In addition to the subject behavior, when you start the IPSEC Services component on the domain controller, you receive:
The system cannot find the file specified.
The System Event log may contain:
Event Type: Error Event Source: IPSEC Event Category: None Event ID: 4292 Date: MM/DD/YYYY Time: HH:MM:SS User: N/A Computer: <COMPUTER NAME> Description: The IPSec driver has entered Block mode. IPSec will discard all inbound and outbound TCP/IP network traffic that is not permitted by boot-time IPSec Policy exemptions. Event Type: Error Event Source: Service Control Manager Event Category: None Event ID: 7023 Date: MM/DD/YYYY Time: HH:MM:SS User: N/A Computer: <COMPUTER NAME> Description: The IPSEC Services service terminated with the following error: The system cannot find the file specifiedThis behavior is symptomatic of a corrupted file in the policy store, possibly caused by a power outage or other invalid shutdown.
To resolve this issue:
1. Open a CMD.EXE window on the Windows Server 2003 SP1 domain controller.
2. Type the following commands and press Enter after each line:
REG DELETE HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\IPSec\Policy\Local /F
REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\IPSec /V Start /T REG_DWORD /F /D 2
regsvr32 /s polstore.dll
3. Shutdown and restart the Windows Server 2003 SP1 domain controller.
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