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Windows can not find 'gpedit.msc' when editing a policy, fixed now but why did it break.

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Hi

I have inherited a very unhealthly AD environment comprising of 5 DCs with 1 2008 DC and 4 DC on 2003 R2 (2 are in a DMZ environment for our hosted Exchange 2007 setup)

Whilst it works, there are certains I can see one of these is I had problems editing policies on 1 2003 DC. It came up with the message:

windows can not find 'gpedit.msc'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. to search for a file, click the start button, and click Search.

Details: The system cannot find the file specified.

I read on another forum that if I copy the gpedit.msc file

from c:\windows\system32 to c:\windows\syswow64 it should work.

I Did this and it worked but what I am trying to understand why on 1 DC I am not able to do this but other DCs it works fine. Does any AD expert understand why, also what tools could I run to assist me with addressing these issues. I know in 2007 exchange there is a Best practises analyser, is there something similar for Active Directory?

Thanks


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