Insufficient system resources exist... User Manager for Domains

[geekbyday]

Ok here's a good one. I've stumped everyone I've talked to so far.
NT Server 4 SP6a (I believe)
Can open User Manager just fine. But when I go to Policies and Rights I get the following error message:
"Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service."
Any ideas are welcome. Thanks in advance

 

[Andyleates]

How is your registry size? Make sure it has enough space.

Andy Leates MCSE CCNA MCP+I

 

[gensan]

You may also want to check your event logs for any services that might have failed to start.

 

[geekbyday]

Thanks guys, the Registry has plenty of room. Will start combing the event logs. I just got here a few days ago (contract) and I've walked into all kinds of problems. Thanks again. and please keep the ideas coming.

 

[ajtmcse]

Are you doing this remotely or local to one of the DC's?

Either way I would recommend re-applying SP6a to the machine in question and see if that helps. I remember seeing something similar a while back and SP6a reapply fixed it.

Good luck on deciphering your new environment

 

[geekbyday]

yeah, it's doing it remotely and locally. have tried reapplying the sp. didn't work still open to any other suggestions. thanks so far everyone.

 

[Maligkong]

I had a similar problem--couldn't open User Manager at all, and got the "insufficient resources" message. In control panel->system->environment->ComSpec, I changed it to c:\winnt\system32\cmd.exe /e:2048 This is based on MS KB article #Q158141. Also part of our problem was CA Inoculate antivirus causing a lot of open files for some reason. CA couldn't ever tell us how to fix it, so we switched AV software and the problem is gone.

 

[geekbyday]

thanks maligkong! I'm going to give this a shot. Sounds like a real possibility.

 

[geekbyday]

ok here's another nibblet. it doesn't appear to be an environmental issue. or a lack of actual resources. here's why I say that:
we have two domains (with trusts etc) and from the problem pdc on domain A I can pull up the user rights from domain B. it's starting to sound more like a corrupt SAM to me... does anyone know of a consistency / intergrity util that can be ran against a SAM database? thanks guys!