Resolving the dreaded "an attempt was made to access a token that does not exist" in Win7 64-bit?

Question

I attempted to access "Control Panel -> System and Security -> Administrative Tools -> Local Security Policy" today and received the error:

"an attempt was made to access a token that does not exist"

I'm running as an administrative user, and when I came across this error I was attempting to install Webroot's certificate as a trusted certificate so I could avoid the Blue UAC prompt I receive when my computer boots up and attempts to run webroot. I'd rather it just run.

Answer 1

Actually I just ran sfc /scannow and now it works again...thanks!

Answer 2

This may work for you also.
- Open a Command Prompt (CMD) in ELEVATED MODE (run as administrator)
- Navigate to %WINDIR%\System32 and re-register the required DLL files using the following command:

For /F %s in ('dir /b *.dll') do regsvr32 /s %s