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    Hi all,

    I received this message when i tried to look at the local group policy setting on one of my machines (Windows XP SP3), which is joined in my domain.

    "Failed to open group policy object on this computer. You may not have appropriate rights.

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    Unspecified error."

    note that I am local admin.

    It's all started when I was troublshooting WSUS connectivity and i looked at the WinsdowsUpdate.log, the WSUS server was <Null> & WSUS status server <Null>, I tried to force the domain GP by using GPupdate /force, it went fine and asked to log off, but nothing changed in the WindowsUpdate.log still <Null>. Then i tried to look at the local policy setting.

    I searched the internet nothing related to my case.

    Thanks in advance for advising.

    Mohammed Adel

    Thursday, May 20, 2010 11:33 AM

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    I guess reinstall windows is the solution, I also found one log "event id 1096", related to "registry.pol" it was corrupted.

    Regards,

    Mohammed Adel

    Sunday, May 23, 2010 6:19 AM

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    I guess reinstall windows is the solution, I also found one log "event id 1096", related to "registry.pol" it was corrupted.

    Regards,

    Mohammed Adel

    Sunday, May 23, 2010 6:19 AM
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    I just had this happen to me and I fixed it by deleting the contents of the c:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicy\Machine folder.
    • Edited by anonymiss1 Wednesday, November 2, 2011 7:33 PM
    • Proposed as answer by AbhiD Tuesday, November 20, 2012 6:07 PM
    Thursday, August 18, 2011 5:03 PM
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    Thanks for sharing your knowlodge, sure I will give it a try next time.

    Regards,

    Mohammed Adel

    Saturday, August 20, 2011 6:51 PM
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    Bravo anonymiss1

    Millimeter Perfect. It works beautifully. Thanks for saving my time.

    .abhi


    • Edited by AbhiD Tuesday, November 20, 2012 6:09 PM Name mistake
    Tuesday, November 20, 2012 6:07 PM
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    Please note that the GroupPolicy folder is a hidden folder so you will have to show hidden folders and protected system files.

    Thursday, November 14, 2013 9:56 AM
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    Thank You!!!
    Sunday, March 9, 2014 3:45 PM
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    Thanks Sayed,

    Worked perfectly...

    Friday, April 11, 2014 12:42 PM
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    Thank you very much! 
    Tuesday, January 20, 2015 8:11 PM
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    thanks anonymiss1, it works for me... 
    Saturday, January 2, 2016 12:40 PM
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    That worked for me! Thanks!
    Thursday, January 14, 2016 3:04 AM
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    Thanks a lot! You saved my time.
    Tuesday, June 6, 2017 5:43 AM
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    From a Normal Windows, Copy Content of 'C:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicy\Machine' folder to Path of corrupted Machine.
    Monday, November 27, 2017 9:11 AM
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    Worked for me on Windows 2012 R2. Thanks!     Betsy Brahm
    Thursday, February 8, 2018 2:38 AM
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    i just renamed the machine folder in the specified path,,, its worked... thanks.

    Abu Umer

    Wednesday, March 14, 2018 7:30 AM
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    Worked like a charm. Huge thanks :D
    Friday, November 2, 2018 3:45 AM
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    Thank you!!
    Monday, March 4, 2019 10:06 AM
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    Great Job Man, This process is work. Again Thanks.
    Monday, March 11, 2019 12:36 PM
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    Instant fix. Thanks!
    Wednesday, March 20, 2019 12:00 PM
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    Did any work for you ?
    Monday, November 18, 2019 9:02 AM