healingfor.blogg.se - System registry file is missing or corrupt

LGPO.exe /parse /m %windir%\system32\grouppolicy\machine\registry.pol > registry.txt 2>&1

Download the lgpo.exe tool from the Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit and run it as a task against an endpoint with the command shown below:.

To detect registry.pol corruption in an automated way, use the following steps with an Endpoint Management tool such as Symantec ITMS: If using a tool such as Notepad++ to view the file, select all the text in the file after opening and convert it to UTF-8 (don't save it like this, this is just for ease of viewing). You can also manually open a registry.pol file in a text editor like Windows Notepad to see if the file is structured as expected.

If any registry.pol file is corrupted, you will see the following error dialog:.

A simple, manual check for registry.pol corruption can be done by running the Local Group Policy editor as an Administrator: