HI.
I am on a w2k3 domain which contains mostly XP pro clients and maybe a few
w2k pro.
I need to think about deploying vista on my network but i have found out
that the moment i make a vista machine a member of the domain, the networking
services are killed and only a restore from a restore point helps (or a
rebuild)
Now i know that it is my default domain GP that is causing this, because i
am now blocking GP inheritance on my own vista laptop and as long as the GP
is not applied I am fine

problem is i have a hard time finding out which setting exactly is causing
this. I have a backup of the registry when the networking is working and I
have one when it is not. I am trying to use windiff to compare but it is a
daunting task.

do you have any suggestions on how to approach this problem? Any advice
would be highly appreciated.
Thank you so much

Yes. Windows Vista policy templates are XML formatted files, which are
different than Windows XP .adm template files. Any errors in the Event
Viewer? This link may help.

Troubleshooting Group Policy using Event Logs in Vista
http://www.chicagotech.net/vista/vistagrouppolicy1.htm

--
Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com
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HI.
I am on a w2k3 domain which contains mostly XP pro clients and maybe a few
w2k pro.
I need to think about deploying vista on my network but i have found out
that the moment i make a vista machine a member of the domain, the
networking
services are killed and only a restore from a restore point helps (or a
rebuild)
Now i know that it is my default domain GP that is causing this, because i
am now blocking GP inheritance on my own vista laptop and as long as the
GP
is not applied I am fine

problem is i have a hard time finding out which setting exactly is causing
this. I have a backup of the registry when the networking is working and I
have one when it is not. I am trying to use windiff to compare but it is a
daunting task.

do you have any suggestions on how to approach this problem? Any advice
would be highly appreciated.
Thank you so much

there are bunch of services which do not start (set to auto).
Base Filtering Engine (Local Service)
DHCP Client (Local Service)
Diagnostic Policy Service (Local Service)
IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Module (Local Service)
IPSec Policy Agent (Network Service)
Network List Service (Local Service)
Network Location Awareness (Network Service)
Windows Firewall (Local Service)
Windows Time (Local Service)

manual restart attempts result in access denied messages and I am logged in
as an admin.

the eventlog has bunch of following errors:
event 7017: the system call to get account information completed. the call
failed after XXXX miliseconds.
event 7320: Error: Retrieved account information. Error code 1355
Event 7320: Error: Failed to register for connectivity notification. Error
code 1722
Event 7000: Computer boot policy processing failed for ..... in X seconds

"Robert L. (MS-MVP)" wrote:

Yes. Windows Vista policy templates are XML formatted files, which are
different than Windows XP .adm template files. Any errors in the Event
Viewer? This link may help.

Troubleshooting Group Policy using Event Logs in Vista
http://www.chicagotech.net/vista/vistagrouppolicy1.htm

--
Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com
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