Guest Ade Posted June 6, 2008 Posted June 6, 2008 When I have used GPEDIT.msc to examine Group Policy settings I recieved the following warning :- ' The Group Policy secuity settings that apply to this machine could not be determined. The error returned was trying to retrieve these settings from the local security policy database. (%windir%\security\database\secedit.sdb) was: The parameter is incorrect. All local security dettings will be displayed, but no indication will be given to as to whether or not a given security setting is defined by Group policy. Any local security setting modified through this User Interface may be subsequently be overriden by domain-level policies. ' - Is this a problem that I should be concerned with or is it not a reqirement to have Group Policy settings defined? Quote
Guest Roger Abell [MVP] Posted June 9, 2008 Posted June 9, 2008 The message is indicating a problem and is not normally received. Is this machine in a domain or is it a standalone? Is this machine known free from malware? "Ade" <Ade@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6FC59510-3AF3-4A50-AD14-4E222404F9F0@microsoft.com...<span style="color:blue"> > When I have used GPEDIT.msc to examine Group Policy settings I recieved > the > following warning :- > > ' The Group Policy secuity settings that apply to this machine could not > be > determined. > The error returned was trying to retrieve these settings from the local > security policy database. > (%windir%securitydatabasesecedit.sdb) was: The parameter is incorrect. > > All local security dettings will be displayed, but no indication will be > given to as to whether or not a given security setting is defined by Group > policy. > Any local security setting modified through this User Interface may be > subsequently be overriden by domain-level policies. ' > > - Is this a problem that I should be concerned with or is it not a > reqirement to have Group Policy settings defined? > </span> Quote
Guest Ade Posted June 12, 2008 Posted June 12, 2008 The machine is a standalone but it is connected to the Internet. I have run Anti Virus on the machine (AVG) but found no known issues. Basically it is my home computer XP Pro, Sp2, IIS 5.1. I have also downloaded Authentication Diagnostics to see if that would point to a possible problem. "Roger Abell [MVP]" wrote: <span style="color:blue"> > The message is indicating a problem and is not normally received. > Is this machine in a domain or is it a standalone? > Is this machine known free from malware? > > "Ade" <Ade@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:6FC59510-3AF3-4A50-AD14-4E222404F9F0@microsoft.com...<span style="color:green"> > > When I have used GPEDIT.msc to examine Group Policy settings I recieved > > the > > following warning :- > > > > ' The Group Policy secuity settings that apply to this machine could not > > be > > determined. > > The error returned was trying to retrieve these settings from the local > > security policy database. > > (%windir%securitydatabasesecedit.sdb) was: The parameter is incorrect. > > > > All local security dettings will be displayed, but no indication will be > > given to as to whether or not a given security setting is defined by Group > > policy. > > Any local security setting modified through this User Interface may be > > subsequently be overriden by domain-level policies. ' > > > > - Is this a problem that I should be concerned with or is it not a > > reqirement to have Group Policy settings defined? > > </span> > > > </span> Quote
Guest Malke Posted June 12, 2008 Posted June 12, 2008 Ade wrote: <span style="color:blue"> > The machine is a standalone but it is connected to the Internet. I have > run > Anti Virus on the machine (AVG) but found no known issues. Basically it > is > my home computer XP Pro, Sp2, IIS 5.1. I have also downloaded > Authentication Diagnostics to see if that would point to a possible > problem.</span> With only AVG, your computer is not proved to be free of malware, viral and/or non-viral. This is a home machine connected to the Internet so you always should start by really determining the machine is clean in a much more thorough way. Go through these general malware removal steps systematically - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2....emoving_Malware Include scanning with David Lipman's Multi_AV and follow instructions to do all scans in Safe Mode. http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Multi-AV - instructions http://tinyurl.com/yoeru3 - download link and more instructions When all else fails, get guided help. Choose one of the specialty forums listed at the first link. Register and read its posting FAQ. PLEASE DO NOT POST LOGS IN THE MS NEWSGROUPS. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com Don't Panic! Quote
Guest Ade Posted June 19, 2008 Posted June 19, 2008 Besides the case for Malware, could it possibly be because the machine is a standalone so does not have a group policy setting? Quote
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