| Event Id | 1054 |
| Source | NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM |
| Description | Windows cannot obtain the domain controller name for your computer network. (The specified domain either does not exist or exist or could not be contacted). Group Policy processing aborted. Data: (unavailable) |
| Event Information | This problem may occur if the Group Policy engine or Active Directory time out while waiting for the network to start. A race condition may occur between the TCP/IP protocol and the network adaptor driver when they try to register with the Microsoft Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS). If the TCP/IP protocol registers with NDIS before the network adaptor driver, for a short time it prompts higher user mode networking components that network connectivity is not available. As a result, during this short time, the Group Policy startup script cannot be downloaded. This problem is more likely to occur on fast networks that use 1 gigahertz (GHz) network adaptors or in teaming environments where the network takes several additional cycles to negotiate link speed. Solution: 1. For computers running Windows XP SP1, you can obtain a supported hotfix from Microsoft to correct this problem. 2. For computers running Windows XP Service Pack 2, you must add the GpNetworkStartTimeoutPolicyValue registry entry. This entry defines the number of seconds to wait before trying to run the Group Policy startup script again. |
| Reference Links | Startup scripts do not run as expected on a computer running Windows XP SP1 or Windows XP SP2 |
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