Local security not loading UAC policies

[omniwolf]

Hi guys,

I'm getting this problem, where if you go start -> administrative tools -> Local Security Policy

Then expand Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options

the first 9 or so settings will be:

@appinfo.dll,-200

@appinfo.dll,-201

etc

These settings refer to the UAC policies normally at the bottom of the list (alphabetical order, U comes last). Does anyone know why this might happen? I run vista x64, and a couple of other people at my work who run x64 vista have this problem, but the 32 bit vista versions don't seem to experience it.

does anyone have any ideas why this might be?

I have a screenshot here:

[omniwolf]

wow. i've been struggling with this problem for days, and about 2 minutes after i finally decide to post about it, i figure out what's going on.

It seems like its actually a bug in windows! *shock*

for some reason, when you run the Local Security Policy shortcut, it runs C:\windows\syswow64\secpol.msc /s

this is not right!

changing the shortcut to run:

c:\windows\system32\secpol.msc /s

fixes the problem.

hope this helps some people.

Edited January 11, 2008 by omniwolf