Article ID: 815414 - Last Review: February 21, 2007 - Revision: 1.7

Services Do Not Start Correctly After You Configure Group Policy Settings That Are in the Default Domain Controller Policy

Hotfix Download Available
View and request hotfix downloads

View products that this article applies to.

System TipThis article applies to a different operating system than the one you are using. Article content that may not be relevant to you is disabled.

SYMPTOMS

After you configure Group Policy settings for services that are in the Default Domain Controller Policy, you find that the settings are not applied. Instead, Group Policy settings for services in the Default Domain Policy are used. As a result, services may not start correctly.

Back to the top

CAUSE

This problem may occur if the Group Policy settings for services that are in the Default Domain Controller Policy conflict with the Group Policy settings for services that are in the Default Domain Policy. When these conflicts occur, the Default Domain Policy may override the Default Domain Controller Policy.

Back to the top

RESOLUTION

Service Pack Information

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260910/EN-US/ ) How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

Back to the top

Hotfix Information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, submit a request to Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support (http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support)

Note The "Hotfix download available" form displays the languages for which the hotfix is available. If you do not see your language, it is because a hotfix is not available for that language. The English version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

   Date         Time   Version           Size     File name
   -------------------------------------------------------------
   16-Feb-2003  16:30  5.0.2195.6613     124,176  Adsldp.dll
   16-Feb-2003  16:30  5.0.2195.6601     130,832  Adsldpc.dll
   25-Feb-2003  10:28  5.0.2195.6667      62,736  Adsmsext.dll
   16-Feb-2003  16:30  5.0.2195.6660     377,616  Advapi32.dll
   16-Feb-2003  16:30  5.0.2195.6611      49,936  Browser.dll
   16-Feb-2003  16:30  5.0.2195.6663     135,952  Dnsapi.dll
   16-Feb-2003  16:30  5.0.2195.6663      96,528  Dnsrslvr.dll
   16-Feb-2003  16:30  5.0.2195.6661      46,352  Eventlog.dll
   16-Feb-2003  16:30  5.0.2195.6627     148,240  Kdcsvc.dll
   20-Feb-2003  16:11  5.0.2195.6666     204,560  Kerberos.dll
   02-Dec-2002  19:09  5.0.2195.6621      71,888  Ksecdd.sys
   24-Jan-2003  14:40  5.0.2195.6659     509,712  Lsasrv.dll
   24-Jan-2003  14:41  5.0.2195.6659      33,552  Lsass.exe
   05-Feb-2003  08:59  5.0.2195.6662     109,328  Msv1_0.dll
   16-Feb-2003  16:30  5.0.2195.6601     312,592  Netapi32.dll
   16-Feb-2003  16:30  5.0.2195.6627     360,720  Netlogon.dll
   25-Feb-2003  10:28  5.0.2195.6669     929,552  Ntdsa.dll
   25-Feb-2003  10:28  5.0.2195.6666     392,464  Samsrv.dll
   25-Feb-2003  10:28  5.0.2195.6672     131,344  Scecli.dll
   25-Feb-2003  10:28  5.0.2195.6671     306,448  Scesrv.dll
   10-Feb-2003  15:22  5.0.2195.6663     166,912  Sp3res.dll
   12-Feb-2003  15:43  5.3.16.3            6,656  Spmsg.dll
   12-Feb-2003  15:46  5.3.16.3           87,552  Spuninst.exe
   16-Feb-2003  16:30  5.0.2195.6601      51,472  W32time.dll
   16-Aug-2002  05:32  5.0.2195.6601      57,104  W32tm.exe
   25-Feb-2003  10:28  5.0.2195.6666     125,200  Wldap32.dll

Back to the top

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4.

Back to the top

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265173 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/265173/EN-US/ ) The Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product

Back to the top