If your Windows 2000 Server posts the following events to the
Application event log, every five minutes,
your local Group Policy database file is corrupt:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 6/7/2000
Time: 2:56:53 PM
User: WINDOWS NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: ASKO-ONE
Description: The Group Policy client-side extension Security was passed flags (17) and returned a failure status code of (1208).
Event Type: Warning
Event Source: SceCli
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1202
Date: 6/7/2000
Time: 2:56:53 PM
User: N/A
Computer: ASKO-ONE
Description: Security policies are propagated with warning. 0x4b8 : An extended error has occurred.
Please look for more details in TroubleShooting section in Security Help.
Event Type: Error
Event Source: ESENT
Event Category: Logging/Recovery
Event ID: 454
Date: 6/7/2000
Time: 2:56:53 PM
User: N/A
Computer: ASKO-ONE
Description: services (304) Database recovery/restore failed with unexpected error -530.
Event Type: Error
Event Source: ESENT
Event Category: Logging/Recovery
Event ID: 412
Date: 6/7/2000
Time: 2:56:53 PM
User: N/A
Computer: ASKO-ONE
Description: services (304) Unable to read the log header. Error -530.To resolve the problem, and return the
Local Security Policy to its' installation state:
01. Create an OldSecurity subfolder at %SystemRoot%\Security.
02. Move the log files and chk file from %SystemRoot%\Security\logs to %SystemRoot%\Security\OldSecurity.
03. Move the database from %SystemRoot%\Security\Database\Secedit.sdb to %SystemRoot%\Security\OldSecurity and change the file extension to .old.
04. Start / Run / MMC / OK.
05. Console / Add/Remove Snap-in.
06. Add the Security and Configuration Analysis snap-in. Press Close and OK.
07. Right-click Security and Configuration Analysis and press Open Database.
08. Navigate to the %SystemRoot%\Security\Database folder, type Secedit.sdb into File name, and press Open.
09. When prompted to import a template, select Setup security.inf.
10. Press Open. Ignore any Access Denied error.
11. Right-click Security and Configuration Analysis and press Configure Computer Now.
