Administrative tools - local security policy will not run in XP Pro

When I click on Local Security Policy shortcut in Administrative tools an
error comes up -
'snap in failed to initialize' Name group policy - followed by CLSID and a
code.

It is not possible to run the Local Security Policy shortcut at all

If this is a problem with other mmc consoles also,
then check that the system environment variable named
Path begins
%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\Sy stem32\Wbem;
or at least that the Wbem directory is in the path as shown
at cmd prompt by entering
path

"cfsbris" <cfsbris@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> When I click on Local Security Policy shortcut in Administrative tools an
> error comes up -
> 'snap in failed to initialize' Name group policy - followed by CLSID and

a

> code.
>
> It is not possible to run the Local Security Policy shortcut at all
>
>