Group Policy Preference Power Plan "Blocked By Group Policy"

I noticed this error in the application event log of a Windows 7 PC:
Log Name: Application
Source: Group Policy Power Options
Date: 3/21/2013 3:19:42 AM
Event ID: 4098
Task Category: (2)
Level: Warning
Keywords: Classic
User: SYSTEM
Computer: xxx
Description:
The computer 'Power Plan (Windows Vista and later)' preference item in the 'Windows 7 Desktop Power Plan {A078F08F-45CC-4209-A264-FE0CB5635A99}' Group Policy object did not apply because it failed with error code '0x800704ec This program is blocked by group
policy. For more information, contact your system administrator.' This error was suppressed.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Group Policy Power Options" />
<EventID Qualifiers="34305">4098</EventID>
<Level>3</Level>
<Task>2</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-03-21T10:19:42.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>7687</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>xx</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>computer</Data>
<Data>Power Plan (Windows Vista and later)</Data>
<Data>Windows 7 Desktop Power Plan {A078F08F-45CC-4209-A264-FE0CB5635A99}</Data>
<Data>0x800704ec This program is blocked by group policy. For more information, contact your system administrator.</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
How can I find out exactly why it is not working? "Blocked by group policy" is not specific enough.

Hi,
You can also enable GPP tracing and logging for more information:
Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\System\Group Policy\Configure Power Options preference logging and tracing
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2008/07/18/enabling-group-policy-preferences-debug-logging-using-the-rsat.aspx
Regards,
Cicely
There is no such option "Configure Power Options preference logging and tracing" at Computer
Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\System\Group Policy\.
It alphabetical order Always use local ADM files ... is followed by Disallow interactive users from generating ... Not

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Hi JaseFromLodon,
To make it work ,we can set this policy to have a check.By default, computer Group Policy is updated in the background every 90 minutes.We can change this time to "0" instead of creating a task schedule and the update will be performed every 7
second.
Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Group Policy \Set group policy refresh internal for computers
Here is a link for reference
Group Policy refresh interval for computers
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc940895.aspx
For the time range faeture ,I am sorry I didn`t explain the issue clearly .
Pay attention to the "note " in step 13 of the link as you posted .
"Make sure you allow for the policy refresh interval (default 90 minutes with a 20% random offset) when configuring the start and end time. This means you might want to start applying the policy 2 hours before the start of business (e.g. 6:30am) to make
sure all the computers are configured with the Business Hours Power Plan before people login in the morning (e.g. 8:30am)."
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the explanation of the time range features carefully (the screenshot I have posted).
Manually "gpupdate /force "will work .I suspect the task schedule hasn`t been set correctly .Please check the running history of this task schedule.
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Hello,
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Hi,
I'll involve other engineer to this thread for more discussion about your problem. Please wait patient.
Thank you for your understanding!
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Hi,
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Is it possible to use this GPPs with ZCM Policies?
Cheers

Here is a bit of a primer:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/m...01.layout.aspx
Note: You will need to use ADM and not ADMX if I recall.
The key will be knowing what registry keys to set.
For PowerSettings, there are some ADM files floating about the internet
already.
On 6/25/2012 12:46 PM, drops wrote:
>
> Hi Steffen,
>
> for folder redirection look here:
> 'Cool Solutions: Local Group Policy Folder Redirection (HKCU User
> Shell)' (http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/tools/14324.html)
>
> it works with windows 7.
>
> For a lot of configuration settings i prefer bundles. e.g. registry
> changes to HKLM.
>
> Power management: use powercfg.exe -IMPORT
>
> Printer: we use iprint policies. for local printers look at rundll32
> PrintUI.dll, PrintUIEntry /?
>
>
> With software simply use the Bundle - see your foxitreader example and
> recommendation from Shaun.
>
> best regards
>
> Markus
>
>
>
> SteffenMuch;2203349 Wrote:
>> Hi Craig,
>> do you know a good "how to" for this? I didnt create a group policy
>> template until now.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Steffen
>>
>>
>> @Shaun:
>> Thanks, i will look at this solution.
>
>
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Mike,
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
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Group policy Preferences server 2008 and windows 7

Hi I have been struggling with an issue with group policy preferences for a while now with regard to pushing out printers to windows 7 (32/64 bit) Machines. I have two DC servers one is 2008 and the other is 2008 r2. I have setup the group policies on the
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Just as a side note, each classroom has its own user account and its own printer.
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Hi,
>>The xp machines do this perfectly well when I install the client side extensions patch, but they just will not pull down on the 7 machines unless i install the
printer first manually, then delete it and then run gpupdate.
Before going further, we can run command
gpresult/h gpreport.html with admin privileges to collect group policy result on the troubled Windows 7 clients to check the issue. Besides, we can also check event logs in Event Viewer to see if some related error events were logged.
Besides, I want to confirm if we have disabled
Point and Print Restrictions under both User Configuration and Computer Configuration. To have a consistent experience, it’s recommended that we disable the policy setting in both locations if we are dealing with mixed-level clients.
Regarding this point, the following article can be referred to for more information.
Point and Print Restrictions policies are ignored in Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, and later Windows operating systems
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2307161/en-us
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[Forum FAQ] Group Policy Preferences Scheduled Tasks Item not working when the option Run whether user is logged on or not is selected

Scenario:
We use one of the following Group Policy Preferences Scheduled Tasks item to deploy a task to clients:
Computer Configuration -> Control Panel Settings -> Scheduled Tasks -> New -> Scheduled Task (At least Windows 7)
Computer Configuration -> Control Panel Settings -> Scheduled Tasks -> New -> Immediate Task (At least Windows 7)
User Configuration -> Control Panel Settings -> Scheduled Tasks -> New -> Scheduled Task (At least Windows 7)
User Configuration -> Control Panel Settings -> Scheduled Tasks -> New -> Immediate Task (At least Windows 7)
(Note that on some platforms, "At least Windows 7" is replaced with "Windows Vista and later.")
After designating a user account to run the task, we select “Run whether user is logged on or not” option, and “The Do not store password…”
check box is automatically grayed out (See Figure 1).
Figure 1
After finishing configuring the task item, on a client, we run command
gpupdate/force to forcefully update group policy. However, on the client, when we check if the task is listed in Task Scheduler snap-in, the task is not displayed, and when we run
gpresult/h report.html to collect group policy result for troubleshooting, we see an error as similar as shown in the following figure (Figure 2).
Figure 2
Cause:
To make the scheduled task run whether the user is logged on or not, we need to store the password of the designated user account. However, for the content of the scheduled
task item is stored in Sysvol where it’s not safe to store passwords, this function has been deprecated.
Workaround:
We can run the task with system account
NT Authority\System, or we can use specific user accounts to run the task when the given user is logged on. (See Figure 3)
Figure 3
Reference:
MS14-025: Vulnerability in Group Policy Preferences could allow elevation of privilege: May 13, 2014
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2962486
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Hello Everyone,
Succeeded !!!!!!!
Even i was struggling with this same Problem to execute a batch via Window scheduler and set the setting to "Run whether the user is logged in or not".
I tried many time but the batch runs with " Run
whether user is logged on" and not with "Run
whether user is logged on or not".
what i discovered is that there was one mapped drive
path in my batch file which was not the complete path like y:/AR.qvw actually what i did i changed that map path to the complete path like \\servnamename\d$\AR.qvw and the batch executed successfully with the setting "Run
whether user is logged on or not"
The
conclusion is that check the dependency of the script on external resources because when you check this option "Run
whether user is logged on or not" It actually conflicts. This my discovery.
If
you have any question write me on [email protected]
Thanks
& Regards,
Arun

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I have searched Google a fair bit on this but shockingly I just can't find an actual answer. The Group Policy forum is where I should have started rather than finally come to :)
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So, I need to torublesahoot this ut also to know where such a thing causing this error message would be set under normal circumstances. Also, could antivirus cause this? I can't see the error saying "group policy" if it did though.
Thank you very much.

Hi,
Thanks for posting your issue in the forum.
Based on your description, I suspect that maybe Software Restriction Policy has been configured in the domain. At this time, I suggest we could try to collect the following information to narrow
down the cause of the issue.
GPMC.log
==================
a. On domain controller, click Start ->Run, type GPMC.MSC, it will load the GPMC console.
b. Right click on "Group Policy Result" and choose wizard to generate a report for the problematic computer and user account (please place appropriately). (Choose computer and select the proper
user in the wizard)
c. Right click
the resulting group policy result and click the "Save Report…" => save report to save the report to a HTML file.
Once we get the report, please check if the Software Restriction Policy has been configured and applied to the problematic computers and users. If so, please disable the policy setting to see
if the issue persists.
In addition, please try to refer to the following articles for detailed information about Software Restriction Policy and how to troubleshoot Group Policy problems.
Software Restriction Policies
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831534.aspx
Troubleshooting Group Policy Problems
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc787386(v=ws.10).aspx
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> Any ideas here?
We use GPP Registry to achieve this goal, so we do not run into that
issue (we unchecked "run in users context", so privs are not an issue)
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Martin
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Good or bad GPOs?
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Hi all,
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permissions to write to the Connections key under Internet Settings in the registry. If I delete the Connections key (Which includes DefaultConnectionSettings and SavedLegacySettings) I can then make changes to the proxy (Although without the original settings).
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with the exact same GPP settings and I can make changes to the LAN Settings. Is this possibly a bug? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.

Hi,
So by now we could make it work by deleting the Connections key, in order to change the proxy settings of IE 10-Windows 7 in the Windows Server 2008 R2 environment?
Besides, could it be convenient for us to perform some more tests here? How IE 10 of Windows 7 behaves in Server 2012 R2 environment? And Windows 8 in Server 2008 R2?
Best regards
Michael
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Cannot Copy File with Group Policy Preferences

Hi,
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does not already exist on the client, with the archive bit on.
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Destination: C:\folder
GPResult shows the clients are getting the GPO, but it seems as if that one setting and another is not being applied. I have no idea why this isn't working when other parts of the GPO are being applied. I read
the documentation on the Technet page, but I must have missed something.
Any ideas why this might not be working?
Thanks
Jason Watkins MCSE, MCSA, MCDBA, CCNA

> Computers" has read access. Listing the actual file name in the
> destination is something I would have never though to do.
...unless the path ends with an "\", it IS a file name, so if you had
"C:\Folder" as the target, check your C:\ drive for a file called
"Folder" :)
Martin
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NO THEY ARE NOT EVIL, if you know what you are doing:
Good or bad GPOs?
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Installation blocked by group policy designed to prevent CryptoLocker

We have followed the steps outlined by bleepingcomputer.com to prevent as best we can the CryptoLocker virus. Link to article: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/cryptolocker-ransomware-information#prevent
Please update your Reader installer to not use %AppData%\Local\Temp\. The CryptoLocker prevention method involves blocking that and the following paths. I know many businesses using these techniques.
Block CryptoLocker executable in %AppData%
Path: %AppData%\*.exe
Security Level: Disallowed
Description: Don't allow executables to run from %AppData%.
Block CryptoLocker executable in %LocalAppData%
Path if using Windows XP: %UserProfile%\Local Settings\*.exe
Path if using Windows Vista/7/8: %LocalAppData%\*.exe
Security Level: Disallowed
Description: Don't allow executables to run from %AppData%.
Block Zbot executable in %AppData%
Path: %AppData%\*\*.exe
Security Level: Disallowed
Description: Don't allow executables to run from immediate subfolders of %AppData%.
Block Zbot executable in %LocalAppData%
Path if using Windows XP: %UserProfile%\Local Settings\*\*.exe
Path if using Windows Vista/7/8: %LocalAppData%\*\*.exe
Security Level: Disallowed
Description: Don't allow executables to run from immediate subfolders of %AppData%.
Block executables run from archive attachments opened with WinRAR:
Path if using Windows XP: %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temp\Rar*\*.exe
Path if using Windows Vista/7/8: %LocalAppData%\Temp\Rar*\*.exe
Security Level: Disallowed
Description: Block executables run from archive attachments opened with WinRAR.
Block executables run from archive attachments opened with 7zip:
Path if using Windows XP: %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temp\7z*\*.exe
Path if using Windows Vista/7/8: %LocalAppData%\Temp\7z*\*.exe
Security Level: Disallowed
Description: Block executables run from archive attachments opened with 7zip.
Block executables run from archive attachments opened with WinZip:
Path if using Windows XP: %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temp\wz*\*.exe
Path if using Windows Vista/7/8: %LocalAppData%\Temp\wz*\*.exe
Security Level: Disallowed
Description: Block executables run from archive attachments opened with WinZip.
Block executables run from archive attachments opened using Windows built-in Zip support:
Path if using Windows XP: %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temp\*.zip\*.exe
Path if using Windows Vista/7/8: %LocalAppData%\Temp\*.zip\*.exe
Security Level: Disallowed
Description: Block executables run from archive attachments opened using Windows built-in Zip support.

Hi, I am using a toshiba personal laptop, windows 7 home premuim. No one else uses it, nor have i brought it to any buisness , other home, etc.
I have been blocked by group policy for 3 months. I have spend over 200 dollars on ITs to only tell me they have never seen this before, and to buy a new laptop.. I have no idea why i am the admin, and only user yet all i can open is aol.
I am at my wits end, and will go buy another laptop, deffenitly nothing like this one.. I have lost alot of time and money trying to fix this, late payments etc
thanks for any input
aimee
oh my isp is cox, and i have a router
reading this I am able to identify that you are contaminated with malware, it may has also affected your recovery
try recovery to factory fresh and then install Microsoft Security Essentials so that you have 1/2 a chance next time
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