I've recently upgraded a W2K3 Server to new hardware and am having a variety of problems that I think are all coming from the same root cause. I'll detail the symptoms here and hopefully someone can help me get to the solution(s)...
1) Event ID 1030 is logged every 5 minutes with the message:
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.
2) Event ID 1058 is logged every 5 minutes with the message:
Windows cannot access the file gpt.ini for GPO CN={A722EC58-E44F-4177-9B0
2-369680FF
BF70},CN=P
olicies,CN
=System,DC
=mydomain,
DC=org. The file must be present at the location <\\mydomain.org\SysVol\myd
omain.org\
Policies\{
A722EC58-E
44F-4177-9
B02-369680
FFBF70}\gp
t.ini>. (Configuration information could not be read from the domain controller, either because the machine is unavailable, or access has been denied. ). Group Policy processing aborted.
3) When I try to run either the Domain Controller Security Policy or the Domain Security Policy control panels I get a dialog that says:
GROUP POLICY ERROR
Failed to open the Group Policy Object. You may not have appropriate rights.
Details:
Windows cannot find the network path. Verify that the network path is correct and the destination computer is not busy or turned off. If Windows still cannot find the network path, contact your system administrator.
(Oddly, however, at other times I can open either of these control panels just fine.)
4) Some users are having trouble accessing server-based shares at time and SOMETIMES I cannot open the path:
\\mydomain.org\SYSVOL
I get the message:
\\mydomain.org\SYSVOL is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions.
Configuration information could not be read from the domain controller, either because the machine is unavailable or access has been denied.
Other times, however, the path to \\mydomain.org\SYSVOL works just fine.
5) I am logged into the administrator account, W2K3 SP2 has been applied and all other updates have been applied.
6) The machine has TWO NICs, one has DHCP running and serves an internal network. The other is a public IP but the server does not route between the internal LAN and the WAN. We have a Cisco router that does that.
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