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C:\Users\Administrator>gpupdate /force
Updating policy...
Computer policy could not be updated successfully. The following errors were enc
ountered:
The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows attempted to read the file \\repr
o.local\SysVol\repro.local\Policies\{318003EA-482D-4AB1-A3BB-B9FE9D28BDDB}\gpt.i
ni from a domain controller and was not successful. Group Policy settings may no
t be applied until this event is resolved. This issue may be transient and could
be caused by one or more of the following:
a) Name Resolution/Network Connectivity to the current domain controller.
b) File Replication Service Latency (a file created on another domain controller
has not replicated to the current domain controller).
c) The Distributed File System (DFS) client has been disabled.
User Policy could not be updated successfully. The following errors were encount
ered:
The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows attempted to read the file \\repr
o.local\SysVol\repro.local\Policies\{318003EA-482D-4AB1-A3BB-B9FE9D28BDDB}\gpt.i
ni from a domain controller and was not successful. Group Policy settings may no
t be applied until this event is resolved. This issue may be transient and could
be caused by one or more of the following:
a) Name Resolution/Network Connectivity to the current domain controller.
b) File Replication Service Latency (a file created on another domain controller
has not replicated to the current domain controller).
c) The Distributed File System (DFS) client has been disabled.
To diagnose the failure, review the event log or run GPRESULT /H GPReport.html f
rom the command line to access information about Group Policy results.
C\Users\Administrator>ping reprodc01
Pinging REPRODC01.repro.local [fe80::5924:488b:ac47:1533%13] with 32 bytes of da
ta:
Reply from fe80::5924:488b:ac47:1533%13: time<1ms
Reply from fe80::5924:488b:ac47:1533%13: time<1ms
Reply from fe80::5924:488b:ac47:1533%13: time<1ms
Reply from fe80::5924:488b:ac47:1533%13: time<1ms
Ping statistics for fe80::5924:488b:ac47:1533%13:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
C:\Users\Administrator>gpupdate /force
Updating policy...
Computer policy could not be updated successfully. The following errors were enc
ountered:
The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows attempted to read the file \\repr
o.local\SysVol\repro.local\Policies\{318003EA-482D-4AB1-A3BB-B9FE9D28BDDB}\gpt.i
ni from a domain controller and was not successful. Group Policy settings may no
t be applied until this event is resolved. This issue may be transient and could
be caused by one or more of the following:
a) Name Resolution/Network Connectivity to the current domain controller.
b) File Replication Service Latency (a file created on another domain controller
has not replicated to the current domain controller).
c) The Distributed File System (DFS) client has been disabled.
User Policy could not be updated successfully. The following errors were encount
ered:
The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows attempted to read the file \\repr
o.local\SysVol\repro.local\Policies\{318003EA-482D-4AB1-A3BB-B9FE9D28BDDB}\gpt.i
ni from a domain controller and was not successful. Group Policy settings may no
t be applied until this event is resolved. This issue may be transient and could
be caused by one or more of the following:
a) Name Resolution/Network Connectivity to the current domain controller.
b) File Replication Service Latency (a file created on another domain controller
has not replicated to the current domain controller).
c) The Distributed File System (DFS) client has been disabled.
To diagnose the failure, review the event log or run GPRESULT /H GPReport.html f
rom the command line to access information about Group Policy results.
C:\Users\Administrator>gpupdate /force
I've been plagued by this many times. I finally stumbled upon the fix - assuming everything is NORMALLY working fine, this should fix the problem.
Test-ComputerSecureChannel -Repair
Reset-ComputerMachinePassword -Credential domain\adminuser
gpupdate /force
Hi @Adam J. Marshall,
Thank you for your prompt response.
Where do I run these commands? I tried cmd but it does not recognize the first command.
HI @Adam J. Marshall,
I have tried this. It hasn't worked.
IS there anything else I can try?
These must be run in PowerShell. Have you tried restarting the computer after running the reset-computermachinepassword command?
Ensure DNS is correct on the client (DNS Servers must be a domain controller within your network that is REACHABLE - verify communication first).
Thank you, worked with me.
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After all this time this is still a problem, even with 2016 Domain
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If this doesn't work first time, make sure that in your GPO for allowing access to network is enabled and the users and computers are added. This should fix the issue. and if you need the GPO path for allow access it is:
Computer Configuration>Policies>Windows Settings>Security Settings>Local Policies>User Rights Assignments> Access this computer from the network.
Also make sure you are running Powershell as admin before entering those commands.
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Start by checking if the file gpt.ini exist in Sysvol and it's reacheable from impacted machine:
\\repr o.local\SysVol\repro.local\Policies\{318003EA-482D-4AB1-A3BB-B9FE9D28BDDB}\gpt.i ni
If the gpt.ini is missing,run the following command to identify the name of the GPO mentioned in the error message:
Get-GPO -Guid 318003EA-482D-4AB1-A3BB-B9FE9D28BDDB-Domain "domainName.local"
To fix missing gpt.ini file, you can try one of the following sollution:
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Hi @Thameur-BOURBITA ,
Thank you for your prompt response on this.
I checked the path and the file does exist.
When I try to make changes to the GPO it tells me that "The network Name cannot be found."
Can you help?
Did you check if the file \\repr o.local\SysVol\repro.local\Policies\{318003EA-482D-4AB1-A3BB-B9FE9D28BDDB}\gpt.ini exist on PDC ?
Try to perform the following steps to replace impacted GPO by new one:
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Hello! I wanted to reach out to see how this issue was solved, if it was, and what seemed to be the root cause?