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Problem:  Group Policy doesn't apply, but gpresult doesn't show any problem. Some Policies are working on the same computer The same policy is working on other computers The windows log has an error with something like this: The client-side extension could not remove computer policy settings for ' ' because it failed with error code '0x8007000d The data is invalid.' See trace file for more details. Solution: Delete all files in this path:  C:\ProgramData\ Microsoft\Group Policy\History In Windows XP: D:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Group Policy\History In a command window run "gpupdate /force" I ran into a problem where our administrator group policy was not applying for some reason, while other policies were applying. I could not find any information in gpresult or in any group policy settings or information. The policy is the same that is on all the other machines in the domain, and was working, except f...

I keep forgetting where to get the tool to install these two programs: Active Directory Users and Computers  Group Policy Manageme nt They are both in the same package, but the package is different depending on what version of windows you have. It used to be called the Administration Tools Pack , but now it is called the Remote Server Administration Tools . It throws me off every time I try to search for it. Hopefully this will save someone a few minutes of searching. Links are below. Windows XP or Server 2003 Windows Server 2003 Administration Tools Pack (adminpak.exe or just adminpak) http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/details.aspx?FamilyID=c16ae515-c8f4-47ef-a1e4-a8dcbacff8e3&displaylang=en Vista x86 Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows Vista http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=9FF6E897-23CE-4A36-B7FC-D52065DE9960&displaylang=en Vista x64 Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows Vista for x64-based ...