Event ID 1704 indicates that Group Policy security settings are applied to a Windows 2000-based computer even though Group Policy security settings are not applied

When you update Group Policy security settings on a Microsoft Windows 2000-based computer, the following event is logged in the Application log: This event indicates that the operation was successful. However, Group Policy security settings are not actually applied to the computer. When you view the Userenv.log file in the %systemroot%\Debug\Usermode folder, you see entries that are similar to the following: For example, you experience these symptoms if you run the secedit /refreshpolicy machine_policy /enforce command to force an update of Group Policy security settings.

This problem may occur in situations where permissions are set on the Ntuser.pol file, and these permissions deny access to this file. If the Ntuser.pol file cannot be accessed, Group Policy processing is not completed successfully. In this scenario, no events are logged to the Application log to notify you that Group Policy is not applied to the computer.

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.

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Prerequisites

This hotfix requires Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4).

Restart requirement

You must restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information

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Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies To" section.

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