When you attempt to modify Group Policy on the subject server, you receive:
Failed to open group policy: You may not have appropriate rights. The specified domain either does not exist or could not be located.
Dcdiag produces output similar to:
* Connecting to directory service on server <ServerName>.
\[<ServerName>\] LDAP bind failed with error 1323,
Unable to update the password. The value provided as the current password is incorrect.
***Error: The machine could not attach to the DC because the credentials were incorrect.
Check your credentials or specify credentials with /u:<domain>\<user> & /p:\[<password>|*|""\]
This behavior will occur if the security policy has been by a virus.
To resolve this problem, use Recreatedefpol.exe - The Windows 2000 Default Group Policy Restore Tool.