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'Fail to open Group Policy Object' error
Expert Jonathan Hassell provides a solution for the "Fail to open Group Policy Object' error on a Windows 2000 Server machine.
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I have a Windows 2000 Server; it is the domain controller. My server Group Policy Object gives the following error message: "Fail to open Group Policy Object. You may not have appropriate rights."
What can I do?
You or someone else with administrator rights may have inadvertently deleted the following folder structure:
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| • | %SystemRoot%\Sysvol\Sysvol\DomainName |
| • | %SystemRoot%\Sysvol\Sysvol\DomainName\Policies |
| • | %SystemRoot%\Sysvol\Sysvol\DomainName\Policies\{GUID} |
| • | %SystemRoot%\Sysvol\Sysvol\DomainName\Policies\{GUID}\Machine |
| • | %SystemRoot%\Sysvol\Sysvol\DomainName\Policies\{GUID}\User |
Check out the Microsoft Knowledge Base article 253268 for more information.
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