 'James' for
>'Study' in the 'Enter object names to select' box, then everything works fine.
>
>> Are you sure there's no firewall blocking file sharing? That's a very common
>> cause of the Error 5 ("Access Denied").
>
>The only firewall that I have is the built in Windows one. I've tried
>disabling it but it makes no difference.
>
>> Is this XP Pro with Advanced File Sharing, or is it SFS on XP Pro too?
>
>It's SFS on XP Pro as well. I wouldn't know how to go about setting up
>Advanced File Sharing!
>
>I installed SP2 last night, hoping it might make some difference, but
>(rather predictably) it didn't. :-(
>
>Thanks for your help,
>
>James

James,

OK, I think you're getting the picture. The Select Users or Groups applet is
more applicable to domain membership, and not really relevant if you're using
Simple File Sharing.

With SFS, you're limited to Guest access. If you want anything more, you should
upgrade the desktop to XP Pro, and enable Advanced File Sharing on both
computers.

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Cheers,
Chuck
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