Nico,

I am experiencing the same problem. I am running XP Pro...

"Nico Tomacelli (MSFT)" <nicot@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Burton,
>
> Is this XP Home or XP Pro?
>
> Thx,
> Nico
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> "Burton" <burtonh@sisna.com> wrote in message
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> > When opening admin. tools from within control panel,
> > clicking on "Local Security Policy" I get the
> > message "Snap-in failed to initialize. Name:Group Policy,
> > CLSID:{8FC0B734-A0E1-11D1-AD7D3-0000F87571E3"
> > I have been trying through the help menus to find out how
> > to reload (if thats an option, install or what ever, the
> > snap-in for the GROUP POLICY. I am running Windows XP with
> > SP/1 installed. Any help you can come up with is
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Burt
>
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