Complex prob! NT Users on XP client in 2K domain

[Ianhartley]

I need some help, I've got a problem that's killing my IT dept. I have a user (lots of them) that where created pre-2K AD on NT domain, I then upgraded the domain a few years ago. The problem now is that group policies applied to these users whilst running on XP Pro SP2 client do not work! If I create a new user, policy works fine. Old user on 2K, policy works fine.
I've sort of figured that you need XP SP2 or policies don't work, full stop. But now I'm stuck.
Brief outline is this: NT created client, domain now Win2K, client PC XP Pro SP2. Policies do not work.

Please Help!!
Thanks Ian.

 

[pweegar]

Wellllll.. Hate to say it, but if by creating a new user, your policy works, starting deleting old users and rebuilding them as new users.

IF that is too much work, do a google search for group policy win XP or other related terms.

 

[Oz1127]

Quest software makes a domain migration tool which we're using in an AD migration currently and though you may be already fully migrated, (and I don't know whether your using a single or multiple domain AD model) it can help you accomplish what your trying to do and report if there are errors so you can see exactly what's happening. It looks at SID history to determine the user's account credentials.

 

[Ianhartley]

Thanks for the replies but I had a lucky strike yesterday. Discovered that I had a corrupt policy from a year ago that was blocking XP moving on to the remaining policies. Win2K doesn't seem to care about this old policy but XP does. Very strange behaviour, but deleting the link to the policy from AD allows all subsequent policies to flow as normal.

Many thanks for your responses,

Ian.