Group Policy Results wizard on Windows 8.1

I am using the Group Policy Management console on Windows 8.1. When I run the Group Policy Results wizard and target a computer running Windows Server 2003, I get the following error in the Details and Summary tabs: "An error occurred while generating
report: There are no more endpoints available from the endpoint mapper".
This only happens if I target a Server 2003 computer. If I target Windows XP (and up) or Server 2008 (and up), it works fine.
I tried running the wizard from a Server 2012 and a Server 2012 R2 computer and I receive the same error. If I run the wizard from other versions of Windows/GPMC, I can target those Server 2003 computers just fine.
Also, the GPRESULT tool works from Windows 8.1 when I target a Server 2003 computer.
Is Server 2003 no longer supported by the GP Results wizard or is something else messed up? Web searches for that error just come up with things relating to Active Directory replication, Windows firewall, or the RPC locator service.

> "An error occurred while generating report: There are no more endpoints
> available from the endpoint mapper".
Are server and client in the same network? If not: Double check ALL
intermediate firewalls... I remember such a problem with a TMG between
server and client, but I don't know the exact resolution - another
member of the team reconfigured the TMG.
Martin
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Directory Server Diagnosis
Performing initial setup:
Trying to find home server...
* Verifying that the local machine KELLERDCFS, is a Directory Server.
Home Server = KELLERDCFS
* Connecting to directory service on server KELLERDCFS.
* Identified AD Forest.
Collecting AD specific global data
* Collecting site info.
Calling ldap_search_init_page(hld,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=keller-pa,DC=net,LDAP_SCOPE_SUBTREE,(objectCategory=ntDSSiteSettings),.......
The previous call succeeded
Iterating through the sites
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Getting ISTG and options for the site
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Calling ldap_search_init_page(hld,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=keller-pa,DC=net,LDAP_SCOPE_SUBTREE,(objectClass=ntDSDsa),.......
The previous call succeeded....
The previous call succeeded
Iterating through the list of servers
Getting information for the server CN=NTDS Settings,CN=KELLERDCFS,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=keller-pa,DC=net
objectGuid obtained
InvocationID obtained
dnsHostname obtained
site info obtained
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* Active Directory LDAP Services Check
Determining IP4 connectivity
Determining IP6 connectivity
* Active Directory RPC Services Check
......................... KELLERDCFS passed test Connectivity
Doing primary tests
Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\KELLERDCFS
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The DC KELLERDCFS is advertising itself as a DC and having a DS.
The DC KELLERDCFS is advertising as an LDAP server
The DC KELLERDCFS is advertising as having a writeable directory
The DC KELLERDCFS is advertising as a Key Distribution Center
The DC KELLERDCFS is advertising as a time server
The DS KELLERDCFS is advertising as a GC.
......................... KELLERDCFS passed test Advertising
Test omitted by user request: CheckSecurityError
Test omitted by user request: CutoffServers
Starting test: FrsEvent
* The File Replication Service Event log test
Skip the test because the event log File Replication Service does not exist.
......................... KELLERDCFS passed test FrsEvent
Starting test: DFSREvent
The DFS Replication Event Log.
......................... KELLERDCFS passed test DFSREvent
Starting test: SysVolCheck
* The File Replication Service SYSVOL ready test
File Replication Service's SYSVOL is ready
......................... KELLERDCFS passed test SysVolCheck
Starting test: KccEvent
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Found no KCC errors in "Directory Service" Event log in the last 15 minutes.
......................... KELLERDCFS passed test KccEvent
Starting test: KnowsOfRoleHolders
Role Schema Owner = CN=NTDS Settings,CN=KELLERDCFS,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=keller-pa,DC=net
Role Domain Owner = CN=NTDS Settings,CN=KELLERDCFS,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=keller-pa,DC=net
Role PDC Owner = CN=NTDS Settings,CN=KELLERDCFS,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=keller-pa,DC=net
Role Rid Owner = CN=NTDS Settings,CN=KELLERDCFS,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=keller-pa,DC=net
Role Infrastructure Update Owner = CN=NTDS Settings,CN=KELLERDCFS,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=keller-pa,DC=net
......................... KELLERDCFS passed test KnowsOfRoleHolders
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Checking machine account for DC KELLERDCFS on DC KELLERDCFS.
* SPN found :LDAP/KELLERDCFS.keller-pa.net/keller-pa.net
* SPN found :LDAP/KELLERDCFS.keller-pa.net
* SPN found :LDAP/KELLERDCFS
* SPN found :LDAP/KELLERDCFS.keller-pa.net/KELLER-PA
* SPN found :LDAP/42268b36-801f-4a6d-b162-34f3b01e04bb._msdcs.keller-pa.net
* SPN found :E3514235-4B06-11D1-AB04-00C04FC2DCD2/42268b36-801f-4a6d-b162-34f3b01e04bb/keller-pa.net
* SPN found :HOST/KELLERDCFS.keller-pa.net/keller-pa.net
* SPN found :HOST/KELLERDCFS.keller-pa.net
* SPN found :HOST/KELLERDCFS
* SPN found :HOST/KELLERDCFS.keller-pa.net/KELLER-PA
* SPN found :GC/KELLERDCFS.keller-pa.net/keller-pa.net
......................... KELLERDCFS passed test MachineAccount
Starting test: NCSecDesc
* Security Permissions check for all NC's on DC KELLERDCFS.
* Security Permissions Check for
DC=ForestDnsZones,DC=keller-pa,DC=net
(NDNC,Version 3)
* Security Permissions Check for
DC=DomainDnsZones,DC=keller-pa,DC=net
(NDNC,Version 3)
* Security Permissions Check for
CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=keller-pa,DC=net
(Schema,Version 3)
* Security Permissions Check for
CN=Configuration,DC=keller-pa,DC=net
(Configuration,Version 3)
* Security Permissions Check for
DC=keller-pa,DC=net
(Domain,Version 3)
......................... KELLERDCFS passed test NCSecDesc
Starting test: NetLogons
* Network Logons Privileges Check
Verified share \\KELLERDCFS\netlogon
Verified share \\KELLERDCFS\sysvol
......................... KELLERDCFS passed test NetLogons
Starting test: ObjectsReplicated
KELLERDCFS is in domain DC=keller-pa,DC=net
Checking for CN=KELLERDCFS,OU=Domain Controllers,DC=keller-pa,DC=net in domain DC=keller-pa,DC=net on 1 servers
Object is up-to-date on all servers.
Checking for CN=NTDS Settings,CN=KELLERDCFS,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=keller-pa,DC=net in domain CN=Configuration,DC=keller-pa,DC=net on 1 servers
Object is up-to-date on all servers.
......................... KELLERDCFS passed test ObjectsReplicated
Test omitted by user request: OutboundSecureChannels
Starting test: Replications
* Replications Check
* Replication Latency Check
......................... KELLERDCFS passed test Replications
Starting test: RidManager
* Available RID Pool for the Domain is 1600 to 1073741823
* KELLERDCFS.keller-pa.net is the RID Master
* DsBind with RID Master was successful
* rIDAllocationPool is 1100 to 1599
* rIDPreviousAllocationPool is 1100 to 1599
* rIDNextRID: 1111
......................... KELLERDCFS passed test RidManager
Starting test: Services
* Checking Service: EventSystem
* Checking Service: RpcSs
* Checking Service: NTDS
* Checking Service: DnsCache
* Checking Service: DFSR
* Checking Service: IsmServ
* Checking Service: kdc
* Checking Service: SamSs
* Checking Service: LanmanServer
* Checking Service: LanmanWorkstation
* Checking Service: w32time
* Checking Service: NETLOGON
......................... KELLERDCFS passed test Services
Starting test: SystemLog
* The System Event log test
An Error Event occurred. EventID: 0x00000422
Time Generated: 07/07/2009 17:53:59
Event String:
The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows attempted to read the file \\keller-pa.net\sysvol\keller-pa.net\Policies\{6AC1786C-016F-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}\gpt.ini from a domain controller and was not successful. Group Policy settings may not be applied until this event is resolved. This issue may be transient and could be caused by one or more of the following:
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b) File Replication Service Latency (a file created on another domain controller has not replicated to the current domain controller).
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An Error Event occurred. EventID: 0x00000422
Time Generated: 07/07/2009 17:59:02
Event String:
The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows attempted to read the file \\keller-pa.net\sysvol\keller-pa.net\Policies\{6AC1786C-016F-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}\gpt.ini from a domain controller and was not successful. Group Policy settings may not 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).
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An Error Event occurred. EventID: 0x00000422
Time Generated: 07/07/2009 18:04:04
Event String:
The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows attempted to read the file \\keller-pa.net\sysvol\keller-pa.net\Policies\{6AC1786C-016F-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}\gpt.ini from a domain controller and was not successful. Group Policy settings may not be applied until this event is resolved. This issue may be transient and could be caused by one or more of the following:
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An Error Event occurred. EventID: 0x00000422
Time Generated: 07/07/2009 18:09:06
Event String:
The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows attempted to read the file \\keller-pa.net\sysvol\keller-pa.net\Policies\{6AC1786C-016F-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}\gpt.ini from a domain controller and was not successful. Group Policy settings may not be applied until this event is resolved. This issue may be transient and could be caused by one or more of the following:
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An Error Event occurred. EventID: 0x00000422
Time Generated: 07/07/2009 18:14:08
Event String:
The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows attempted to read the file \\keller-pa.net\sysvol\keller-pa.net\Policies\{6AC1786C-016F-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}\gpt.ini from a domain controller and was not successful. Group Policy settings may not 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.
An Error Event occurred. EventID: 0x00000422
Time Generated: 07/07/2009 18:19:10
Event String:
The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows attempted to read the file \\keller-pa.net\sysvol\keller-pa.net\Policies\{6AC1786C-016F-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}\gpt.ini from a domain controller and was not successful. Group Policy settings may not 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.
An Error Event occurred. EventID: 0x00000422
Time Generated: 07/07/2009 18:24:12
Event String:
The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows attempted to read the file \\keller-pa.net\sysvol\keller-pa.net\Policies\{6AC1786C-016F-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}\gpt.ini from a domain controller and was not successful. Group Policy settings may not be applied until this event is resolved. This issue may be transient and could be caused by one or more of the following:
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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.
An Error Event occurred. EventID: 0x00000422
Time Generated: 07/07/2009 18:29:15
Event String:
The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows attempted to read the file \\keller-pa.net\sysvol\keller-pa.net\Policies\{6AC1786C-016F-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}\gpt.ini from a domain controller and was not successful. Group Policy settings may not be applied until this event is resolved. This issue may be transient and could be caused by one or more of the following:
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b) File Replication Service Latency (a file created on another domain controller has not replicated to the current domain controller).
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An Error Event occurred. EventID: 0x00000422
Time Generated: 07/07/2009 18:34:17
Event String:
The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows attempted to read the file \\keller-pa.net\sysvol\keller-pa.net\Policies\{6AC1786C-016F-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}\gpt.ini from a domain controller and was not successful. Group Policy settings may not be applied until this event is resolved. This issue may be transient and could be caused by one or more of the following:
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Time Generated: 07/07/2009 18:39:19
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The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows attempted to read the file \\keller-pa.net\sysvol\keller-pa.net\Policies\{6AC1786C-016F-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}\gpt.ini from a domain controller and was not successful. Group Policy settings may not be applied until this event is resolved. This issue may be transient and could be caused by one or more of the following:
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Event String:
The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows attempted to read the file \\keller-pa.net\sysvol\keller-pa.net\Policies\{6AC1786C-016F-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}\gpt.ini from a domain controller and was not successful. Group Policy settings may not 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.
......................... KELLERDCFS failed test SystemLog
Test omitted by user request: Topology
Test omitted by user request: VerifyEnterpriseReferences
Starting test: VerifyReferences
The system object reference (serverReference)
CN=KELLERDCFS,OU=Domain Controllers,DC=keller-pa,DC=net and backlink
on
CN=KELLERDCFS,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=keller-pa,DC=net
are correct.
The system object reference (serverReferenceBL)
CN=KELLERDCFS,CN=Topology,CN=Domain System Volume,CN=DFSR-GlobalSettings,CN=System,DC=keller-pa,DC=net
and backlink on
CN=NTDS Settings,CN=KELLERDCFS,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=keller-pa,DC=net
are correct.
......................... KELLERDCFS passed test VerifyReferences
Test omitted by user request: VerifyReplicas
Test omitted by user request: DNS
Test omitted by user request: DNS
Running partition tests on : ForestDnsZones
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... ForestDnsZones passed test CheckSDRefDom
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... ForestDnsZones passed test
CrossRefValidation
Running partition tests on : DomainDnsZones
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... DomainDnsZones passed test CheckSDRefDom
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... DomainDnsZones passed test
CrossRefValidation
Running partition tests on : Schema
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... Schema passed test CheckSDRefDom
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... Schema passed test CrossRefValidation
Running partition tests on : Configuration
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... Configuration passed test CheckSDRefDom
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... Configuration passed test CrossRefValidation
Running partition tests on : keller-pa
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... keller-pa passed test CheckSDRefDom
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... keller-pa passed test CrossRefValidation
Running enterprise tests on : keller-pa.net
Test omitted by user request: DNS
Test omitted by user request: DNS
Starting test: LocatorCheck
GC Name: \\KELLERDCFS.keller-pa.net
Locator Flags: 0xe00013fd
PDC Name: \\KELLERDCFS.keller-pa.net
Locator Flags: 0xe00013fd
Time Server Name: \\KELLERDCFS.keller-pa.net
Locator Flags: 0xe00013fd
Preferred Time Server Name: \\KELLERDCFS.keller-pa.net
Locator Flags: 0xe00013fd
KDC Name: \\KELLERDCFS.keller-pa.net
Locator Flags: 0xe00013fd
......................... keller-pa.net passed test LocatorCheck
Starting test: Intersite
Skipping site Default-First-Site-Name, this site is outside the scope
provided by the command line arguments provided.
......................... keller-pa.net passed test Intersite
Here's the nslookup from Vista client:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\Andrew>nslookup KELLERDCFS
Server: UnKnown
Address: 192.168.1.100
Name: KELLERDCFS.keller-pa.net
Addresses: 192.168.1.150
192.168.1.100
C:\Users\Andrew>
Thanks again!

Windows Time Server setting not following group policy

I hardly use group policy, except for two settings:
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\User Profiles\Exclude directories in roaming profile
Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Windows Time Service\Configure Windows NTP Client & Enable Windows NTP Client
The first setting has worked perfectly for years, but the second one seems to have stopped working, in that the time on client PCs has become out by several minutes. The client PCs are running Windows 7 and Windows 8.1.
Following is the result under [TimeProviders] when I run W32TM /query /configuration:
On the server:
NtpClient (Local)
DllName: C:\Windows\system32\w32time.dll (Local)
Enabled: 1 (Local)
InputProvider: 1 (Local)
AllowNonstandardModeCombinations: 1 (Local)
ResolvePeerBackoffMinutes: 15 (Policy)
ResolvePeerBackoffMaxTimes: 7 (Policy)
CompatibilityFlags: 2147483648 (Local)
EventLogFlags: 0 (Policy)
LargeSampleSkew: 3 (Local)
SpecialPollInterval: 3600 (Policy)
Type: NTP (Policy)
NtpServer: time.windows.com,0x9 (Policy)
NtpServer (Local)
DllName: C:\Windows\system32\w32time.dll (Local)
Enabled: 1 (Local)
InputProvider: 0 (Local)
AllowNonstandardModeCombinations: 1 (Local)
On the Windows 8.1 client PC:
NtpClient (Local)
DllName: C:\Windows\system32\w32time.DLL (Local)
Enabled: 1 (Local)
InputProvider: 1 (Local)
CrossSiteSyncFlags: 2 (Local)
AllowNonstandardModeCombinations: 1 (Local)
ResolvePeerBackoffMinutes: 15 (Local)
ResolvePeerBackoffMaxTimes: 7 (Local)
CompatibilityFlags: 2147483648 (Local)
EventLogFlags: 1 (Local)
LargeSampleSkew: 3 (Local)
SpecialPollInterval: 3600 (Local)
Type: NT5DS (Local)
VMICTimeProvider (Local)
DllName: C:\Windows\System32\vmictimeprovider.dll (Local)
Enabled: 1 (Local)
InputProvider: 1 (Local)
NtpServer (Local)
DllName: C:\Windows\system32\w32time.DLL (Local)
Enabled: 0 (Local)
InputProvider: 0 (Local)
Can anyone help me to fix this please so that the client PCs sync their time correctly with an NTP server?

Hi,
>>but the second one seems to have stopped working, in that the time on client PCs has become out by several minutes. The client PCs are running Windows 7 and Windows 8.1.
Does this happen to all clients in our environment? For group policy, we can run command
gpresult/h gpreport.html with administrative privileges to collect group policy result to have a check. Besides, we can check event logs in Event Viewer to see if some related events were logged.
Here, we can try to resync time with domain by following the steps described in the article below.
Configure a client computer for automatic domain time synchronization
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc758905(v=ws.10).aspx
In addition, regarding time configuration in Active Directory, the following article can be referred to for more information.
“It’s Simple!” – Time Configuration in Active Directory
http://blogs.technet.com/b/nepapfe/archive/2013/03/01/it-s-simple-time-configuration-in-active-directory.aspx
Best regards,
Frank Shen
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Processing of Group Policy failed - User Policy - Windows 7

OP:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itpronetworking/thread/191f1ee1-a551-446b-9808-ff66a952bb25
When running a gpupdate I get the following message:
Updating Policy...
User policy could not be updated successfully. The following errors were encount
ered:
The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows could not authenticate to the Act
ive Directory service on a domain controller. (LDAP Bind function call failed).
Look in the details tab for error code and description.
Computer Policy update has completed successfully.
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.
This only happens on one computer under a certain account; other accounts work fine and the problem account works fine on other computers. Therefore the problem is located on the Windows 7 computer.
I have tracked it down to an LDAP error code 49.
I tried the MS sollution (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc727283(v=ws.10).aspx) but the credentials are sound.
I can also connect to the DC with LDP.exe fine.
Here are the diagnostic read outs (GPResult was too long to post):
Log Name:      System
Source:        Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy
Date:          2/29/2012 1:56:09 PM
Event ID:      1006
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:
User:          Domain\UserAccount
Computer:      Win7-ComputerA.FQDomain
Description:
The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows could not authenticate to the Active Directory service on a domain controller. (LDAP Bind function call failed). Look in the details tab for error code and description.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
    <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy" Guid="{AEA1B4FA-97D1-45F2-A64C-4D69FFFD92C9}" />
    <EventID>1006</EventID>
    <Version>0</Version>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Opcode>1</Opcode>
    <Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2012-02-29T19:56:09.732842600Z" />
    <EventRecordID>32458</EventRecordID>
    <Correlation ActivityID="{CECE6DDC-E7CC-4563-8109-E62382F645D4}" />
    <Execution ProcessID="984" ThreadID="3688" />
    <Channel>System</Channel>
    <Computer>Win7-ComputerA.FQDomain</Computer>
    <Security UserID="S-1-5-21-416373151-1271962822-2142307910-40105" />
</System>
<EventData>
    <Data Name="SupportInfo1">1</Data>
    <Data Name="SupportInfo2">5012</Data>
    <Data Name="ProcessingMode">0</Data>
    <Data Name="ProcessingTimeInMilliseconds">1326</Data>
    <Data Name="ErrorCode">49</Data>
    <Data Name="ErrorDescription">Invalid Credentials</Data>
    <Data Name="DCName">
    </Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
Windows IP Configuration
   Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : WIN7-ComputerA
   Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : FQDomain
   Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
   IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : FQDomain
                                       ParentDomain
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : FQDomain
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82579LM Gigabit Network Connecti
on
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-21-CC-5F-CF-DF
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 216.71.244.28(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:38:25 PM
   Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, March 01, 2012 12:38:24 PM
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 216.71.244.1
   DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 216.71.244.2
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 216.71.244.2
                                       216.71.240.120
                                       216.71.240.132
   Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 216.71.244.2
   Secondary WINS Server . . . . . . : 216.71.240.130
                                       216.71.240.122
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:
   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) WiFi Link 1000 BGN
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 8C-A9-82-B0-67-E8
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Hi,
It sound like port blocking issue, Seems your client system connecting 216.71.240.x DNS Servers as a logon server and which seems on different subnet
as per subnet mask, So there must be a router or firewall in between and so it might be Active directory ports are being blocked.
So first for testing purpose just remove other
216.71.240.x DNS
servers from TCP/IP configuration and clear dns cache
ipconfig/flushdns
and restart the system. check if it works.
or run this command on DC
dcdiag /test:dns
and share the error report.
Cheers!
Sanjay

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
2008 server as it is the only one i am allowed to access regularly to do this.
Basically here is my problem. I have created multiple GPO's to send out printers from out print server to classrooms across the school district I work for, I have a mix of xp and windows 7 machines. I have the server setup with both 32 and 64bit drivers
for all printers on that server, we have a mix of oki and hp and ricoh. I know all the connections work and the drivers work well, however when I push them out using the group policy, the windows 7 machines don't install the printers. 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. In that instance it will work, but obviously i don't want
to have to go round thousands of computers doing this manually.
Just as a side note, each classroom has its own user account and its own printer.
If anyone has any advice as to how i can go about resolving this issue i would greatly appreciate it, this has been a problem i have been researching and trying to fix since January.......

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
Best regards,
Frank Shen

Group Policy Guru? Group Policy and Windows 7 erratic and inconsistant.

(*If you don't feel like reading everything, skip to the bottom two paragraphs for my questions)
I've had a premier call open with MS since August. This week I had a Microsoft Technician in-house. Though we eliminated some possibilities, we're not really closer to a cause or solution.
Every time we work with an expert, I get a different explanation to describe the situation we are viewing.
Quick summery of the issue: We've been using Group Policy to manage most Windows XP and 7 settings for years, but starting the middle of last year, we began having clients with machines where some or all group policies would fail to apply.
These could be long assigned policies, new polices, or changes to policies. It would never affect everyone or even a majority at once, and the resolution is never the same. Sometimes a GPUDPATE /FORCE sometimes fixed automajically the next day,
sometimes (but very rarely) longer.
Troubleshooting History:
What we found in early troubleshooting, that these machines, had errors in Event Viewer for Netlogon, Time-Sync, and Group Policy. The other issue we noticed, was that our GPRESULT /H reports were missing security groups and the denied section was
nothing but SSID's. The first issue pointed me to:
Event ID 5719 and event ID 1129 may be logged when a non-Microsoft DHCP Relay Agent is used
I installed these Hot Fixes. No change to any of the errors in event viewer, or to our Group Policy problems.
Initial work with Premier Support found that Netlogon, Time-Sync, and Group Policy, were failing before loading of the network stack. The suggestion was to apply the group policy setting "Always wait for the network at computer startup and
logon". At the time, this seemed not to work. The policy was set on a test bed of laptops and desktops, and no changes in behavior were seen after 3 days.
Windows 7 Clients intermittently fail to apply group policy at startup
For some time after this, we were collecting GPSVC and NetTrace logs for Premeir Support, trying to document and troubleshoot the problem. Eventually we got fed up and asked our TAM to call in a pro to get this resolved. We were sent an engineer
for 3 days. For three days we banged away on this issue. We verified AD and replication health, we tried numerous fixes and workarounds. I learned 3 different desriptions of how Group Policy works, and in the end we thought we had a workaround
using the "Always wait for the network at computer startup and logon" because of a single success late in the day. On day 3 we tried replicating this fix, and quickly realized that the same issue we were having preventing other GPOs to apply,
were also preventing our "fix" GPO from applying. So we went the route of using a registry entry. I also had a problem that even though it was making the process more consistant, it was still taking 3 reboots for a Computer Policy, assigned
to a computer object via Security Group, to fully take affect on a computer.
I used the registry methods in the above article. It didn't work, no sign it was having the same affect the GPO had had.
Our support engineer claimed this was the proper method, but that path wasn't even close in a Windows 7 SP1 registry, and after creating all the keys that were not present, it still didn't work.
Always wait for the network at computer startup and logon - AzureWeb
We ran out of time, our engineer returned home.
I can understand how these errors indicate a problem applying Group Policy at boot. But to me it doesn't explain why it doesn't correct post boot, and after a GPUDPATE /FORCE and a reboot.
It also doesn't explain why we were working fine for years, then all of a sudden DHCP is being outrun by background services. (By the way logging showed DHCP wasn't significantly delayed, out boot process was actually excellent, health wise.)
Why all of a sudden is this not behaving optimly? No changes to network design or function. No changes to the domain since 2008 R2 was installed in 2011.
Today I'm reading through all these KB's and articles again, and took some time to read:
[Forum FAQ] Common steps to start troubleshooting Group Policy
application and it's links below.
We ran though all of that before and during the 3-day onsite. It's not getting us any closer to the cause or a solution.
I found and begin some deep reading in this link today. It has some additional information I will try to use next week:
Group Policy Basics - Part 3: How Clients Process GPOs
The one unanswered question I have is this. How is group policy supposed to apply to a computer, when that policy is applied to a AD Security Group, in which the computer object is a member?
Before we began having this problem, we would assign a computer GPO, then ask the user to reboot. If it were a user GPO, we'd ask the user to log off, or reboot. Either way, if we allowed a few minutes for AD and FRS replication, the user would
log back in with that new policy in affect. A new imaged machine would boot with all the GPO's linked to that domain and assigned to "Authenticated Users", already in affect. Admin groups would be present in administrators, proxy settings
would be set in Internet Explorer, etc.
Now I'm aked to beleive this was never the case from Premeier Support and Microsoft Engineers. That those policies require the equilent of a "GPUPDATE /FORCE" that was executed by the Local_System account. That 3 reboots may
be nessessary for a group policy to be applied. One for the AD Security Group to be applied. One for the Computer Policy to be applied. And a final one for the policy in the GPO to be applied to Windows.
Can someone confirm or correct this information please? It's imperitive to my troubleshootng.
There's no place like 127.0.0.1

That key is empty on all of my machines I have checked today. Working and problematic alike.
GPRESULT logs, when ran as me, historically would show the group polices applied, denied, and the AD group membership all by name. About 6 months ago I noticed this changed.
Now they show the applied GPO's by name, a few of the denied GPO's by name, most by SID, and only 2 to 3 AD groups, though PowerShell shows all the AD groups assigned. This happens after several AD security and distribution groups are added to the
machine (Radia software distribution uses Dist groups to assign software).
A check showed no groups with long legacy Kerberos keys.
When we make a change to AD Security Group membership, to assign or deny a Group Policy, is usually when we encounter this problem. It will usually fix itself in 24 hours of the machine being left up and running. But no amount of GPUPDATE /FORCE
and rebooting will cause the changes to take affect.
During this time, the Group Policies will show assigned to the computer in the GPRESULT log.
Yesterday I began looking into Spanning Tree configuration on our network being a possible cause for the boot up issues. I'm waiting on responses from our Network group to confirm our configuration.
There's no place like 127.0.0.1

File and Printer sharing on Windows 7 Through Group Policy

Hi,
I was wondering how to enable File and Printer sharing on Windows 7 Through Group Policy. I have enabled the policy called: Allow inbound file and printer sharing exception.
But when I go to advanced sharing settings, it's still turned off.
Windows Server 2003 AD Domain, and I'm using the Group Policy Manager from my Windows 7 machine to edit the policy.
Any ideas?

Hi,
Based on my knowledge, there is no Group Policy setting for enabling and disabling File and Printer sharing. To do this, you may need to write a script and you can go to our Scripting Forum for help.
In addition, I would like to share the following with you:
Enable or Disable File Sharing for a User or Group by Using Group Policy
Network and Sharing Center Group Policy Settings
Hope this helps. Thanks.
Nicholas Li - MSFT

Windows Active directory group policy objects

Like many small to medium businesses, we use Firefox in addition to Internet Explorer. The Windows Active Directory group policy objects we have for IE works nicely in all versions of IE. Firefox on the other hand has stopped playing ball. Any policy files I have found on the Internet simply does not fire when used in Windows Group Policy. We have Windows 2008 R2 servers with Windows 7 clients.
Does Mozilla have official group policy objects that will work with Windows Active Directory group policy and is supported in Firefox versions 27 onwards? A lot of the material on the Internet are simply workarounds to achieve something simple.
I believe this may have been asked several times already, but no definitive answer has been supplied to
resolve the issue to my knowledge.
Thanks and regards

To my knowledge, Firefox historically has not had integration with group policy, and third party tools have been required to bridge the gap. You may have found templates that work in one of those tools.
These threads have links to third party tools, articles, mailing lists, and other resources:
* [https://support.mozilla.org/questions/980567 i need to include the Firefox Browser Configuration in my Group Policy and Control Proxy and Browsing Settings]
* [https://support.mozilla.org/questions/978874 Is it possible to configure firefox using group policy]
Please report back if you find a solution. Thanks.

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