Question on how to detect remotely, computers having issues processing GPO's

We are troubleshooting multiple Win7 computer issues with SCCM 2007 SP2 R3 SUP patching--the patches fail for some reason.
In checking multiple computers, runngin GPResults shows numerous 1085 and 1096 errors, with the 1096 error indicating that the registry.pol file cannot access (the data is invalid). After experimentation, it seems that deleting the file and rebooting
is fixing the computers, and SUP patching begins to work fine.
While we discussed simply creating an SCCM package to delete the file and reboot the computers, for all computers that are not patching--we are looking for a way to detect this issue, via SCCM HW or SW or DCM inventory methods, so we can correctly target.
Two questions:
1. Anyone have a method we can used to detect this problem remotely?
2. Any harm in just deleting this file, if we have a problem computer, in the hopes that will fix the issue?
Thanks!

The customized group policy settings are stored into registry.pol. What i can assume is the corruption of the registry.pol file & there can be numerous reason for this such as viruses, disk corruption etc. To troubleshoot issues with the GPO at the advanced
level, you can make use of uderenv debug logging.
UserEnv Debugging Line by Line
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/richpec/archive/2009/07/20/userenv-debugging-line-by-line.aspx
What is logged to the Userenv.log file?
http://blogs.technet.com/b/instan/archive/2008/09/17/what-is-logged-to-the-userenv-log-file.aspx
Awinish Vishwakarma - MVP
My Blog: awinish.wordpress.com
Disclaimer This posting is provided AS-IS with no warranties/guarantees and confers no rights.

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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd348465.aspx
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd283005(WS.10).aspx
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc735367(v=ws.10).aspx
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771696.aspx
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd283093(v=ws.10).aspx
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Intel In Macs
Apple Guide to Universal Applications
MacInTouch List of Compatible Universal Binaries
MacInTouch List of Rosetta Compatible Applications
MacUpdate List of Intel-Compatible Software
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Credit goes to Macjack for this information.
If you need to transfer data for other applications please ask the vendor or ask in the Discussions where specific applications store their data.
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http://www.briantist.com/how-to/powershell-remoting-group-policy/
http://blog.powershell.no/2010/03/04/enable-and-configure-windows-powershell-remoting-using-group-policy/
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http://logitech-en-amr.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/8480
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I was able to create a basic script to do what I wanted but I want to be able to add wildcards for the rollover logs... Can someone suggest the easiest way to do that as I am not sure how to add the wildcards directly before the .log
here is the script.
' ******Created by Luis Delgado*********
'This script will get a remote computers .log files depending on which documents you enter in the "files to open on remote computer using trace32" section
'Get and open log files on remote Computer
on error resume next
Set WshShell = Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
strcomputer = inputbox("Enter remote computer name or leave as localhost for this computer","Get log files from a remote computer with Trace32","Localhost")
If strComputer = "" Then
WScript.Quit
End If
'Opens trace32
wshShell.run "C:\Program Files\ConfigMgr 2007 Toolkit\CCM Tools\Trace32.exe"
'Files to open on remote computer using trace32
wshShell.Run "\\" & strcomputer & "\c$\Windows\System32\CCM\Logs\datatransferservice.log"
wshShell.Run "\\" & strcomputer & "\c$\Windows\System32\CCM\Logs\ccmexec.log"
wshShell.Run "\\" & strcomputer & "\c$\Windows\System32\CCM\Logs\locationservices.log"
!!!!NOTE!!!
What I need is for any file that starts with datatransferservices, ccmexec, or locationservices to open in trace32
my thought would be place a wild card in its respective spots but it does not work see below
wshShell.Run "\\" & strcomputer & "\c$\Windows\System32\CCM\Logs\datatransferservice*.log"
wshShell.Run "\\" & strcomputer & "\c$\Windows\System32\CCM\Logs\ccmexec*.log"
wshShell.Run "\\" & strcomputer & "\c$\Windows\System32\CCM\Logs\locationservices*.log"

The roll over logs all have the same name exact the extension is .lo_ , So.. I'm not sure what you are looking for.
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