Windows is really sometimes a mystery but it really comes down to documentation of what has been added or changed in the past. We’ve been getting two errors in the Application event viewer in Windows Server 2003, Event ID 1030 and Event ID 1058:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1030
Date: 7/21/2009
Time: 10:27:37 AM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: domain server
Description:
Windows cannot query for the list of Group Policy objects. Check the event log for possible messages previously logged by the policy engine that describes the reason for this.For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1058
Date: 7/21/2009
Time: 10:27:37 AM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: domain server
Description:
Windows cannot access the file gpt.ini for GPO cn={A68A6FBD-86AC-4260-A81C-BF3AEF46ED16},cn=policies,cn=system,DC=avidcenter,DC=org. The file must be present at the location <\\domain\SysVol\domain\Policies\{A68A6FBD-86AC-4260-A81C-BF3AEF46ED16}\gpt.ini>. (Access is denied. ). Group Policy processing aborted.For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
We started getting these errors after we demoted one of our backup domain controllers. We did it properly, according to Microsoft, but got these errors afterward which occur every couple minutes.
To resolve this problem all we did was:
- In the domain controller, Windows Server 2003, Open a Command Prompt
- Type in ‘gpupdate /force’
- Either restart if asked or log off and log back on
Doing this stopped the error messages in the event log. Disaster averted!
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