Article ID: 271213 - Last Review: March 1, 2007 - Revision: 2.4

Event ID 1000 and 1001 Repeat Every 5 Minutes in the Event Log

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SYMPTOMS

Event ID 1000 and 1001 may be repeatedly be logged in the Application log every five minutes with the following information:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: SceCli
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 4/7/2000
Time: 4:30:46 AM
User: N/A
Computer: MYCOMPUTER
Description: Security policy cannot be propagated. Cannot access the template. Error code = 3. \\mydomain.com\sysvol\mydomain.com\Policies\{31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}\Machine\Microsoft\Windows NT\SecEdit\GptTmpl.inf.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 4/7/2000
Time: 4:30:46 AM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: MYCOMPUTER
Description: The Group Policy client-side extension Security was passed flags (17) and returned a failure status code of (3).
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CAUSE

This issue can occur if the %SystemRoot%\SYSVOL\Domain\Policies Group Policy directory structure is missing or is incorrect. The Replication service is trying to replicate the directory but cannot locate it.
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RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, the directory must be restored to allow replication between domain controllers. This directory can either be restored from a backup or it can be recreated. For additional information about how to recreate the policy directory, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
253268  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/253268/EN-US/ ) Group Policy Error Message Without Appropriate Sysvol Contents
257338  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/257338/EN-US/ ) Troubleshooting Missing SYSVOL and NETLOGON Shares
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APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
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