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Group Policy Troubleshooting - Basic and Advanced Check


Author: Nirmal Sharma MVP

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Summary

This article explains how you can perform some basic checks when Group Policy is not working for client computers.

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I have found and seen couple of articles on Group Policy Troubleshooting but here are some common things I have come across: The following points should be taken into consideration while Troubleshooting Group Policy. These are the common ones:

Group Policy settings can be applied only when User account or computer account (leaf objects) are in the same container where GPO is applied.


  • Leaf objects or Groups must have �Read� and �Apply Group Permissions� assigned to them.

  • Make sure you and users have proper permissions on SYSVOL folder.

  • Make sure SYSVOL folder is shared properly (type net share \\ip_of_dc) from a�client machine or server.

  • Group Policy Objects may not be processed if Client-Side-Extensions (CSE) are missing in client machine or DLL used to process GPOs are corrupted. You can find the CSE at the following registry location:

��������� HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\GPTExtension.

  • Make sure NetBIOS Helper service is running in server using services.msc snap-in.

  • Make sure you haven�t enabled *No Override* option on parent GPOs if you�re using one. Check this in Default Domain GPO.

  • For permissions, you should have the following set for each object:


    • Finally you can troubleshoot Group Policy either using GPMC (RSOP) or enabling User Environment Debugging on one of your client machine and then finding the culprit.

    �������� How to enable User Profile Debugging:

    ��������� http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;221833

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    Article Info
    Article ID : 555982
    Revision : 1
    Created on : 9/18/2007
    Published on : 9/18/2007
    Exists online : False
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